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Jetten Cave – Hainholz Gypsum Karst Landscape loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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Jetten Cave – Hainholz Gypsum Karst Landscape loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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Jetten Cave – Hainholz Gypsum Karst Landscape loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

02:26

8.80km

160m

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: July 15, 2026

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Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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975 m

Dry grasslands in the Hainholz gypsum karst landscape

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Humpback meadow with many botanical peculiarities

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1.09 km

Hart's-tongue fern sinkhole in Hainholz

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The Hirschzungen sinkhole has steep and partially overhanging walls. Its age is estimated at around 500 years. The collapse of the underlying karst cave took place in historical times.
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1.48 km

Jetten Cave

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The impressive cave was allegedly closed in the meantime for reasons of bat protection (?). Now it can apparently be freely entered again. It is the largest freely accessible cave …

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1.69 km

Hainholz Gypsum Karst Landscape

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Here is the most important gypsum karst area in Central Europe. Various karst phenomena can be seen in a very small space (caves, sinkholes, creek shrinkage, etc.).

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2.19 km

Bench with panoramic views over the Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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beautiful rest area with a wonderful view

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5.54 km

Beierstein

Forest

6.28 km

Bench with a view of the former quarry (Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz)

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View from Rötzel in south direction

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6.74 km

The Rötzel – viewpoint in the Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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From here you have a wonderful view of the Hattorfer Berg, to Düna and direction Osterode.

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7.08 km

Karst Trail and View of Düna

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The Karst hiking trail leads through the small village of Düna. From here it is not far to the Rötzelkamm.

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8.80 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.40 km

2.58 km

697 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.66 km

2.58 km

979 m

796 m

761 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Weather

Friday 17 July

23°C

15°C

25 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

December 28, 2024,Gipskarstlandschaft, tiefe Löcher, sanfte Hügel, einfach schön

A very beautiful hike. It's really not easy to photograph what you see in such a way that you can appreciate the beauty of the landscape. At times we had the impression that we were walking through a golf course. Beautiful small and large hills. And brilliant sunshine. The grass was somehow much too green for this time of year. …

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April 13, 2025,Harz - Düna/Rundwanderweg Hainholz - Jettenhöhle - Rötzelkamm - Gipskarstlandschaft

On Thursday, Komoot suggested this tour to me for the second weekend in April...I usually rarely, if ever, look at these routes because they're either boring or I've already been there 😜.
The hike, however, was practically on my doorstep and meant absolutely nothing to me 😅.
I saved it, packed Astrid, and off we went...into the wild garlic paradise. …

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May 25, 2025,Über den Rötzelkamm bei Düna

After my hiking boots had been staring at me reproachfully all morning—what, you're not coming out with us today?—we braved the rain and took a short hike over the Rötzelkamm ridge near Daugava. And we didn't regret it. There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing. Equipped with our rain gear, we headed over the wonderful ridge, which …

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February 4, 2023,Nuki Feuerstein und Hydra Geröllheimer auf der Suche nach dem Wollnashorn 🦏🪨🦖🔎🦖🪨🦏 (HWN K06 Rötzelkamm)

Schwimmqualität: 👎🏻
Kneippqualität: 👍🏻

Es gibt so Touren die schiebt man so wochenlang vor sich her, weil man sich denkt: Naja, Karst halt 🙄 Aber gestern hat mein Freundin Hydra angerufen und gesagt: Hey, wollen wir mal das Wollnashorn suchen? Die sollen nen Riesen-Schinken haben 🤪 Also haben Frauchen und ihre Schwester Ute El uns unser schönstes Neandertaler-Fell übergeworfen und …

February 8, 2025,Nuki Feuerstein und Floki Geröllheimer auf der Suche nach dem Wollnashorn - Reload 🦏🪨🦖🔎🦖🪨🦏 (HWN K06 Rötzelkamm)

Schwimmqualität: 👍🏻
Kneippqualität: 👍🏻

Was für eine Woche. Frauchen war auf einer Beerdigung, hat ständig lange gearbeitet und hatte dann ja auch noch Geburtstag, da vielen große Tourem natürlich aus, also musste definitiv was Tolles her 😃
Heute hat Floki mal sein Neandertalerfell übergestülpt bekommen und nachdem ich mit Hydra damals keinen leckeren Wollnashorn-Knochen gefunden habe, dachte ich mir: probieren …

March 6, 2025,Solotour: Frühlingssonne über den Kämmen von Düna

A surprisingly almost free day, and with this wonderful spring weather. Sun and the first warm rays. Nice little hike through the Hainholz and over the Rötzelkamm.

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Jetten Cave – Hainholz Gypsum Karst Landscape loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

Dry grasslands in the Hainholz gypsum karst landscape

Hart's-tongue fern sinkhole in Hainholz

Jetten Cave

Hainholz Gypsum Karst Landscape

Bench with panoramic views over the Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

Bench with a view of the former quarry (Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz)

The Rötzel – viewpoint in the Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

Karst Trail and View of Düna

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