Teutonia Cliffs – Teutonia Cliffs Trail (Klippenweg) loop from Teutoniaklippen und Teutonia

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Willebadessen

Teutonia Cliffs – Teutonia Cliffs Trail (Klippenweg) loop from Teutoniaklippen und Teutonia

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Teutonia Cliffs – Teutonia Cliffs Trail (Klippenweg) loop from Teutoniaklippen und Teutonia

05:09

18.6km

330m

Hiking

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

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.44 km

Teutonia Cliffs

Highlight • Natural Monument

The steep cliff face of the Teutonia Cliffs is up to 15 meters high. The impressive rock face is beautifully situated in the Teutoburg Forest/Egge Mountains Nature Park. The area is located in the area of an abandoned iron ore mine.

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8.79 km

View of the Schönblick Pond

Highlight • Lake

The ponds dammed up by the Sauer at Haus Schönthal used to be idyllically located in the forest, but now there is almost no forest around. Still, they are a beautiful sight.

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8.97 km

Haus Schönthal

Highlight • Structure

Wonderful location - pure relaxation !.

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10.1 km

Alte Eisenbahn — Railway Cutting and Pond

Highlight • Historical Site

In fact, it's a good thing that nothing came of this project. Over time, a wonderful biotope has emerged.

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11.7 km

Teutonia Cliffs Trail (Klippenweg)

Highlight • Trail

On the eastern slope of the Eggegebirge, near the village of Borlinghausen, lies a beech forest complex on rugged sandstone cliffs and block debris. The approximately 15 m high, steeply sloping cliff of the Teutonia cliffs offers rewarding views - both in the landscape of the Teutoburg Forest / Eggegebirge and in the abyss on the impressive rock formations and the fallen, massive rocks. The site is located in the area of a abandoned iron ore mine. At the former mining sites are still collapsed tunnels, pits, dumps and pinging as witnesses of the iron industry. Through the purchase of the forest by the Teutonia society, the now natural and unspoiled area around the cliff area was named Teutonia cliffs. Many spring outcrops - surrounded by lush cabbage vegetation such as ferns, horsetails and grasses - as well as a diverse vegetation make up a remarkable landscape.

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13.4 km

View of Willebadessen from Karlsschwäze outer wall

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The forest area with the highlights here is more than worth seeing.

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13.7 km

Lazy Hunter Sacrificial Stone

Highlight • Natural Monument

Vodan victims were also offered here. Further information: wiki-willebadessen.de/index.php?title=Fauler_J%C3%A4ger

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13.7 km

Fauler Jäger Rock Formation

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This stone giant has been a sacrificial stick for Wodan.

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18.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.8 km

3.70 km

3.30 km

757 m

Surfaces

9.24 km

4.68 km

2.84 km

1.80 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

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Comments

May 30, 2024,Ab durch die Hecke… äh EGGE! Alte Eisenbahn Klippenweg Karlsschanze

“Experience Egge!”

Here is a completely different comment:

Dear Höxteraner and Paderborner!
You are currently affected by a referendum!
It couldn’t be more democratic!
You decide whether the district should submit an application to the NRW Ministry of the Environment for the establishment of a national park on the state-owned land in the Egge region or not!

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April 14, 2024,Kleinenberg Alte Eisenbahn Rundweg Schönthal Klippenweg Gertrudskammer Karlsschanze

Path Innere Karlsschanze not accessible (tree felling, April 2024).
Much forest destroyed, hence many open spaces.

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January 7, 2023,Teutonia Klippen, Bierbaums Nagel und Alte Eisenbahn 🚂

A few years ago we hiked the poacher trail near Kleinenberg. Back then it was one of the most beautiful hikes we had done up to that point.
Unfortunately, the area looks completely different now, the forest is almost completely gone 😔.
The section on the old railway is still very interesting. In 1847 an unsuccessful attempt was made to …

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