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Rötzel Ridge – Jetten Cave loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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Rötzel Ridge – Jetten Cave loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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Rötzel Ridge – Jetten Cave loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

02:32

9.11km

170m

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 25, 2026

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Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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1.09 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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1.11 km

Rötzel Ridge

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Coming from the west through the gate, in the direction of Düna you go up and down, left and right (the main thing is not straight ahead 🙂🤗) on nature trails with a wonderful view.

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1.90 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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3.58 km

Dry grasslands in the Hainholz gypsum karst landscape

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Humpback meadow with many botanical peculiarities

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3.69 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.
The deer tongue is a fern that needs shady and moist steep slopes on limestone or gypsum soil. These requirements are very well met in the approximately 10 m deep sinkhole,

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4.08 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 in the region. An inspection of the nearby Marthahöhle is only possible when it is dry and much more difficult.

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4.30 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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4.80 km

Bench with panoramic views over the Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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beautiful rest area with a wonderful view

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7.84 km

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Forest

9.11 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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6.43 km

2.66 km

Surfaces

4.62 km

2.22 km

1.65 km

588 m

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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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February 9, 2025,Dünaer Rötzelkamm, Feldherrenhügel (Karst 4)

We set off this morning from the Jettenhöhle car park, first on field paths with a view of deer and foxes 🦊 we went up to the Rötzelkamm, then over the L523.
There I found a suitable breakfast bench 🥨 in the sun. The next stop was the Feldherrenhügel stamping point. Back into the deciduous forest and then again over …

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February 11, 2023,14/2023 Wo sich Hase und Igel begegnen: das Südharzer Toskana-Auenland

*Part 2 of last weekend*

The original plan:
The karst hiking booklet should be embellished with two new stamp impressions. On the way there, two exits too early, we ended up in the middle of Tuscany in the south of the Harz Mountains....maybe somewhere in Auenland, who knows?!
Parked the blue firebolt in front of the gates of Schwiegershausen and …

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February 11, 2023,Karstwanderweg Südharz: Feldherrenhügel, Rötzelkamm und NSG Hainholz

Today we went to the southern Harz to continue stamping the Karstwanderweg booklet after a half-year break. The first station was the Feldherren Hügel, followed by a moss and then a mud paradise 🙈 After crossing the L523, the magnificent Rötzel (ridge) begins with the second stamp. The highlight of the hike is clearly the Hainholz circular hiking trail near …

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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 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 7, 2025,ImadfL 🐕‍🦺 Panorama Tour Rötzel Runde von Düna mit Jettenhöhle 07.03.2025

A super beautiful walk with a fantastic panorama. The absolute highlight is the Jettenhöhle. It is freely accessible and should only be entered with sufficient lighting.

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Rötzel Ridge – Jetten Cave loop from Gipskarstlandschaft Hainholz

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

Rötzel Ridge

Karst Trail and View of Düna

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

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