World Heritage Insight Walk I: Ideas and Innovations
In the footsteps of Leibniz from Zellerfeld into the Upper Harz Water Management System. The walk begins at the Zellerfeld Mint (Bornhardtstr. 11, Clausthal-Zellerfeld), takes you past the St. Salvatoris Church and the Eschenbacher Teiche ponds and ends at the Upper Harz Mining Museum.
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duration: around 1:30 h · difficulty: easy
length: 3.6 km · ascent: 43 m · descent: 33 m
WatersideWalk Sperberhaier Damm
The "Sperberhaier Damm" aqueduct is the most gigantic construction of the Upper Harz Water Management System and is at the heart of the "Dammgraben" ditch system, which is named after it.
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duration: around 0:45 h · difficulty: easy
length: 2.8 km · ascent: 39 m · descent: 81 m
WatersideWalk Hirschler-Pfauenteich cascade of ponds
The four-level cascade of the Hirschler and Pfauenteich ponds can be found in what was for many years the most important area for mining in the Harz.
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duration: around 1:15 h · difficulty: easy
length: 3.3 km · ascent: 29 m · descent: 54 m
WatersideWalk Hutthaler Widerwaage ditch system
This attractive and easy circular walk offers you an impressive overview of the theme Upper Harz Water Management System.
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duration: less than 2:00 h · difficulty: easy
length: 7 km · ascent: 149 m · descent: 149 m
WatersideWalk Oderteich pond
The high-point of hydraulic engineering in the Upper Harz and the largest of all the ponds in the area is the Oderteich.
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duration: around 1:15 h · difficulty: easy
length: 4.2 km · ascent: 53 m · descent: 53 m
WatersideWalk Auerhahn cascade of ponds
This varied tour takes in the largest cascade of ponds in the entire Upper Harz Water Management System.
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duration: around 1:20 h · difficulty: easy
length: 4.5 km · ascent: 90 m · descent: 129 m
WatersideWalk Buntenbock ponds
The many water storage ponds built by the miners on the Clausthal Plateau have turned it into a wonderful water-filled landscape surrounded by mountain meadows and forests
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duration: around 1:40 h · difficulty: easy
length: 5.7 km · ascent: 60 m · descent: 60 m