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Brooding Hen – Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins loop from Bertsdorf

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Upper Lusatia

Görlitz

Olbersdorf

Brooding Hen – Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins loop from Bertsdorf

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Brooding Hen – Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins loop from Bertsdorf

03:30

11.6km

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: July 20, 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 3.84 km for 33 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.82 km

Töpferbaude on the Töpfer

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Super beautifully located hut, the food is great and the drinks are cold.

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3.84 km

Töpfer Rock Formation and Viewpoint

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nice climb up to the Töpfer,
Looks great from above too.
You have to leave your bike at the bottom!
Lots of walkers

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3.92 km

Töpfer Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

beautiful view over the Zittau and parts of Poland.

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3.94 km

Rock Gate on the Töpfer

Highlight • Natural Monument

From the lookout rock you have a beautiful view of the German and Czech parts of the Zittau Mountains.

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4.08 km

Brooding Hen

Highlight • Natural Monument

There is a real stone zoo around Oybin, and the "brooding hen" is already producing offspring.

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5.93 km

Große Felsengasse

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

The most beautiful path in the Zittau Mountains: the Große Felsengasse with wonderful rocks, the monk's pulpit and the pigeon, beautiful views of Oybin, the castle and the rock faces.

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7.16 km

Forest Gate Sentinel

Highlight • Natural Monument

The forest gate keeper is a 30 meter high sandstone tower. If you want to climb it, you have to overcome 80 percent vertical wall.

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7.87 km

Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

"The town is the terminus of the steam-powered Zittau narrow-gauge railway and is located at the foot of the Oybin mountain in a valley basin of the Zittau Mountains formed …

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11.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.77 km

4.52 km

659 m

469 m

234 m

Surfaces

4.18 km

3.37 km

2.16 km

1.23 km

545 m

141 m

Elevation

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

Weather

Sunday 26 July

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Comments

August 6, 2024,Auf den Töpfer. Von Bertsdorf auf den Töpfer-Berg nach Oybin.

Really nice tour.
Not too easy and super varied.

We start at the Bertsdorf train station, walk along the railway embankment towards Oybin. At the Teufelsmühle train station we leave the railway line and go to the Töpfer. The climb up to the Töpfer viewpoint is quite good by local standards, but easy to do.

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July 28, 2024,Von Oybin zum Töpfer und Scharfenstein 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🐕‍🦺🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🐕🌤️

Today we went to Oybin. Our first destination was the Töpfer with the rock gate and the rock formations of the stone zoo. We then went to Scharfenstein to enjoy the great view. The highlight came at the end - a visit to the impressive castle and monastery ruins of Oybin.

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August 14, 2021,Oybin-Kelchstein-Felsengasse-Töpfer-Teufelsmühle

Today a family-friendly hike in the Zittau Mountains on wide paths. Summer weather and very good visibility - could be worse! 😆
Have already taken a look at a few via ferratas that are still pending. 🤩
A beautiful area here - at the end there was an ice cream sundae and a few laps in the water treading pool …

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September 22, 2022,🐘🐥Oybiner Steinzoo,Scharfenstein, Töpfer,Gratzer Steine 🐥🐘

To be honest, I'm a bit at a loss for words today.. Just this much: Beautiful hiking trail through a grandiose rocky scenery - you can't help but be amazed. 😯👀 Elephants, pigeons, chicks and much more in petrified form - there are no limits to the imagination here.. A little scrambling on Scharfenstein and Felsentor.. Delicious stop at the …

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October 3, 2023,🌞🥾🥾🎒Wanderung Oybin - Töpfer 582m - Böhmische Aussicht 575m - Scharfenstein 569m - Kelchsteine - Burg Oybin

I took the hike from one of you. The round was great! Thanks. I just hung the castle at the back.

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April 6, 2026,Von Kurort Oybin nach Große Felsengasse

The hike was really super nice and I can recommend it further

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May 3, 2026,"Oybiner Steinzoo"/Zittauer Gebirge

Started right away with the TopTour, simply fantastic. Unbelievably beautiful rock formations lined up as if strung together along the path.

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May 13, 2024,Scharfenstein, 569 m, und Töpfer, 582 m (Bus-Kurort Oybin-Parkplatz - Bus-Kurort Oybin-Parkplatz)

Tour 2 from the Rother hiking book "Sächsische Wanderberge"
Today I had several options, of which my choice was this one, which is again in the Zittau Mountains, due to the length of the tour and the return journey home.
This compact circular hike from Oybin is a real top tour that offers a wealth of remarkable sandstone rock formations, …

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Brooding Hen – Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins loop from Bertsdorf

Töpferbaude on the Töpfer

Töpfer Rock Formation and Viewpoint

Töpfer Viewpoint

Rock Gate on the Töpfer

Brooding Hen

Große Felsengasse

Forest Gate Sentinel

Oybin Rock and Castle Ruins

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