Sauerland Hiking Villages
The best hikes in Sauerland
A hiking route with picturesque views and an exciting animal world to delight young and old. Delve into the world of the bison and follow the trail ...
The largest of Europe's rare mountain heaths in north-west Germany is situated near Niedersfeld. The expansive, treeless landscape is transformed ...
These rather small moors are the jewels of the almost completely forested Ebbegebirge Mountains. Often they can be found in a mountainside location.
Coppice forests have become rare. These witnesses to historical forest use fascinate with their multi-stemmed trees that have grown into ...
The Moosfelde Forest Nature Reserve is a large wooded area with an abundance of deciduous trees in the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park.
Surrounded by predominantly agricultural landscape, this area of more than 300 hectares is the largest continuous natural deciduous forest in the ...
Between 250-year-old Beech trees, the Felsenmeer (= chaos of rocks) consists of massive limestone blocks that are stacked up like towers and waves ...
Located between the rivers Möhne and Ruhr, the Arnsberg Forest Nature Reserve forms part of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park. Beech and Spruce trees ...
The lake is located on the edge of the Arnsberg Forest between the Westphalian lowlands, the Haarstrang hills and the Sauerland and is thus on the ...
The Luer Forest with Bieber Valley is a FFH area and nature reserve covering an area of more than 25 square kilometres with extensive near-natural ...
Here in Wittgenstein one of the most sensational conservation projects in Central Europe has taken place – the reintroduction of European Bison in ...
At an altitude of up to 818 metres, the Hunau mountain ridge is one of the highest places in North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to large stands of ...
The Woeste is a low moor north of Bad Sassendorf, between the confluence of the River Ahse and the Woeste Stream. It is one of the few remaining ...
The town of Obermarsberg, steeped in history and surrounded by myths, is situated on the slopes of the Diemel Valley among forests which have ...
Since 1994, the former military training area to the south of Lüdenscheid has been a nature reserve. Throughout the decades of military use, no ...
The Lörmecke valley combines a variety of different habitats like rugged limestone cliffs, ancient forests and low-nutrient meadows.
Located between the rivers Möhne and Ruhr, the Arnsberg Forest Nature Reserve forms part of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park. Beech and Spruce trees ...
Located between the rivers Möhne and Ruhr, the Arnsberg Forest Nature Reserve forms part of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park. Beech and Spruce trees ...
Lake Zacharias, today a nature reserve, is a groundwater lake created by sand and gravel extraction. From the observation hut on the south shore ...
Close to the River Lenne, the headwaters of a stream have cut into the bedrock and thus created a unique microcosm, with a remarkable flora and ...
The Kleiberg pastureland nature reserve owes its character to the former military use. Today, semi-wild cattle and horses graze the large, open ...
The lake is located on the edge of the Arnsberg Forest between the Westphalian lowlands, the Haarstrang hills and the Sauerland and is thus on the ...
The more than 550-meter-high valley slopes "Weiße Frau" (White Lady) and "Egge", with their mosaic of valuable forest, cliff and open land habitats ...
The Orle Stream has created one of the most beautiful meander valleys far and wide. In addition to this natural history feature, the tour also ...
- Highlights
A hiking route with picturesque views and an exciting animal world to delight young and old. Delve into the world of the bison and follow the trail ...
The largest of Europe's rare mountain heaths in north-west Germany is situated near Niedersfeld. The expansive, treeless landscape is transformed ...
These rather small moors are the jewels of the almost completely forested Ebbegebirge Mountains. Often they can be found in a mountainside location.
Coppice forests have become rare. These witnesses to historical forest use fascinate with their multi-stemmed trees that have grown into ...
The Moosfelde Forest Nature Reserve is a large wooded area with an abundance of deciduous trees in the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park.
Surrounded by predominantly agricultural landscape, this area of more than 300 hectares is the largest continuous natural deciduous forest in the ...
Between 250-year-old Beech trees, the Felsenmeer (= chaos of rocks) consists of massive limestone blocks that are stacked up like towers and waves ...
Located between the rivers Möhne and Ruhr, the Arnsberg Forest Nature Reserve forms part of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park. Beech and Spruce trees ...
The lake is located on the edge of the Arnsberg Forest between the Westphalian lowlands, the Haarstrang hills and the Sauerland and is thus on the ...
The Luer Forest with Bieber Valley is a FFH area and nature reserve covering an area of more than 25 square kilometres with extensive near-natural ...
Here in Wittgenstein one of the most sensational conservation projects in Central Europe has taken place – the reintroduction of European Bison in ...
At an altitude of up to 818 metres, the Hunau mountain ridge is one of the highest places in North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to large stands of ...
The Woeste is a low moor north of Bad Sassendorf, between the confluence of the River Ahse and the Woeste Stream. It is one of the few remaining ...
The town of Obermarsberg, steeped in history and surrounded by myths, is situated on the slopes of the Diemel Valley among forests which have ...
Since 1994, the former military training area to the south of Lüdenscheid has been a nature reserve. Throughout the decades of military use, no ...
The Lörmecke valley combines a variety of different habitats like rugged limestone cliffs, ancient forests and low-nutrient meadows.
Located between the rivers Möhne and Ruhr, the Arnsberg Forest Nature Reserve forms part of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park. Beech and Spruce trees ...
Located between the rivers Möhne and Ruhr, the Arnsberg Forest Nature Reserve forms part of the Arnsberg Forest Nature Park. Beech and Spruce trees ...
Lake Zacharias, today a nature reserve, is a groundwater lake created by sand and gravel extraction. From the observation hut on the south shore ...
Close to the River Lenne, the headwaters of a stream have cut into the bedrock and thus created a unique microcosm, with a remarkable flora and ...
The Kleiberg pastureland nature reserve owes its character to the former military use. Today, semi-wild cattle and horses graze the large, open ...
The lake is located on the edge of the Arnsberg Forest between the Westphalian lowlands, the Haarstrang hills and the Sauerland and is thus on the ...
The more than 550-meter-high valley slopes "Weiße Frau" (White Lady) and "Egge", with their mosaic of valuable forest, cliff and open land habitats ...
The Orle Stream has created one of the most beautiful meander valleys far and wide. In addition to this natural history feature, the tour also ...
- Highlights
The first and largest quality region "Wanderbares Deutschland" offers its guests not only a first-class hiking experience with well developed trails, a well thought-out infrastructure and a convincing gastronomic concept. A total of eleven towns have joined together to form the Sauerland hiking villages. And the name says it all, because here everything is prepared for the needs of the hikers and every guest experiences a small piece of home on time.
Photo: Klaus Peter Kappest, Sauerland-Tourismus e.V.
Photo: Klaus Peter Kappest, Sauerland-Tourismus e.V.
Photo: Klaus Peter Kappest, Sauerland Tourismus e.V.
Photo: Klaus-Peter Kappest, Rothaarsteigverein e.V.
Photo: Klaus-Peter Kappest, Sauerland-Wanderdörfer
All regions
- Hochsauerlandkreis 2,742 hikes
- Maerkischer Kreis 992 hikes
- Olpe 734 hikes
- Soest 555 hikes