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Karlstein Car Park – Karlstein loop from Schwiederstorf

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Karlstein Car Park – Karlstein loop from Schwiederstorf

01:18

15.7km

200m

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Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: May 23, 2026

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Buchenwälder im Rosengarten

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Karlstein Car Park

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The Karlstein car park is large and spacious. However, it is always well visited here, the area is beautiful.

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Where did the name of the stone come from? According to legend, it owes its name "Karlstein" to Charlemagne, King of the Franks. This is said to have laid to rest on the stone during the Saxon wars. Under threat of death, his followers were forbidden to wake him. While he slept, enemy Saxons approached. Since none of Charles' entourage wanted to be in danger, the ruler's dog was thrown on the sleeping man. He awoke and saw the impending danger and cried: "As surely as I will split this stone with my sword, so surely we will defeat the Saxons." Jumped on his horse, which jumped over the stone, and split the stone with one blow. He defeated the Saxons. Today, the horse's horseshoes and the dog's paws in the stone are meant to commemorate the event.

According to scientific research conducted in 1951, the stone is in its original geological location. Coming from southern Sweden, it was transported by the glacier masses of the Ice Age and remained where it is today after they melted around 10,000 years ago. The deep grooves on its back are natural, weathered drainage joints in the rock. The horseshoe marks in the stone are of human origin. Unfortunately, the meaning is not known.

There are stones with horseshoe symbols in various places in northern Germany. The next stone of this kind was in Regesbostel in the district of Harburg. Near Rosengartenstraße in the Rosengarten state forest, it used to serve as a boundary stone, place of execution or place of worship.

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Historic Boundary Stones at Rosengartenstraße and Heidschnucken-Wanderweg

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Boundary stone at the corner of Rosengartenstraße and the Heidschnucken hiking trail.
The boundary stone was re-erected in November 2024.
Five old boundary stones stand here in a row.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Baudenkmale_in_Rosengarten_(Landkreis_Harburg)

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Rest Area Below Diebeskuhlen in the Beech Forests of Rosengarten

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You can get a good overview on the maps along the way. Benches and a table invite you to take a break.

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Moisburg Boundary Stone

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The stone marks the border between Hamburg and Lower Saxony. The stone was erected according to the Roman inscription MDCCL in 1750. At that time the stone marked the border between the Harburg and Moisburg offices.

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Beech forest in Rosengarten Nature Reserve

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Here in the nature reserve Rosengarten it goes through this beautiful beech forest. The area belonging to the district of Harburg was protected in 2003 and covers a total of 285 hectares.

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14.2 km

1.33 km

202 m

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7.77 km

7.25 km

552 m

154 m

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Karlstein Car Park – Karlstein loop from Schwiederstorf

Karlstein Car Park

Karlstein

Historic Boundary Stones at Rosengartenstraße and Heidschnucken-Wanderweg

Rest Area Below Diebeskuhlen in the Beech Forests of Rosengarten

Moisburg Boundary Stone

Beech forest in Rosengarten Nature Reserve

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