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Harz karst hiking trail – View of the Bauerngraben loop from Questenberg

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Harz karst hiking trail – View of the Bauerngraben loop from Questenberg

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Harz karst hiking trail – View of the Bauerngraben loop from Questenberg

01:15

4.18km

120m

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Moderate hike. Great for any fitness level. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 6, 2026

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Gipskarstlandschaft Questenberg

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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27 m

Shelter at the Gipskarstlandschaft Questenberg trailhead

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Small hut, well suited for a rest

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65 m

Parking area with information boards — Gipskarstlandschaft Questenberg

Highlight • Parking

Good parking lot for hikes on the Karst hiking trail.

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152 m

Forest Path in the Questenberg Gypsum Karst Landscape

Highlight • Forest

679 m

Harz karst hiking trail

Highlight (Segment) • Lake

The karst hiking trail goes from Pölsfeld to Osterrode, numerous highlights can be found here, the mountain farmers Graben and Questenberg are highlights in the Mansfelderland.

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1.38 km

HWN 213

Highlight • Structure

The Bauerngraben, sometimes with and sometimes without water 🤔😅

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1.98 km

View of the Bauerngraben

Highlight • Viewpoint

Premium densities are always available here, Zur Raosblühte is a dream.

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2.76 km

Stream at the Bauerngraben

Highlight • River

This small trickle provides constant irrigation for the Bauerngraben (farmer's ditch). Unfortunately, the ditch has been dry for years. Opposite, you can see the karst landscape.

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2.81 km

Farmer's ditch (episodic lake) (HWN 213)

Highlight • Lake

Nice rest area and stamping point for the Harz hiking pin. Impressive when you have seen both variants (filled and empty lake)! Accessible via part of the Karst hiking trail.

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4.18 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.96 km

1.74 km

364 m

101 m

Surfaces

4.00 km

139 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (300 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

Weather

Sunday 5 July

23°C

14°C

31 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

October 24, 2021,Karstwanderweg Südharz #26: Bauerngraben 🐿

On the way there, great joy about the weather - 0 degrees and hoar frost! 😊
The circular hiking trail around the Bauerngraben, absolutely recommendable. A feel-good lap - despite the temperatures.

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November 9, 2024,Bauerngraben🔄 HWN 🌊

Finally another weekend in the Harz 🥰
To warm up, we went on a little walk to the Bauerngraben, an episodic pond that I have already seen without water once - at the moment, all that is left from the last dam is residual water... at least... But it is impressive how high it was (probably in summer)😳🤩

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February 8, 2025,Wanderung zum Bauerngraben HWN 213

Today we went to the Kyffhäuser Mountains. There was a stopover in the southern Harz. A detour to the Bauerngraben. Then on to the Kyffhäuser.

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August 1, 2022,Wanderung zum Bauerngraben/Periodischer See

A beautiful tour in the shade of a natural forest. A demarcation of the risk of falling could be even clearer.

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September 17, 2025,Harz🌲🌲🌲Bauerngraben Breitungen, Episodischer See, HWS 213

A short hike around an interesting geological phenomenon. An episodic lake that sometimes appears and sometimes disappears. The Glasebach stream flows through this leached valley and disappears through sinkholes in the depths. "Bachschwinde" (stream disappearances): Silting and the collapse of the steep wall clog the sinkholes, forming a lake. When the blockage clears, the area dries up again. Depending on …

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March 6, 2022,Karstwanderweg/Periodischer See

Thanks again Ines for the tip that the farmer's ditch is now full of water. 😁
This time we walked the upper path / karst hiking trail. There you have a very good view of the lake. The lake is only temporarily filled with water.

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October 26, 2024,Bauerngraben Runde HWN 213 Agnesdorf

That was it, the last tour, the last stamp 222, crazy, and now 🤔? The statistical analysis took a while but now it's here. About 940 kilometers were covered to get the 222 stamps. Some stamp stations were also visited twice because Christin was still missing a few stamps. The period lasted from November 2019 to October 2024. It could …

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May 15, 2022,Wanderung zum Bauerngraben

The Bauerngraben is a periodically filled lake in the karst area. During our short hike from the hiking car park, the farmer's ditch was only partially filled.

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Harz karst hiking trail – View of the Bauerngraben loop from Questenberg

Shelter at the Gipskarstlandschaft Questenberg trailhead

Parking area with information boards — Gipskarstlandschaft Questenberg

Forest Path in the Questenberg Gypsum Karst Landscape

Harz karst hiking trail

HWN 213

View of the Bauerngraben

Stream at the Bauerngraben

Farmer's ditch (episodic lake) (HWN 213)

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