Walking in the Harz Mountains

The 30 walks in the guidebook are through Germany’s most northerly mountains, the Harz Mountains, located in central Germany between Hannover and Leipzig. Routes mainly within the Hochharz national park – some accessed from the area's narrow-gauge steam railway.

PART ONE - BEFORE YOUR VISIT
1:    Why go to the Harz?    
2:    The Harz as a Region    
3:    The Brocken    
4:    The National Park Hochharz    
5:    The Harzklub    
6:    The Harz Narrow Gauge Railway Network    
7:    Getting around the Harz    
8:    Food and Accommodation    
9:    Access, Footpaths and Maps in the Harz    

PART TWO - THE WALKS

The Oberharz (Upper Harz) Walks 1-10
Walk 1:      OKERTAL - Oker Waldhaus to Altenau
Walk 2:      OKERTAL KLIPPEN AND BROCKEN VIEW - Okertal to Bad Harzburg
Walk 3:      THE ECKERTAL - Bad Harzburg circular
Walk 4:      RAMMELSBERG AND THE SCHALKE - Goslar to Hahnenklee
Walk 5:      AROUND THE GRANESTAUSEE - Goslar circular   
Walk 6:      THE ODERTEICH - Torfhaus to St Andreasberg   
Walk 7:      THE WURMBERG - Braunlage circular
Walk 8:      ST ANDREASBERG TO BAD LAUTERBERG OVER THE GROßER KNOLLEN
Walk 9:      WEST HARZ MINING HERITAGE - Wildemann, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Bad Grund
Walk 10:    SOUTH-WEST HARZ - Herzberg to Osterode    

The Mittelharz (Middle Harz) Walks 11-20
Walk 11:    THE BROCKEN - Schierke to Brocken Summit   
Walk 12:    THE GLASSMAKERS WAY - Brocken Summit to Drei Annen Hohne
Walk 13:    HEINRICH HEINE’S WAY - Brocken Summit to Ilsenburg
Walk 14:    THE GOETHEWEG - Torfhaus to Bad Harzburg   
Walk 15:    HOHNE KLIPPEN AND STEINERNE RENNE - Drei Annen Hohne to Steinerne Renne Station
Walk 16:    ZILLIERTAL AND ARMELEUTBERG - Drei Annen Hohne to ernigerode
Walk 17:    THREE VALLEYS - Drei Annen Hohne to Benneckenstein
Walk 18:    THE UPPER BEHRE VALLEY - Benneckenstein to Ilfeld
Walk 19:    OVER BIRKENMOOR - Stiege to Eisfelder Talmühle
Walk 20:    SCHIERKE TO SORGE

The Unterharz (Lower Harz) Walks 21-30
Walk 21:    THE JOSEPHSKREUZ AND STOLBERG - Straßberg to Stolberg
Walk 22:    THE UPPER SELKE VALLEY - Alexisbad to Straßberg
Walk 23:    AROUND HASSELFELDE AND STIEGE - Hasselfelde to Güntersberge
Walk 24:    ALEXISBAD TO GERNRODE VIA THE KLIPPENWEG
Walk 25:    VIKTORSHÖHE - Alexisbad to Sternhaus Ramberg or Mägdesprung
Walk 26:    BODETAL - Thale to Treseburg
Walk 27:    UPPER BODE - Treseburg to Rübeland
Walk 28:    THE LUPPBODE AND RABENTAL - Treseburg to Allrode or Friedrichsbrunn
Walk 29:    THE KÖNIGSBURG AND RÜBELAND - Königshütte circular
Walk 30:    TO QUEDLINBURG - Gernrode to Quedlinburg   

PART THREE
Useful Words and Phrases
Further Reading