Winzenburg Castle Ruins – Scenic Forest Path loop from Winzenburg

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Winzenburg Castle Ruins – Scenic Forest Path loop from Winzenburg

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Winzenburg Castle Ruins – Scenic Forest Path loop from Winzenburg

02:52

9.96km

250m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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27 m

Rennstieg Information Board

Highlight • Monument

information boards on the race track and its history

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3.12 km

Winzenburg Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Winzenburg

To reach by bike the best from Hornsen.

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3.34 km

Walterforsten Bench with View

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Beautiful viewpoint with a bench to rest

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6.25 km

Forest Ridge Path

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

In winter, when the trees are bare, the ridge is most impressive.

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6.55 km

Archaeological Trail Hohe Schanze

Highlight • Historical Site

an exciting educational trail along the Wallanalgae on the Hohen Schanze. You get a great impression of what life must have been like there.

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6.63 km

Foundations of the Carolingian Mission Church at Hohe Schanze

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Impressive complex that was inhabited until the middle of the 9th century (i.e. before the Winzenburg). The church was the predecessor of the Lammspringe monastery. The individual objects (foundations) are …

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9.28 km

Scenic Forest Path

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Nice to walk along here.

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9.92 km

Tiebenburg Hut

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Very large and well-kept hut with barbecue area.

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9.96 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.98 km

1.57 km

413 m

Surfaces

4.62 km

2.49 km

2.44 km

413 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

16°C

6°C

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Comments

April 3, 2023,Von Burg 🏰 zu Burg 🏰 in Winzenburg 😍

Village children can rightly be proud of themselves: they know how to drive a tractor, which garden has the tastiest cherries and that a cow is not purple. Village children are careful not to pee on an electric fence or walk across a bull pasture. They are well connected with and without the Internet, know the forest like the back …

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May 19, 2025,Ruine Winzenburg und Hohe Schanze

Our tour took us via the Apenteiche ponds to the Winzenburg castle ruins and from there to the Hohe Schanze (High Schanze). New information panels about the excavations are available here. We then made a loop back to the Apenteiche ponds.

de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Winzenburg

de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohe_Schanze

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January 21, 2024,Winterwanderung

Enjoyed the snow again before the thaw comes.

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April 15, 2022,Wanderung Winzenburg

Super nice hike. Anyone interested in history will find traces and old facilities of the Saxons, Franks and Carolingians here. However, sturdy shoes are very important.

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