Trogfurther Bridge (HWN 42) – Felswerke opencast mine (HWN 39) loop from Bockberg

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Trogfurther Bridge (HWN 42) – Felswerke opencast mine (HWN 39) loop from Bockberg

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Trogfurther Bridge (HWN 42) – Felswerke opencast mine (HWN 39) loop from Bockberg

03:56

14.5km

190m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Harzer Bachtäler

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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394 m

View of Königshütte

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From the castle ruins you have a beautiful view of Königshütte. If you walk down the path behind the castle, you will find out that the Bode flows via the Elbe and the North Sea into the Atlantic.

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1.10 km

Harzer-Hexen-Stieg at the Königshütte dam

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An easy hike around the dam.

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3.31 km

Trogfurther Bridge (HWN 42)

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There is an easy circular path around the dam.

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3.45 km

Königshütte Dam (Königshütte Reservoir)

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The dam was built on the Bode as an 18 m high concrete gravity dam for drinking water supply and flood protection, with a war-related interruption from 1939 to 1943 and 1952 to 1956, but is also used to raise low water levels and generate electricity. The hydroelectric plant has a nominal output of 60 kW and generates 0.18 GWh per year.
The slightly curved wall is 108 m long and has a volume of 13,500 m³. It can be overflowed almost across its entire width. A fishbelly flap is installed in one field, which can be lowered by 1.5 m to relieve flooding.
The reservoir has a volume of 1.2 million m³ and covers an area of 32 hectares. Part of the water is channeled from here through a 1,795 m long tunnel to the Rappbode Dam. The other part flows into the Bode to the Wendefurth dam, where it rejoins the water from the Rappbode dam.
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6.57 km

Felswerke opencast mine (HWN 39)

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The large open-cast mine is not beautiful but it is impressive to look at.

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12.8 km

Königshütte Waterfall (HWN 40)

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A very beautiful and mostly very calm waterfall. The rest area nearby offers you enough seats. Above the waterfall you look down on Königshütte. There is also a stamp office for the Harzer hiking nobility up here. If you come here by car, you can park in front of the railway bridge on a large gravel area. If you have more time, after a few hundred meters you will find the Rabensteine, from which you have a magnificent view of the Hochharz.

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12.8 km

Sheltered rest area at Königshütter Waterfall

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Good place to rest (with a barbecue area) with a direct view of the waterfall

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13.0 km

Kalte Bode

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The Kalte Bode is the left, 17 km long source river of the Bode in the High Harz Mountains in Saxony-Anhalt.

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14.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.64 km

4.28 km

2.81 km

456 m

220 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.80 km

3.97 km

1.83 km

778 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (430 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

14°C

5°C

98 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

March 23, 2023,Elbingeroder Runde

You can find the video of the tour here:

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May 18, 2025,Von Elbingerode zur HWN 39,40,41 u. 42

We started in windy weather. We had a great time hiking this trail, albeit with a light shower.
Not suitable for strollers.
After the hike, we went to the Grüne Gurke (Green Cucumber) in Wernigerode. Yes, that's really the name of the restaurant! Super tasty, affordable, and large (really large) portions.

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August 11, 2024,Königshütte, HWN 38 bis 42

Once again with my daughter on a stamp hunt in the Harz. 😃 Parking and start/finish in the middle of Elbingerode, right next to the local history room. Not quite as strenuous this time but still nice. It was actually a circuit around the Fels-Werke open-cast mine. The 5 stamps were in the first two thirds of the route. Unfortunately, …

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July 5, 2024,Harz Elbingerode HWN 40 Königshüter Wasserfall, HWN 41 Ruine Königsberg, HWN 42 Trogfurther Brücke, HWN 39 Tagebau Felswerke🥾🌲

Another long weekend in the Harz. This time in Tanne. Our first tour started in Elbingerode with a fairly fresh wind. A beautiful tour up to the Trogfurther Bridge. Wide gravel paths on the last 4 kilometers. The lucky doll lying in the stamp box HWN 39 is a wonderful idea. Hopefully it will stay there for a long time.

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October 3, 2021,Elbingerode/Königshütte: Königshütter Wasserfall, Ruine Königsburg, Trogfurther Brücke, Tagebau Felswerke (HWN 40, 41, 42, 39)

We had planned this tour a long time ago, something always came up. Today it finally worked and I have to say, it was a nice round with varied paths and remarkable stamping points 😊 highly recommended. We parked the car in the center of the village 👍🏻

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May 1, 2024,Tour um Königshütte (HWN 38, 39, 40, 41, 42 + 3x Goethe + 3x Hexen-Steig + 1x Steiger + 1x Sonderstempel)

The following stamp points are located on this hike:

2.3 km - HWN 40 - Königshütter Waterfall

9.1 km - HWN 38 - Galgenberg

12.3 km - HWN 39 - Felswerke opencast mine

15.8 km - HWN 42 - Trogfurther Bridge

19.1 km - HWN 41 - Königsburg ruins

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August 10, 2024,Tag 2: Elbingerode-Königshütter Wasserfall-Königsburg-Galgenberg (HWN 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)

Time: 3 hours 57
A very nice tour to relax in wonderful weather and sunshine 😁

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October 21, 2025,Elbingerode zum Königshütter Wasserfall

To collect four more stamps today, we headed to Elbingerode. In light drizzle🌦, we first went to the Felswerk HWN 39.
After a quick look at the open-cast mine, we continued towards Trogfurther Brücke HWN 42. Along the Königshütte Dam, we climbed to the Königshütte castle ruins HWN 41, where we took a short break🍺. Then we descended to Königshütte …

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