Lower Ilse Falls – Heinrich Heine Trail (Ilse Valley) loop from Radauwasserfall

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Lower Ilse Falls – Heinrich Heine Trail (Ilse Valley) loop from Radauwasserfall

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Lower Ilse Falls – Heinrich Heine Trail (Ilse Valley) loop from Radauwasserfall

07:54

26.8km

690m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Nationalpark Harz

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.24 km

Inner German border marker on the Eckertal Reservoir dam

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Boundary stone on the dam as a reminder between East and West. Here the inner-German border not only ran through the middle of the reservoir, but also directly over the dam wall.

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3.32 km

Dam wall of the Eckertalsperre (HWN 001)

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A beautiful place steeped in history! A small information board on the well-kept white dam house gives interesting information.
On the Saxony-Anhalt side, various rocky outcrops and stones invite you …

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3.86 km

View of the Eckertalsperre (Ecker Reservoir)

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Beautiful dam below the Brocken

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4.43 km

Viewpoint

10.3 km

Upper Ilse Falls

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The Ilse Falls plunge leisurely over a distance of one kilometer about 120 meters into the beautiful Ilsetal. The roaring Ilse can be heard from afar. The picturesque river has …

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12.0 km

Lower Ilse Falls

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The Ilsetal is always worth a trip, regardless of the season.

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12.5 km

Heinrich Heine Trail (Ilse Valley)

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Nature lovers should definitely prefer the hiking trail along the Ilse to the gravel road. The stony path is easy to walk when the brook splashes, surrounded by trees and rocks.

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12.7 km

Ilse Valley

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The path always goes along the roaring Ilse. Very nice.

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17.6 km

Taubenklippe Viewpoint (HWN 4)

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From the pigeon cliff you have a great view of the raven cliff. Both stamp points for the Harzer Grenzweg booklet.

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26.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.6 km

9.50 km

1.89 km

1.60 km

1.26 km

Surfaces

11.4 km

8.30 km

3.61 km

3.02 km

492 m

Elevation

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Highest point (740 m)

Lowest point (350 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

6°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 36.0 km/h

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Comments

April 19, 2024,Harz: Ilsenburg / Ilsetal / Eckertalsperre

In addition to the Oker Valley, the Ilse Valley impressed me greatly last October. It quickly became clear that I would hike the Heinrich Heine Trail toward the Brocken again. Today, I was to return via the Ecker Dam. Curious, I had repeatedly checked a weather app in the days before, and the forecast for that day was actually just …

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June 16, 2024,Obere Ilsefälle – Heinrich Heine Weg Runde von Ilsenburg (Harz)

We started from our accommodation.

The tour starts very idyllically along the river.

You should be in good shape, most of the time you walk over hill and dale through diverse and varied nature.

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August 31, 2024,Durch das Ilsetal zum Scharfenstein

The day before, the climb to Scharfenstein was not worth it because of the fog. Today the weather was good and when we arrived at the ranger station the sun even peeked out from between the clouds. The all-round beautiful tour started in Ilsenburg and led up the Heinrich Heine path. One of the most beautiful paths in the Harz, …

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April 24, 2022,Entspannte Touristenausreißtour

Too many people.. so go somewhere else.. so the Brocken tour was remodeled a bit and I had my peace 🙈🤪🤣

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September 15, 2024,Heimatrunde

It was supposed to be a nice tour in our old home.
So off to Ilsenburg.
We then started from the hiking car park in the Ilsetal up the zigzag path to the Bäumlersklippe and further over the Meineberg to the Froschfelsen.
Always with great views of the city.
From there towards Ernstburg (a hunting lodge was built here in …

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