Mecklenbruch and Hochsollingturm Loop
Mecklenbruch and Hochsollingturm Loop
8.4km
Total Distance
141m
Elevation Gain
Trail description
An 8.4 km loop on the S 1 route from Silberborn in the Hochsolling, the highest part of the Solling, to the Hochsollingturm and the Mecklenbruch. The 33 m wooden tower, finished in 1992, has 180 steps up to a platform with views north to the Wesergebirge, west to the Eggegebirge and the Teutoburger Wald with the Hermannsdenkmal, and north-west to the Köterberg. The Mecklenbruch is a raised bog where peat was cut for a glassworks for about 40 years from 1799; it was rewetted by 2010 and can be explored on wooden walkways with a nature trail.
Route Map
Along the trail
- 1Hochsollingturm · 2.3kmViewpoint
- 2Shelter · 3.6km
- 3Wanderparkplatz Mecklenbruch · 5kmShelter
- 4Viewpoint · 6.1km
- 5Shelter · 6.6km
- 6Shelter · 8.2km
- 7Silberborn-Quelleat the end · Spring · springs can run dry
- Bus stop
- Silberborn, In den Ellern · 260m from the start
- Parking
- 226m from the start
- Path grade (SAC)
- T1
- Surface
- gravel 55%, natural ground 33%, paved 12%
- Marked route
- S 1 Hochmoorgeist, LLR - Hochmoor, Weserberglandweg - Etappe 5
