GDR border post at Jungborn – Stapelburg Church loop from Stapelburg

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GDR border post at Jungborn – Stapelburg Church loop from Stapelburg

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GDR border post at Jungborn – Stapelburg Church loop from Stapelburg

02:03

7.85km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Oker- und Eckertal in den Landkreisen Goslar und Wolfenbüttel

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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227 m

Old railway bridge over the Ecker

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On June 11, 1976, Walter Otte was killed here by Staff Sergeant Erwin G. of the GDR
Border troops murdered.

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273 m

West-side singletrack along the Ecker

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Wonderful and rooty single trail along the western side of the Ecker. Good shoes and sure-footedness are recommended.

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1.25 km

GDR border post at Jungborn

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The Kuranstalt Jungborn was a sanatorium that was founded in 1896 in the valley of the Ecker near Stapelburg by Adolf Just. It is considered Germany's first and largest natural …

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1.37 km

Jungborn Special Stamp Site (Harzer Wandernadel)

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Here you can find out interesting facts about the history of cure in the Harz Mountains and a special stamp for the Harzer Grenzweg.

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1.59 km

Jungborn Nature and Health Park

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The Jungborn was a spacious health resort, a medically supervised sanatorium for simple, natural healing methods. Guided by this motto, Adolf Just, the father of the idea and founder of …

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2.02 km

Former GDR state border with border post

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Again and again you come across the black, red and gold concrete border posts along the Harz border road. They are the already weathered witnesses of the long-standing separation within Germany.

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5.22 km

View of Stapelburg

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Beautiful view over the park to Stapelburg, very well maintained grounds

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5.29 km

Stapelburg Church

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The neo-Gothic building was erected in 1891 as a replacement for a predecessor building that had fallen into disrepair and was made of yellow bricks below the castle ruins.

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7.85 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.35 km

2.51 km

1.12 km

891 m

Surfaces

4.37 km

2.55 km

641 m

301 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 7 November

9°C

2°C

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Comments

November 25, 2023,Wanderung Stapelburg und Jungborn

A short hike at the end of my short vacation in Ilsenburg.
2 stamp points were on the plan. To do this I had to go to the former border town of Stapelburg. But first I headed for the Jungborn stamp office. The way there took me past the Ecker. Unfortunately, due to the heavy rain of the last …

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April 27, 2022,Halt! Hier Grenze!!! 🔜⚠️⛔️🚧⛔️⚠️🔚 (HWN 9901 Jungborn 990827 Stapelburg 👻 Platz des 11.11.89)

Swimming quality: 👍🏻👍🏻
Kneipp quality: 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Today there was a wonderful 2-country tour 😍 Mum told me that when she was a puppy you couldn't just walk there because there were really bad two-legged friends who would even shoot. I'm really glad that they've been chased away in the meantime, because the Schimmerwald and the corners around Stapelburg are just …

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