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Dammgraben Water Channel – Dammgraben loop from Bergstadt Altenau

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Dammgraben Water Channel – Dammgraben loop from Bergstadt Altenau

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Dammgraben Water Channel – Dammgraben loop from Bergstadt Altenau

02:40

9.10km

200m

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 10, 2026

Waypoints

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Bus stop

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1.78 km

Kleine Oker Water Intake

Highlight • Monument

beautiful section of the Hexenstieg along the Dammgraben

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2.06 km

Silver Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

No silver comes out, but water. It's better to drink.

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2.08 km

Dammgraben Water Channel

Highlight • Monument

Walking along the Dammgraben is always nice. Should you plan

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2.33 km

Kleine Oker Dam Keeper's Cabin and Weir

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Here the little Oker crosses the ditch. For the numerous stream crossings, so-called "failures" have been set up, which prevent debris from being washed into the trench and enable the …

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3.01 km

Dammgraben

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The Dammgraben is the longest man-made ditch in the Upper Harz and is part of the Rammelsberg Mine, Old Town of Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management and has been …

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3.74 km

Wagner's Corner at the Dammgraben

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Sophisticated water system that absolutely must be preserved and protected.
It's a shame that Borki is now continuing his work here.
Still very beautiful.

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4.23 km

Schachtkopf Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The hut has a typical resin construction. Hikers can easily assert themselves in bad weather. In front of the hut there is a small rest area right next to the Harzer Hexenstieg and the Dammgraben.

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7.57 km

Rest area with a view

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nice rest area, not far from the HWN 132 - Brockenblick, with a great view

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9.10 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.02 km

2.76 km

934 m

231 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.84 km

2.82 km

689 m

522 m

161 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (610 m)

Lowest point (460 m)

Weather

Sunday 30 August

19°C

12°C

90 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

October 6, 2024,Flotter Dreier ♟️♟️♟️Altenau, 132 Schwarzenberg Köte, 133 Förster-Ludewig-Platz, 149 Kleine Oker

A quick threesome ♟️♟️♟️Altenau,
plus special stamp Goetheweg

A short stamp round through the cozy Schultal 🌲🌳🌲🌲, over the HWN 149♟️, which is still on the Kleine Oker until the end of the year, and along the beautiful meadow path ⛳️ back to Altenau.

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June 4, 2023,6.Wanderung.Förster Ludewig Platz (HWN133), Schwarzenberg, Köte Brockenblick (HWN132)

Huhu, so and from the 6th hike with dog and girlfriend... a very great quiet round.. good paths.. not too narrow and again 2 more stamps in the booklet.... weather was great hardly any people hit ☀️☺️😉

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February 26, 2022,Resteschneeschlürfen und Ylenialimbo ❄️☃️🌲☃️❄️

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

You have to celebrate the snow as it falls, so today was probably one of the last snow checks for this spring. And because mistress wanted to take part in the test phase of the new HWN app right away, we made our way to Altenau again.
Ylenia hit the forest …

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August 7, 2022,Dammgraben und Köte Brockenblick ab Altenau Waldschwimmbad

HWN 149 Kleine Oker, HWN 133 Förster-Ludewig-Platz and HWN 132 Schwarzenberg Köte Brockenblick.

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January 11, 2025,Altenau

Winter hike in the Harz Mountains to open the 2025 tour year

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June 5, 2022,Wanderung

A very nice hike. Start and finish car park in Altenau. Good hiking trails and beautiful views. HWS 149, 133, 132 and special cancellation at the Goethe Bank

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April 2, 2022,Touri-Tag in Altenau

The full program:
Herb shop, brewery visit, Dammgraben hike, currywurst 😋

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April 27, 2024,Kleine Oker (HWN 149) – Dammgraben Runde von Altenau (Bergstadt)

Nice route, unfortunately we had already completed this a few years ago. But then the conifers were still healthy and present ☹️

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Dammgraben Water Channel – Dammgraben loop from Bergstadt Altenau

Kleine Oker Water Intake

Silver Spring

Dammgraben Water Channel

Kleine Oker Dam Keeper's Cabin and Weir

Dammgraben

Wagner's Corner at the Dammgraben

Schachtkopf Hut

Rest area with a view

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