Geological circular trail Medebach-Düdinghausen

The trail with two steep ascents and descents, each 200 - 600 m long, is marked throughout with the Kopffüßer logo and equipped with information boards at 7 locations.It begins at the signpost tree on the church square in the center of the village and leads - initially together with the Sauerland-Höhenflug and the Medebacher Bergweg - directly past the start board for the historical village tour next to the church downhill to the village hiking board, then in a northerly direction along the pedestrian path next to the L 854 to the cemetery. There you cross the L 854, then a stream and follow the steeply ascending historic Way of the Cross from 1859 to the summit of the Kreuzberg (535 m above sea level) with a chapel, information boards and fantastic panoramic views.After leaving the forest, turn right and take a steep grassy descent to the south. You then come to the Vitsenböhl quarry, walk back 100 m and turn left to follow a valley path on the edge of the Kreuzberg slope heading north. After crossing the outward section next to Station 2, cross the embankment of the L 854, cross it and you are immediately at the Borghagen quarry (Geotope of the Year 2005).Continue along the valley edge path to the north, which eventually joins a path, and you will come to a tarred path which you follow steeply uphill to the NE. Shortly before reaching the summit, turn sharp right (heading SW) and make a detour to the Gerkes quarry 100 m away.Walk back the 100 m and then continue to the nearby Wede parking lot. Here you turn left (heading north) - now also on the Uplandsteig quality hiking trail - and follow a grassy side path along the L 854 for 100 m. The hike then heads west, first along the edge of the forest, then left into the Buchenwald. After 200 m, you will recognize a rivulet to the right of the path. Geologically, this represents a fault where two geological eras meet, the Carboniferous (our current environment) and the Devonian. Shortly afterwards, we come across the church quarry. The trail then continues for about 1 km through different types of forest, occasionally interrupted by expansive views, to Spitzbubenbusch, a medieval trading post on the Kurköln-Waldeck border. Shortly afterwards, the Uplandsteig quality hiking trail turns sharply right towards the north, but you stay on the straight path for another 50 m and then turn left for the 400 m long descent via the medieval Meggers Holt-Hohlweg. At the end of the path, a beautiful view opens up of Oberschledorn and, in the distance to the left, Goldhausen on Korbach's Eisenberg.After another 200 m steep descent along the edge of the forest, turn sharp left (north) at the signpost tree, follow a slope path with a beautiful southern view and then reach the treading pool (secluded resting place with a view of Goldhausen). Shortly after reaching the narrow tarred path, turn right onto a sloping meadow path surrounded by hedges. Cross the Riepenbach gorge in the Buchenwald and then return to the village.