Circular hike - nature adventure trail Oberhof

Description Nature Adventure Trail Oberhof

"Only where you have been on foot have you really been." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe).

Fire salamanders, forest streams, rustic forests... a nature experience as precious as the forest area itself.

Oberhof's nature trail was newly laid out in November 2012, display boards provide information about the history of forest workers, the charcoal burner trade, resin scrapers, pitch boilers and Kienruß keepers, forest streams, and protected animals, Oberhof's forests 290 million years ago, as well as interesting facts about flora and fauna.

Marvel at wooden art along the way, from fire salamanders to spotted woodpeckers and much more. And the highlight - a playable forest xylophone and an upscale insect hotel for our "very young" guests.

Entrance portal - Historical gate

The first eye-catcher is the entrance portal. It is modeled on the gate of the historic game fence that was erected around Oberhof in 1900.

Nature discovery trail Oberhof stage I

Gut Brand charcoal burner craft - the charcoal burner as a soot worm. The charcoal burner was a very lonely man, watching over his piles with a black-smeared face.

Nature Experience Trail Oberhof Stage II

Amphibians & Superstition In the near-natural stream made of spring water, fire salamanders & Co. find their habitat.

Nature discovery trail Oberhof stage III & IV

Red Desert Explore the athmospheric change with diverse rock finds on the nature experience path.

Nature Experience Trail Oberhof Stage V

Sound play of tree trunks forest xylophone. Take the clapper and let it swing, hear the sound, a tree can sing!

Nature adventure trail Oberhof stage VI

Insect hotel Thuringian Forest. An upscale insect hotel with full board for the smallest forest dwellers.

Nature discovery trail Oberhof stage VII

Historical forest professions. Walk along the paths of the resin scrapers, pitch boilers and pine soot keepers.

Kurt Hofmann Bridge

Kurt Hofmann, affectionately known as "Kurti", enthusiastically and resolutely solicited active help for the BSR "Rennsteig" association and led the way for bobsleigh and skeleton sports in Oberhof.

Cat pond

At the cat pond you stop and enjoy the forest air. The monument "The Day of the Tree" reminds us to treat our nature with care.

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