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Gatehouse of Walkenried Monastery – Ruins of Walkenried Abbey loop from Zisterzienserkloster Walkenried

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Gatehouse of Walkenried Monastery – Ruins of Walkenried Abbey loop from Zisterzienserkloster Walkenried

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Gatehouse of Walkenried Monastery – Ruins of Walkenried Abbey loop from Zisterzienserkloster Walkenried

01:24

5.13km

80m

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 6, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Gipskarstlandschaft Bad Sachsa und Walkenried

Itelteich

Zisterzienserkloster Walkenried

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64 m

Gatehouse of Walkenried Monastery

Highlight • Historical Site

Beautiful building, beautiful craftsmanship

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351 m

Ruins of Walkenried Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Every year in September, a monastery market takes place over a weekend. Here monastic products from the kitchen, garden, cellar and workshop are offered.

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857 m

Benches With a View on the Kaiserweg

Highlight • Viewpoint

Here you can enjoy the landscape in peace!

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2.27 km

Himmelreich Forest and View of Itelteich

Highlight • Forest

The deciduous forests of the Himmelreich gypsum massif with its mighty old mixed beech and oak forests are a real hiking highlight for us. Very old trees line the path, especially on the south side of the Itelteich.

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2.36 km

View of the Itelteich

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Picturesque karst lake

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2.66 km

Bench with a view of Itelteich

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautifully situated bank with a view of the Itel pond, which invites you to linger

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2.68 km

Karstwanderweg singletrack with views of the Itelteich

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always along the edge of the Itel cliffs over wonderful, rooty, steep and natural single trails with beautiful views of the Itelteich

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3.62 km

Itelteich West Shore

Highlight • Lake

There is a great circular route around the Itelteich and stamp hunters can capture stamp 167 of the HWN, there are some great views on the round.

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5.13 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.07 km

1.98 km

1.02 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.03 km

1.45 km

1.21 km

418 m

Elevation

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Tuesday 18 August

20°C

14°C

78 %

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Comments

April 7, 2024,Kloster Walkenried mit Itelteich Runde

Walkenried Monastery is a former Cistercian abbey in Walkenried, located on the southern edge of the Harz Mountains near the border triangle of Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Well worth seeing.

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September 20, 2023,Kloster Walkenried & HWN 167 Ellricher Blick

Walkenried Monastery is really impressive. You feel very small in front of the impressive ruins.😳
The karst hiking trail around the Itelteich is a real gem.🥰You hike incredibly high above the pond, always narrowly along steep rock and tree slopes.
To the left of the path, a field at the same level, to the right of the path, a steep …

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February 25, 2025,Parkplatz Kloster Walkenried zur HWN 167 Hexentanzplatz

I did this tour primarily because I wanted to get to the stamping point. The route was surprisingly beautiful and the combination of sun and fog made the view from the stamping point into the valley one of the most beautiful hikes I have had in the Harz.

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October 20, 2021,Walkenried-HWN 167-Walkenried

Not too demanding tour, very nice in autumn

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August 3, 2025,Zisterzienser Kloster Walkenried nach HWN 167 🌧

Off to the stamp hunt with Thomas 😚😘
Unfortunately, it's still raining, so put on your raincoat and let's go 🥾🥾

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June 6, 2025,Kloster Walkenried

Stunning scenery and an impressive monastery. It must have been gigantic back in the day.

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March 3, 2022,☁️☀️𝕌𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕨𝕖𝕘𝕤 𝕚𝕞 ℍ𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕝𝕣𝕖𝕚𝕔𝕙 (ℍ𝕎ℕ 𝟙𝟞𝟟)

And on we go... before I started the small circular hiking trail around the Itelteich, I had to make a detour to the Walkenried monastery ruins. (the car was parked in the free parking lot of the same name nearby) A really beautiful and imposing ruin 😍
The "Himmelreich" is part of the Itelteich nature reserve. I would also like …

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October 24, 2021,Himmelreichrunde -Hexentanzplatz HWN167 vorbei am Itelteich ☀️🌄☀️

First the work in the garden and then the pleasure🎊
I found the reward on a short hike around Walkenried.
The dreamlike deciduous forest with gigantic trees, adorned in the bright colors of autumn with wonderful sunshine ☀️ were a pleasure 🍁🍂🪵🍁🍂

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Gatehouse of Walkenried Monastery – Ruins of Walkenried Abbey loop from Zisterzienserkloster Walkenried

Gatehouse of Walkenried Monastery

Ruins of Walkenried Abbey

Benches With a View on the Kaiserweg

Himmelreich Forest and View of Itelteich

View of the Itelteich

Bench with a view of Itelteich

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Itelteich West Shore

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