Dachsenhältersteig – Path to the upper lock loop from Hinterhermsdorf

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Dachsenhältersteig – Path to the upper lock loop from Hinterhermsdorf

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Dachsenhältersteig – Path to the upper lock loop from Hinterhermsdorf

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5.95km

150m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes a ferry crossing

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After 2.30 km for 655 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.36 km

Dachsenhältersteig

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The descent leads directly from the Buchenparkhalle to the Obere Schleuse. It consists almost entirely of wooden steps, which are easy to manage. Alternatively, there is also the option of …

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1.65 km

Path to the upper lock

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It's about a 35-minute walk from the parking lot in Hinterhermsdorf to the Upper Lock in the Kirnitzsch Gorge. The hiking trails are well signposted and vary in difficulty. See: saechsische-schweiz-touristik.de/elbsandstein/entdecken-erleben/ausflugsziele/details/obere-schleuse.html

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2.28 km

Obere Schleuse boat trip in the Kirnitzsch Gorge

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A small, romantic gorge forms the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. The ferry boats are moved by the ferrymen by hand and oars silently. They also tell something …

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2.29 km

Rinden Hut at the Upper Lock (Kirnitzsch Gorge)

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Kiosk with hot meals
coffee and cake
Schnapps and homemade eggnog

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2.35 km

Obere Schleuse Reservoir (Kirnitzsch Gorge)

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You can include it in a hiking tour, although the part of the Flöserstieg that is missing looks very tempting.🏞🛶🫶

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2.95 km

Lower Lock Waterfall and Boat Landing

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Against the current, the boat tour, best to complete a hike and you have the boat alone. At the feeder there are also very delicious homemade cakes!

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2.95 km

Flößersteig Ascent

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You can get out of the gorge via these stairs.

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5.95 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.58 km

1.72 km

655 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.12 km

1.89 km

683 m

217 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

Weather

Tuesday 20 October

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Comments

August 25, 2024,Im Kirnitzschtal zur Oberen Schleuse🛶

The hike begins at the Buchenparkallee car park in Hinterhermsdorf.

In about 45 minutes you reach the boat station at the upper lock 🛶.

From here you are poled 700 m through the gorge on the dammed Kirnitzsch. 👍

A wooden dam was built as early as 1580 to dam the river. This made it possible to transport the wood …

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October 10, 2025,Obere Schleuse Sächsische Schweiz Freitag, 10.10.2025

Great tour but you shouldn't take the boat trip instead walk along the top of the gorge.

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January 11, 2025,Winterwanderung im Kirnitzschtal

Wonderfully lonely, few people... sometimes, like at Herrmannseck, I was the first to leave my tracks in the snow. However, it was also quite exhausting at times to trudge through ankle- and calf-deep snow... but fantastically beautiful. 🥰
I love snow. 🥰

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May 2, 2024,Obere Schleuse (Kahnfahrt) – Aufstieg Flößersteig Runde von Hinterhermsdorf

Very nice tour with a raft ride through the forest and many sights

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August 19, 2024,Kirnitzschklamm

Beautiful valley. Here you can create circular routes however you like. Perfect with a short boat trip. But you can also walk along the river on the forest path. At the end of the ascent you can decide whether to take an easy or difficult route.

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June 21, 2023,Kahnfahrt Obere Schleuse – Aufstieg Flößersteig Runde von Hinterhermsdorf

It is advisable to prepare for "a lot of sun" (if the weather is good 😉). I assumed the loop would be in the shade, but that's not the case. Even during the boat trip around noon, you sat in the sun from start to finish.

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May 23, 2024,Wanderung mit Kahnfahrt Obere Schleuse

Very nice tour from the Buchenparkhalle car park. In the middle of the hike, part of the route is connected to a picturesque boat trip. (2024 Family 18€)

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April 25, 2026,Wanderung 25.04.2026 von Hinterhermsdorf zur Oberen Schleuse - kirnitzsch-Klamm und durchs Hermannseck zurück nach Hinterhermsdorf 🙋‍♂️🥾 🚣 ⛅😊

This morning we drove to Hinterhermsdorf with @RUMMELEBOOTZ and @DankeAnke and from there went to the Obere Schleuse Kirnitzsch. From there we took a historic raft trip (approx. 700 m) through the Kirnitzsch Gorge to the lower lock. Afterwards, it went steeply uphill and we climbed up a hut via a staircase through a narrow rock passage. From there, it …

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