View of Großvaterfelsen – Turnerfelsen loop from Blankenburg (Harz)

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View of Großvaterfelsen – Turnerfelsen loop from Blankenburg (Harz)

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View of Großvaterfelsen – Turnerfelsen loop from Blankenburg (Harz)

03:52

13.3km

310m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 12.1 km for 13 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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405 m

View of Großvaterfelsen

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A beautiful view of Grandfather Rock 🤩

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2.26 km

Viewpoint

2.98 km

Sägemühlenteich

Lake

4.71 km

Bielstein Cliff

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You can't look far into the country from here, but there is a beautiful square with a bench and a stamping station in the shadow of the witches.

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5.11 km

Otto Ebert Bridge (HWN 79)

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Very nice view of the Raabe Warte and sometimes even further.

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7.94 km

Great Castle of Blankenburg

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Blankenburg Castle is the largest surviving castle of the Welfs and is currently undergoing gradual redevelopment.

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9.22 km

Grandmother Rocks

The plateau on which the Kasteler Felsenpfad dream loop runs consists of a horizontally deposited layer of rocks from the geological series of Buntsandstein. These continental deposits alternate …

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12.1 km

Turnerfelsen

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Where the name comes from is probably obvious. 😀

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12.1 km

Devil's Chair (Teufelssessel)

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It's best to start in the dark so you can enjoy the sunrise 🌄

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12.4 km

Stone steps on the Teufelsmauer Ridge Trail

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You'll have this fun when you hike the Teufelsmauerkammweg trail above. Have fun :-)

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13.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.86 km

5.32 km

1.26 km

796 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.24 km

4.34 km

993 m

964 m

729 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

Friday 16 October

15°C

8°C

71 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

September 18, 2024,Harz - Blankenburg Teufelsmauer - Großvaterfelsen - Schloß Blankenburg - Ruine Luisenburg

This morning I drove to the Michaelstein monastery quite comfortably...just before the finish...oh no...kind of boring 🥱
So I went a little further to Blankenburg to the Teufelsmauer...first I got really annoyed because you have to pay at every parking space 🅿️, but the machines don't take bills or debit cards and certainly don't accept the Easy-Park app. Like in …

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May 11, 2025,Blankenburg - HWN 74, 76, 77, 78, 79 und Sonderstempel Schloss Blankenburg

A huge thank you to Nadine, who planned today's tour and hiked ahead 🙇‍♂️

Even though 95% of the hike was on easy, accessible trails, the appropriate footwear, hiking boots over the ankle, literally saved my ass/ankle today. The hike was almost exclusively through pine forests with lots of roots, some of which could have been Turkish.

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September 10, 2023,Wandertour 048/2023 - Blankenburg

Stamp hunt 🚶🏼‍♀️♟🥾:
Harz hiking pin
074 Hamburg coat of arms (Devil's Wall)
076 Grandfather Rock
079 Otto Ebert Bridge (on Herzogsweg)
✅ 077 Luisenburg ruins
✅ 078 Baroque Gardens

Special stamp booklet
9940 Bundeswehr exhibition
Project office (Blankenburg tourist information)

Castles
Small Castle Blankenburg (No. 12)

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April 19, 2025,Endgegnerschlacht auf der Suche nach Bonusleveln

Maybe I should mention a few things this time: I have a terrible fear of heights! But the more I fight it, the more I enjoy every single step. Today I had several final bosses:

First the small cliff, then the bridge (which, in retrospect, seemed like a piece of cake to me), then I hiked along the ridge of …

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October 25, 2025,Schloss Blankenburg, 78 Obere Mühle, 79 Otto-Ebert-Brücke, 77 Luisenburg, HWN 76 Großvaterfelsen, HWN074 Hamburger Wappen

Video of the tour: instagram.com/reel/DQRquSPDd5N/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Blankenburg and the Devil's Wall: From storms to rain and blue skies, today we experienced everything. First up to the bridge, then back down to the Devil's Wall and then to the Hamburg coat of arms. A beautiful tour near the main office of the Harz Hiking Badge.

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July 12, 2023,Inoffizielle Kaiserrunde Blankenburg HWN 76, 74, 77, 79, 78, BuS Kleines Schloss Blankenburg, Schloss Blankenburg

I would have thought that today was my Kaiserrunde but no, I forgot a stamp on one of my last laps, the 158 Hassenstein in Bad Lauterberg. I was at 158 but only forgot to stamp it, but if you can prove that you were there, you can stamp it again. lucky.

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March 31, 2024,Blankenburg HWN 78/79/77/76/74 + zahlreiche Sonderstempel

If you want to hunt for stamps, this tour is really the right place for you!
There are a total of 10 stamps here over just 17km! And they are also nice to run, very varied and moderate in altitude!
Definitely one of the most beautiful tours here in the Harz! And I didn't even walk on top of the …

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