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Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains) – Nabentaler Waterfall loop from Bergstadt Altenau

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Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains) – Nabentaler Waterfall loop from Bergstadt Altenau

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Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains) – Nabentaler Waterfall loop from Bergstadt Altenau

04:42

16.3km

400m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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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 11.0 km for 86 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.29 km

Schachtkopf Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The hut has a typical resin construction. Hikers can easily assert themselves in bad weather. In front of the hut there is a small rest area right next to the Harzer Hexenstieg and the Dammgraben.

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3.31 km

Förster-Ludewig-Platz — Memorial and HWN 133 Stamp Station

Highlight • Rest Area

Stamp point, refuge and rest area, memorial stone for fallen forest workers in the First World War, Harz water shelf with weir.
Definitely a highlight and rightly a hallmark of the HWN👍

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3.67 km

Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains)

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

The path is one of the most beautiful in the Harz Mountains. The water flows quietly (in some places even silently) next to you. The path is almost flat, which …

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5.17 km

Nabentaler Waterfall

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Since the Nabental waterfall almost exclusively carries water from the Clausthaler Flutgraben and has only a very small catchment area of its own, it can be viewed as an artificially …

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5.21 km

Neuer Magdeburger Weg

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Very nice trail even if in some places for most, one or the other carrying passage is imminent. Better to drive only if with little hikers is to be expected …

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8.10 km

View of the Brocken from Torfhaus

Highlight • Viewpoint

Torfhaus is a hub for hikers and bikers and the highest settlement in Lower Saxony. You can eat delicious there. The National Park Visitor Center offers interesting information about the …

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11.0 km

View from Nabetaler Waterfall

Highlight • Viewpoint

Unfortunately, the enormous forest damage is easy to see 😯🙁
Nevertheless, great panoramic view 🎨
Depending on the weather, the path can become more demanding...It is always best to wear …

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12.6 km

Dammgraben (Oberharzer Wasserregal)

Highlight • Monument

This path is not just beautiful. You have the feeling that the water runs with you all the time. And if you then look at it or let it through …

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16.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.5 km

4.73 km

393 m

392 m

297 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.57 km

6.22 km

1.34 km

630 m

489 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Friday 29 May

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Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains) – Nabentaler Waterfall loop from Bergstadt Altenau

Schachtkopf Hut

Förster-Ludewig-Platz — Memorial and HWN 133 Stamp Station

Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains)

Nabentaler Waterfall

Neuer Magdeburger Weg

View of the Brocken from Torfhaus

View from Nabetaler Waterfall

Dammgraben (Oberharzer Wasserregal)

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