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Ecklingerode

West-East Gate – Sielmann Hut loop from Ecklingerode

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Landkreis Eichsfeld

Ecklingerode

West-East Gate – Sielmann Hut loop from Ecklingerode

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West-East Gate – Sielmann Hut loop from Ecklingerode

08:50

30.0km

830m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 1, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.71 km

West-East Gate

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful viewpoint towards Duderstadt, Wehnde, Sonnenstein.

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3.75 km

View of Gerblingerode and Duderstadt

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There is a snack bar at the Grenzland Museum.

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5.44 km

Viewpoint

6.40 km

Teistungenburg Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

Former Cistercian convent, now a hotel, adventure pool and cultural hall

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10.8 km

Patrol Path

Highlight • Trail

The path from the west-east gate to the forest is very steep!
Some of the holes in the concrete slabs are not filled with earth, so be careful! It's easy to twist your knuckle.

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12.7 km

The “Green Belt” nature conservation project was born shortly after the border was opened. Nature and environmental conservationists met to secure the former border strip as the "ecological backbone of …

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13.3 km

Sielmann Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Brand new: bench on the green strip in front of the Sielmannhütte with a view of Duderstadt and the Gleichen. The black, red and gold posts are reminiscent of the inner-German border.

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13.5 km

At the Green Belt

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27.8 km

Former Border Trail

Highlight • Trail

30.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.5 km

1.95 km

1.74 km

826 m

Surfaces

16.9 km

8.99 km

2.19 km

1.03 km

792 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (310 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Monday 20 July

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Comments

January 12, 2023,Grünes Band Etappe Pferdeberg bis Brochthausen - Zurück auf dem Kolonnenweg

First of all, Komoot went crazy again and stopped the tour in the middle and didn't record it. So I have to set the originally planned tour here, which, however, does not show the correct data. At the last look at the route that was still working, I had already covered 18 kilometers and had not yet reached my destination. …

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West-East Gate – Sielmann Hut loop from Ecklingerode

West-East Gate

View of Gerblingerode and Duderstadt

Teistungenburg Abbey

Patrol Path

Green Belt

Sielmann Hut

At the Green Belt

Former Border Trail

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