On the Wrong Track – Glashütte Hermsdorf Shelter loop from Teichhaus

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On the Wrong Track – Glashütte Hermsdorf Shelter loop from Teichhaus

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On the Wrong Track – Glashütte Hermsdorf Shelter loop from Teichhaus

01:53

7.13km

70m

Hiking

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 3, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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59 m

Teichhaus

Highlight • Restaurant

Located almost directly on the "old railway embankment" but also easily accessible by road (with a large parking lot in front of the house) you can eat very well in …

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105 m

Holzhau–Moldava Border Crossing

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The Moldavský potok (Moldau stream) forms the border between Germany and the Czech Republic. A beautifully designed border crossing takes you to the other country.

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2.82 km

Glashütte Hermsdorf Shelter

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You will find this great refuge on the border path. There is also an information board for glass production in the Ore Mountains. In the Bohemian part there is an entire educational trail (Moldova).

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3.51 km

Water crane at the Old Hermsdorf-Rehefeld Station

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It's worth a short stop here. There is a restaurant in the hotel next to the train station. There is also a snack bar on the former railway line. Numerous …

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3.74 km

On the Kammweg near Neuhermsdorf

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The old railway embankment along the border is really a beautiful route, even for not so "skilled" pedestrians. Adjacent there are many restaurants.

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4.27 km

Stone Arch Bridge Under the Former Railway Embankment

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The train used to go up and the hiking trail crosses the railway line.

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4.38 km

Pond With Bench and Watermill Model

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a really nice place to rest

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7.13 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.90 km

146 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.01 km

3.01 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 21 October

9°C

4°C

20 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

November 27, 2023,2023 Rasthütte Glashütten Hermsdorf – Hochzeit, Hochzeit Runde von Neuhermsdorf

Always beautiful in the Erzgebirge. But hiking in 20-30cm deep snow is a real challenge and very tiring. Nobody walked there before us

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February 1, 2023,Teichhaus - SWF Sporthotel Runde 1 - mit Skiern auf dem "Alten Bahndamm"

In heavy snowfall we actually wanted to circumnavigate the stumbling block today. For this purpose, it should go on the old railway embankment to the border crossing and then around the stumbling block back to the sports hotel for lunch.

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February 1, 2023,Teichhaus - SWF Sporthotel Runde 2 - Wanderung durch das Tal

Continuation of round 1

With dry clothes and hiking boots, we went back to the sports hotel. Up to the remains of the bridge we had to walk on the old railway embankment (of course without stepping on the ski track, after that we could turn into the valley and thus leave the trail. The path below the old railway …

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