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Selke Valley Trail – Root Tunnel on the Selke River loop from Mägdesprung

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Selke Valley Trail – Root Tunnel on the Selke River loop from Mägdesprung

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Selke Valley Trail – Root Tunnel on the Selke River loop from Mägdesprung

05:12

17.6km

440m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 17, 2026

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Oberes Selketal

Waypoints

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Parking

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1.01 km

Cliffs in the Selketal - Lamp

Highlight • Gorge

The spot is actually called "Lampe" (like light) and is the narrowest point in the Selke Valley. The rocks are only 15 meters apart at their narrowest point. The bridge …

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2.20 km

Root Tunnel on the Selke River

Highlight • Natural Monument

A feast for the eyes, and luckily the trees have fallen victim to the drought and the bark beetle.
So it stays as beautiful as ever.
Rock gates are always something special.

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3.22 km

IV. Friedrichshammer Stamping Point (HWN 179)

Highlight • Rest Area

The Selketal is an absolute must in the Harz Mountains and indispensable for stamping 😉

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6.90 km

Wooden bridge in the Oberes Selketal (Upper Selke Valley)

Highlight • Bridge

Funny wooden bridge with a slope. Very well preserved, stable and not slippery even when slightly damp.

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7.97 km

Albrechtsweg: Ascent to the Anhalt Castle Ruins

Highlight • Trail

Your calves will get toned, but it's worth it.

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10.7 km

Schirm Ballenstedt – Harzer Wandernadel Stamp 182

Highlight • Rest Area

Historical crossroads and therefore rightly a stamp of the Hwn

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15.3 km

Cliff hike on the Selketal Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

An amazing section of the Selketal-Stieg. Here you hike directly on the Selke along the cliffs. In addition to the narrowest part of the valley, you also come through a tunnel. This area is mandatory for Selke hikers! ;)

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17.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.10 km

4.97 km

1.70 km

1.31 km

445 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.66 km

6.19 km

2.17 km

337 m

223 m

Elevation

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Highest point (370 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

Weather

Thursday 9 July

24°C

11°C

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Comments

March 31, 2024,Von Sternhaus Ramberg zum Schirm Ballenstedt, zur Burgruine Anhalt und durch das Selketal nach Mägdesprung

This beautiful tour connects two places that can be reached with the Selketalbahn. I particularly liked the impressive Anhalt castle ruins, which tower over the Selketal, and the attractive paths along the Selke.

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October 18, 2022,Salamanderblues (bei Harzgerode)

PLEASE: Get in touch if the rhymes don't follow each other conclusively, I'll stop the tour and work on it later!

The route: a rhyming version of komoot.de/tour/956520425?ref=atd ... Due to bad weather, deep conversations and abundance of salamanders, no more image material was created....

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February 24, 2024,Wo Albrecht der Bär steppte und die Askanier im Kettenhemd tanzten 🏰👑⚔️👑🏰 (HWN 179 IV. Friedrichshammer - HWN 197 Burgruine Anhalt - HWN 182 Schirm - HWN 👻 180 Selkemühle)

Schwimmqualität: 👎🏻
Kneippqualität: 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Die Selke und ich, wir werden einfach nicht so gute Freunde wie die Bode und ich, ganz zu schweigen von meiner allerliebsten Lieblingsinnersten. 😀 Es ist ja nicht so, dass sie nicht auch ihre Highights hat, aber für einen echten Schäferseehund ist sie einfach oft zu unnahbar. Ständig blubbert sie in ihrer Nein-Nuki-Manier in viel zu …

April 20, 2024,Harz: Wanderung im Selketal IV. Friedrichshammer - Burgruine Anhalt - Schirm (HWN 179, 182, 197)

Today we went another round into the Selketal and again got three stamps from the Harz hiking badge😊
The start was the IV. Hammer.

First we went to the Anhalt castle ruins and we were surprised at how many remains we could still see, after we often found nothing at other places. Lots of information boards with models show you …

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August 14, 2022,Wanderung: IV. Friedrichshammer HWN 179/2-Burgruine Anhalt HWN 197/2-Schirm Ballenstedt HWN 182/2

🥾🥾

Actually we wanted to climb the Brocken for sunrise today. Since the weather forecast predicted clouds, we have rescheduled.

Today we went to Mägdesprung. A slightly smaller round, since the temperatures are very crisp. Started at Friedrichshammer, we went through the forest towards the Anhalt castle ruins. so through the forest we thought "not so warm" but it was …

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May 24, 2025,Harz - Sandra's und Kalle's Kaiser 👑 Krönungsrunde - Friedrichhammer IV - Burgruine Anhalt - Schirm Ballenstedt

It's done...after a year, 10 months, and 14 days, Sandra is hanging up her hiking boots 🥾...hiking champion 👑👑...unbelievable...in more ways than one.
Because of the celebratory occasion, I'd like to talk a little more about my passion for hiking today.
I know a few people on Komoot personally, I exchange a few words with some of them now and …

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December 27, 2021,HWN 179/182/197

The most interesting thing on this tour was the castle ruins, and the stamp box was incomprehensibly positioned a few 100 meters below the castle at a completely unattractive fork in the road. Otherwise a pretty bleak tour on which there is hardly anything to see.

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February 27, 2022,Romantisches Selketal

A really great round for experienced hikers. The romantic Selketal surprises at the end of the hike with great impressions. By the way, "collected" a few stamps from the HWN. I would not recommend the entire loop with small children. However, if you are fit, you should definitely give it a try.

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