Border Traces in Eichsfeld – Pferdeberg Observation Tower loop from Lindenberg/Eichsfeld

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Border Traces in Eichsfeld – Pferdeberg Observation Tower loop from Lindenberg/Eichsfeld

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Border Traces in Eichsfeld – Pferdeberg Observation Tower loop from Lindenberg/Eichsfeld

02:09

7.98km

110m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.29 km

Eichsfeld Borderland Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

Various display boards, exhibits, stories about the border and the people as well as border guard vehicles from both sides, well done

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1.60 km

Former Road Barrier at the Teistungen Border Crossing

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The automatic road blocker is pretty monstrous and also somehow impressive ...

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1.99 km

Observation Bunker on the Kolonnenweg

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The column path leads along the remaining border security systems to this observation bunker. On the Grenzlandweg itself, 24 different stations provide information with in-depth explanations of the respective location.

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2.82 km

Border Watchtower at the Former Inner German Border (Touringen Stamp Station No. 342)

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A watchtower used by the GDR border troops above the borderland museum Eichsfeld. The tower was a command post responsible for a 16.9-kilometer boundary. From the pulpit, the four-man crew …

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3.45 km

View of Teistungenburg Monastery and valley

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Beautiful distant view over green hills with the new hotel complex of Teistungenburg.

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3.48 km

Border Traces in Eichsfeld

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3.91 km

Pferdeberg Observation Tower

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beautiful viewpoint. Before the borders were opened, the Germans came here to look to the East

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4.08 km

View of Gerblingerode and Duderstadt

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At the Pferdebergkreuz you have a wide panoramic view as far as the Harz Mountains. It was built in 1952 to commemorate the Lindenberg chapel.

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7.98 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.26 km

1.58 km

810 m

176 m

151 m

Surfaces

5.40 km

1.71 km

358 m

260 m

239 m

Elevation

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Highest point (270 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

14°C

8°C

51 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

October 20, 2023,Ehemalige Grenzanlagen – Pferdebergturm Runde von Gerblingerode

In autumnal weather today, we took a walk around the Pferdeberg between Teistungen and Duderstatt from the Hotel Teistungenburg in the afternoon. The path leads along the former inner-German border with various relics from that time. A visit to the Borderland Museum was of course also mandatory.

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October 9, 2021,Grünes Band/ Eichsfeld... unterwegs auf der ehem. innerdt. Grenze - Grenzlandweg u. -museum

… A story that divides and connects, a super scenic area!

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July 27, 2024,Grenzlandweg Eichsfeld 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️

At the Eichsfeld Borderland Museum there is a nearly 6-minute circular walk along the former inner-German border. The border barriers and observation bunkers are partly still in their original condition. 24 information boards provide information about the border installations, the "small border traffic" that was possible from 1972 for residents in places near the border for day trips in both …

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January 26, 2025,🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️ EIC - Grenzdurchgang Eichsfeld - Grenzlandweg 🇩🇪 🚧 Ost / West - Pferdebergturm

Today we went to the Eichsfeld Borderland Museum near Duderstadt.

This brought back memories from my childhood. We often drove to Bernterode with my grandparents to see my grandfather's brother and used this border crossing.

In the old customs building there is a picture of the border crossing at that time.

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