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Royal castle ruins (HWN 41) – Kalte Bode loop from Bockberg

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Royal castle ruins (HWN 41) – Kalte Bode loop from Bockberg

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Royal castle ruins (HWN 41) – Kalte Bode loop from Bockberg

01:31

5.74km

50m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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Harzer Bachtäler

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Start point

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347 m

Harzer Wandernadel stamp box 40

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Why is the detour worth it? I'll be honest: for the stamp.

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351 m

Königshütte Waterfall (HWN 40)

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A very beautiful and mostly very calm waterfall. The rest area nearby offers you enough seats. Above the waterfall you look down on Königshütte. There is also a stamp office …

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2.34 km

Hiking Parking

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Despite its size, it fills up quite quickly on weekends.

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2.50 km

Steep trail to the Königsburg ruins

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Very steep but interesting single trail down from the castle ruins. The path up is also steep but nice and narrow.

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2.96 km

Bridge to the Königsburg ruins

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The way up to the Königsburg ruins is crisp but short. But the effort is worth it

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Royal castle ruins (HWN 41)

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The ascent from the parking lot is challenging, but you can rest at the top of the tower of the ruins of Koenigsburg. And then walk around the beautiful lake.

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5.21 km

Kalte Bode

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The Kalte Bode is the left, 17 km long source river of the Bode in the High Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt.

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5.36 km

Sheltered rest area at Königshütter Waterfall

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Good place to rest (with a barbecue area) with a direct view of the waterfall

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5.74 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.54 km

1.48 km

1.03 km

1.01 km

599 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.39 km

1.98 km

703 m

398 m

178 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 1 September

19°C

8°C

35 %

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Comments

April 21, 2025,Runde Ruine Königsburg (HWN 41) und königshütter Wasserfall HWN 40

Unfortunately, I somehow forgot to turn off Komoot at the parking lot. 😁😅 So, the final route via the main road was done by car 🙈

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August 21, 2024,Königshütte

Today I had to drive to the Harz and had enough time to get out into nature.
The first stop was in Trautenstein, where I was able to do a little tour around the town.
Then I continued on to Königshütte. As in Treseburg, I parked the car, grabbed my backpack, started Komoot and off I went.
My route took …

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May 30, 2023,ein wenig Hexenstieg

On the last day of our Harz short vacation we hiked two stamps HWN 40 and 41 as an interruption on the way home.

I actually like the Hexenstieg very much, but here we caught a section along the road through a village; nature trails are more relaxing.
The two stamping points with the castle ruins and the small waterfall …

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Royal castle ruins (HWN 41) – Kalte Bode loop from Bockberg

Harzer Wandernadel stamp box 40

Königshütte Waterfall (HWN 40)

Hiking Parking

Steep trail to the Königsburg ruins

Bridge to the Königsburg ruins

Royal castle ruins (HWN 41)

Kalte Bode

Sheltered rest area at Königshütter Waterfall

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