- Round trip
- Refreshment stop
- family friendly
- cultural / historical
Tour of the old town in Winterberg
Winterberg /
Experience a tour through the history of the town. Discover the alleys of the Altstadt, whose ring-shaped course still reminds of the medieval layout of the place with city wall and city towers.
Tour starting point:
Tradesman statue on the marketplace/lower gate
Tour destination point:
Coffee house Winterberg
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Category
ThemenwegLength
1.9 kmTime
0:30 Std.Elevation ascent
1 mElevation descent
4 mAltitude (Minimum)
662 mAltitude (Maximum)
674 mCondition
Difficulty
Adventure
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The people of Winterberg as tradesmen: They went into the distance and brought their wood, iron goods and cloth as far as Holland and Denmark. The monument at the shopping center "Neue Mitte" reminds of this.
Many houses survived the devastating town fire of 1791. The oldest surviving house in Winterberg, a half-timbered house with a large deel door and rich carvings, dates back to 1759!
Even today, half-timbered houses characterize Winterberg's Altstadt. Again and again you will see houses in Winterberg with protective, slated facades under which an elaborate half-timbered framework is hidden. Results of a boom in slate mining in the 19th century.
Discover a Saxon farmhouse from 1791 and learn how people lived and farmed in the agrarian community of Winterberg until the 18th century.
Winterberg Church, a hall church from the 13th century and a stop on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, is decorated with wooden figures of the twelve apostles from the once important Grafschaft monastery.
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Directions
Station 1: Winterberg tradesmanStation 2: House Festes/HermesStation 3: Spa parkStation 4: OversumStation 5: Upper gateStation 6: ChurchStation 7: MemorialStation 8: House JohammannsStation 9: House AbelsStation 10: Coffee house
Public transiot
The starting point is within walking distance from the train station and the bus stop ,,Pforte".
Getting there
You can reach Winterberg by car via the main roads 480 and 236.
Parking
Center/New Center