Little Sieberstein Pond – Avenue Fürstenweg loop from Gegensteine-Schierberg

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Little Sieberstein Pond – Avenue Fürstenweg loop from Gegensteine-Schierberg

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Little Sieberstein Pond – Avenue Fürstenweg loop from Gegensteine-Schierberg

02:51

10.3km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.35 km

View of the Rieder graywacke quarry (HWN stamp 61)

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Great view, a nice stamp of the HWN

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5.11 km

Little Sieberstein Pond

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Idyllic and quiet pond

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6.15 km

Buttlar's Grave

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beautifully cared for burial site with an interesting history

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6.96 km

Forstmeister Tannen (HWN 181)

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Project successful, the fir trees are growing, so see you next time on the way to the 3 hiking emperor😉🤣

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7.80 km

Ballenstedt Castle and Castle Park

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Beautiful and well-kept castle park that invites you to take a walk and offers a number of other highlights around it. There is also the Ballenstedt Castle there, as well as the Rosenburg and the Gegensteine nearby.

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7.92 km

Miniature model of Anhalt Castle

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Stamp place castles and palaces

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8.03 km

Ballenstedt Castle Square

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Anyone who looks across the avenue into the wide countryside from up here can feel like a little king🤴😁

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8.65 km

Avenue Fürstenweg

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The Fürstenweg leads from Gernrode past the Roseburg directly to Ballenstedt Castle.

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10.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.21 km

968 m

629 m

454 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.07 km

3.65 km

314 m

203 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

16°C

8°C

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September 28, 2022,🌧ℝ𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖 𝕧𝕠𝕟 𝔹𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕥 🍂🦎🍁(ℍ𝕎ℕ 𝟙𝟠𝟙, 𝟞𝟙)

True to the motto, there is no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing, I pulled myself together again today for a slightly smaller round. I was very surprised to meet 2 hikers on the Hubertushöhe. I thought 2 more crazy ones 🙈😅🌧 because meanwhile it was raining like crazy 🪣 🪣. And although my feet were dry, the …

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June 4, 2025,Steinbruch Grauwacke und Schlosspark Ballenstedt

Already on the way to the holiday apartment, the skies cleared again, and we decided at short notice to go on a second hike that day. 😅

The first stop was at Siebersteinsteich (lake), and then we quickly made our way to the Grauwacke quarry. It started to rain again, but we stayed mostly dry thanks to the shelter of …

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October 1, 2022,Wanderung ab Schloss Ballenstedt

Very varied hike. And lots of fire salamanders!

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July 25, 2022,60/2022 Wenn Naturgewalten aufeinandertreffen: Grauwacke Rieder 🪨 gegen Forstmeisters 🌲🌲

Monday: 1st day of vacation and the thermometer has already cracked 30° C in the early morning... what the heck, before we go to the apartment, we did a little round on site. From the parking lot at the Käther soup kitchen, we went over the Hubertushöhe through fairytale bony old beeches....one or the other tree beard wants to be …

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March 10, 2022,Forstmeister Tannen 181, Grauwacke 61 Schloss Ballenstedt

Opening of the hiking season 2022 - fantastic weather ☀️☀️☀️ and an all-round beautiful tour. On idyllic forest and forest paths (no forest highways 👆) we went along beautifully situated ponds, past March beakers, interesting places such as the Aboretum Forstmeister Tannen and Wilhelmine Buttlar's grave to finally the Rieder quarry, where the Harz greywacke is mined. Ballenstedt also has …

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July 25, 2022,Ballenstedt: HWN 61 & 181

At the start of the hiking week in the East Harz, we started today from Ballenstedt. In the heat a small round to 61 Grauwacke Rieder and 181 Forstmeister Tannen. The snack bar on the B185 closes at 3 p.m., we were a few minutes late, nothing with a cold drink 🤷‍♂️ Nevertheless, a nice and varied tour 👍

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October 3, 2022,Wanderung: Forstmeister Tannen HWN 181/2-Harzer Grauwacke HWN 61/2

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Public holiday = hiking day

I had planned a big round right in front of the front door, but it turned into two small ones because I didn't dare to do it.

Starting at Ballenstedt Castle, we went in the direction of the Harz greywacke, over the forest master firs, along Buttlar's grave at the Kleiner Siebersteinteich. We took …

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