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Harzer Bachtäler Scenic Valley – Mandelholz Dam loop from Braunlage

Harzer Bachtäler Scenic Valley – Mandelholz Dam loop from Braunlage

Moderate

4.5

(12)

153

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Harzer Bachtäler Scenic Valley – Mandelholz Dam loop from Braunlage

01:57

43.0km

400m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 24.3 km for 66 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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6.31 km

Former Inner-German Border in the Harz

Highlight • Historical Site

Here you cross the former border. It's shocking when you think about the fact that 35 years ago you couldn't just drive here.

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9.71 km

Ice Cream Café & Holiday Apartment Eishexe Tanne

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If you drive this way you just have to take a break. The best ice cream I know

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10.3 km

Harzer Bachtäler Scenic Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Nice to drive on a good surface. Traffic volume depends on the time of day.

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19.8 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 …

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24.4 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 …

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25.4 km

Mandelholz Dam

Highlight • Monument

The dam was built from 1952 to 1957 and consists of an earth dam with an integrated concrete control corridor. In order to protect the top of the dam from …

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29.6 km

Elend station

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It is no longer a train station but just a HSB stop.

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34.7 km

Heinrichswinkel

Forest

38.3 km

Hexenritt Ascent

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

43.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.9 km

14.8 km

6.42 km

2.01 km

809 m

101 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

40.4 km

1.06 km

987 m

316 m

311 m

Elevation

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Highest point (720 m)

Lowest point (420 m)

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Friday 17 July

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Harzer Bachtäler Scenic Valley – Mandelholz Dam loop from Braunlage

Former Inner-German Border in the Harz

Ice Cream Café & Holiday Apartment Eishexe Tanne

Harzer Bachtäler Scenic Valley

Königshütte Dam (Königshütte Reservoir)

Königshütte Waterfall (HWN 40)

Mandelholz Dam

Elend station

Hexenritt Ascent

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