Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains) – Nabentaler Waterfall loop from Bergstadt Altenau

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Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains) – Nabentaler Waterfall loop from Bergstadt Altenau

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Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains) – Nabentaler Waterfall loop from Bergstadt Altenau

04:34

16.1km

320m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

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Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 5.28 km for 144 m

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3.31 km

Förster-Ludewig-Platz — Memorial and HWN 133 Stamp Station

Highlight • Rest Area

Stamp point, refuge and rest area, memorial stone for fallen forest workers in the First World War, Harz water shelf with weir.
Definitely a highlight and rightly a hallmark of the HWN👍

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3.70 km

Dammgraben (Oberharzer Wasserregal)

Highlight • Monument

This path is not just beautiful. You have the feeling that the water runs with you all the time. And if you then look at it or let it through as when these moats and "water braids" are, it is all the more astonishing how beautifully they have been preserved to this day.

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3.72 km

Dammgraben Water Channel (Harz Mountains)

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

The path is one of the most beautiful in the Harz Mountains. The water flows quietly (in some places even silently) next to you. The path is almost flat, which is a great opportunity to relax after the climbs. You can get two stamps here (133 and 149) and interesting information about mining in the Harz Mountains. I have been here in winter, spring and summer and I will come again in autumn.

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5.21 km

Nabentaler Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

Since the Nabental waterfall almost exclusively carries water from the Clausthaler Flutgraben and has only a very small catchment area of its own, it can be viewed as an artificially created structure that was created in 1827. The waterway Clausthaler Flutgraben - Nabentaler Wasserfall - Nabetaler Graben was laid out to feed more water to the dam ditch. Nabetaler Graben and Dammgraben are part of the Upper Harz Water Management World Heritage Site.

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