TOP-Border hiking trail Schifflersgrund
TOP-Border hiking trail Schifflersgrund
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TOP-Border hiking trail Schifflersgrund
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10.9km
220m
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Between Werra Valley and Eichsfeld, where guard posts once stood on the former inner-German border, a diverse natural landscape has developed along the "death strip". The TOP Schifflersgrund border hiking trail takes you on a nearly eleven-kilometer-long circular route through this unique historical setting with watchtowers, border fences and patrol…
Last updated: August 27, 2025
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2.06 km
View of Asbach
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Heierkopf Observation Tower and View over Bad Sooden-Allendorf
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10.8 km long circular hiking trail following the history of the East/West border. Recommendation: follow with a tour of the museum - culture meets nature
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9.08 km
837 m
644 m
244 m
122 m
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3.65 km
3.45 km
2.62 km
830 m
262 m
117 m
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Highest point (320 m)
Lowest point (160 m)
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On the hike, you are constantly reminded that Germany was once divided.
The traces can still be seen everywhere today.
The initial path consists of concrete slabs, but the surface changes again and again later.
After half of the way, you then go along very beautiful paths and …
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The Schifflersgrund border hiking trail is very informative, followed by a visit to the border museum
grenzmuseum.de
Always terrifying.
The condition of the paths leaves a lot to be desired in some places, however
(overgrown with nettles and thorns).
I released the stone I found from Kehlheim into the wild at the …
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with a visit to the Border Museum (admission €5)
grenzmuseum.de
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"Quality Trail for Hiking in Germany"
naturpark-ehw.de/aktiv/wanderwege/top-grenzwanderweg-schifflersgrund.html
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90 years ago we also had the choice, we chose National Socialism and the country lost before the war even began. After the end of the war, the country was to be divided for over 40 years, families and friends separated before what belonged together was brought back together. …
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April 24, 2024
Between Werra Valley and Eichsfeld, where guard posts once stood on the former inner-German border, a diverse natural landscape has developed along the "death strip". The TOP Schifflersgrund border hiking trail takes you on a nearly eleven-kilometer-long circular route through this unique historical
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