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Ecker River – GDR border post at Jungborn loop from Stapelburg

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Ecker River – GDR border post at Jungborn loop from Stapelburg

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Ecker River – GDR border post at Jungborn loop from Stapelburg

02:23

8.65km

150m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 19, 2026

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Nationalpark Harz

Oker- und Eckertal in den Landkreisen Goslar und Wolfenbüttel

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1.68 km

Former GDR state border with border post

Highlight • Historical Site

Again and again you come across the black, red and gold concrete border posts along the Harz border road. They are the already weathered witnesses of the long-standing separation within Germany.

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2.11 km

Jungborn Nature and Health Park

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The Jungborn was a spacious health resort, a medically supervised sanatorium for simple, natural healing methods. Guided by this motto, Adolf Just, the father of the idea and founder of …

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2.13 km

Jungborn shelter

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There are 2 pieces of super nice shelters, the most beautiful I know

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6.86 km

Ecker River

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Here you have a great view of the Ecker.

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7.20 km

Jungborn Special Stamp Site (Harzer Wandernadel)

Highlight • Rest Area

Here you can find out interesting facts about the history of cure in the Harz Mountains and a special stamp for the Harzer Grenzweg.

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7.32 km

GDR border post at Jungborn

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The Kuranstalt Jungborn was a sanatorium that was founded in 1896 in the valley of the Ecker near Stapelburg by Adolf Just. It is considered Germany's first and largest natural …

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7.57 km

Jungborn Forest Café

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A beautiful forest café and farm shop with its own products.

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8.27 km

Jungbornplatz Parking Area

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The ideal starting point for hikes in the Eckertal.
Full quickly on the weekend.

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8.65 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.86 km

3.20 km

1.20 km

120 m

Surfaces

4.17 km

2.67 km

1.35 km

185 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (350 m)

Lowest point (220 m)

Weather

Sunday 19 July

18°C

12°C

65 %

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Comments

April 29, 2025,Grenzwanderung im Eckertal

Since the Harz Mountains are no longer divided, you can experience them in a completely different way, both historically and geologically.

Today we delved deep into history again and walked along part of the old border between the former GDR and the Federal Republic. Today, only the state border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt remains.

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May 22, 2023,Am Harzer Grenzweg durchs Eckertal – wandern am Grünen Band

How good that the wall fell.
The Harzer Genzweg is a beautiful hiking trail along the former border and the Ecker river, natural and in the expectation of green with lots of foliage, currently a true wild garlic paradise.
Passing the Jungborn sanatorium, we follow the path over the Besenbinderstieg in the direction of Ilsenburg.
We have a good view …

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June 11, 2023,Wanderung Eckertal - Ilsenburg - Eckertal

Nice hike through the forest. forest paths, etc. right on the corner. This tour is recommended.

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January 1, 2023,NSG Oker- und Eckertal, Ilsenburg, Harzer Klosterwanderweg und Besenbindersteig

It was a beautiful tour steeped in history along the wonderful and natural single trails on the Ecker. The Besenbindersteig is a beautiful single trail, I recommend hiking the climb from Ilsenburg. A short section of this trail has been relocated with wind damage from the last hurricane. There was some climbing announced. On the way, relics of the latter …

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Ecker River – GDR border post at Jungborn loop from Stapelburg

Former GDR state border with border post

Jungborn Nature and Health Park

Jungborn shelter

Ecker River

Jungborn Special Stamp Site (Harzer Wandernadel)

GDR border post at Jungborn

Jungborn Forest Café

Jungbornplatz Parking Area

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