Malerweg, stage 4: From Altendorf to Neumannmühle (official version TV Sächsische Schweiz)

Tip

18.35 km long

Difficulty: difficult

Condition: difficult

Great panorama

Hiking

© Stephan Junghanß, Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz

Sonnenuntergang über einer bewaldeten Landschaft mit Felsen und sanften Hügeln im Hintergrund. — © Jacqueline Voigt, Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz

© Achim Meurer, Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz

7:15 h
18.35 km
553 m
662 m
133 m
435 m
302 m
Start: Altendorf
Destination: Neumann Mill

Challenging hike through the Saxon Switzerland National Park, some steep ladders, 464 meters in altitude, refreshments available in the Kirnitzschtal valley

Altendorf - Dorfbachklamm - Kirnitzschtal - Flößersteig - Ostrauer Mühle - Mühlweg- Bauweg - Elbleitenweg - Schrammsteine - Jägersteig or Wildschützensteig - Schrammsteingratweg - Schrammsteinaussicht - Zurückesteig - Kleiner Dom - Sandloch - Zeughausweg - Unterer Affensteinweg - Lichtenhainer Wasserfall - Kuhstall - Neuer Wildenstein - Neumannmühle

Pavements

Unknown (80%)

Street (1%)

Trail (7%)

Path (12%)

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

Directions

From Altendorf, we hike through the Dorfbachklamm gorge down into the Kirnitzschtal valley. Here we continue along the Flößersteig trail to the Ostrauer Mühle mill. The Malerweg then leads uphill via the Mühlweg and the Bauweg onto the Elbleitenweg into the Schrammsteine, an elongated, highly jagged group of rocks. We pass the imposing Schrammtor gate. The Jägersteig ascent takes us via iron ladders to the Schrammstein ridge path with the Schrammstein view. The Wildschützensteig trail is a shorter but more challenging alternative for the ascent. Via the Zurückesteig trail, we hike through the small cathedral to the Sandloch. On the Zeughausweg and the Unterer Affensteinweg, we reach the Lichtenhain waterfall with the terminus of the Kirnitzschtalbahn. From the Lichtenhain waterfall, we hike to the imposing Kuhstall rock cave on the Neuer Wildenstein. Then it's back down into the valley to the Neumannmühle mill, a technical monument to the production of paper from groundwood pulp.

GPS data updated 2021

Tour information

Cultural Interesting
Stop at an Inn

Equipment

Sturdy shoes required

Directions & Parking facilities

Take the A4 at the Dresden-West interchange in the direction of Pirna / Prague onto the A17

Leave the A17 at the Pirna exit, follow the B 172a towards Pirna

Turn off to Sebnitz as far as Altendorf

Parking lot - Altendorf playground or "Heiterer Blick"

How to get there:

U28 National Park Railway (Rumburk - Děčín - Rumburk), stop: Goßdorf- Kohlmühle Bahnhof
Bus route 260 (Sebnitz - Bad Schandau), bus stop: Altendorf Erbgericht

Departure:

Bus route 241 (Hinterhermsdorf - Bad Schandau - Pirna), bus stop: Kirnitzschtal Neumannmühle

Additional information

Tourist information on site:

Tourist information Bad Schandau: +49 (0) 035022 90030

Tourist information Altendorf: +49 (0) 35022 42774 or 50372

Tourist information Sebnitz: +49 (0) 35971 70960

Tourist information Hinterhermsdorf: +49 (0) 35974 5210

Hosts with the "Hiker-friendly on the Malerweg" certificate along the 4th stage

Hike with a dog:

The village gorge can be bypassed via an easy hiking trail to Ostrauer Mühle, which branches off to the left. The Jägersteig can be bypassed via the Elbleiten and Zeughausweg trails.

Literature

Order now:"Malerweg Elbsandsteingebirge" (publisher: Tourismusverband Sächsische Schweiz e.V.)

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

From Bad Schandau, you can take a historic streetcar through the Kirnitzschtal valley. Here you meet the Malerweg trail at the "Ostrauer Mühle" (11 min) or the "Lichtenhainer Wasserfall" (30 min). The Kirnitzschtalbahn, the smallest tramway in Germany, is the only one to cross a national park. The 1-meter-gauge railroad has been transporting guests since 1898.

Safety guidelines

A head for heights and good physical condition required
Accessible all year round, except in icy and slippery conditions

Trail markings

Detailed stage descriptions: https: //www.saechsische-schweiz.de/wanderungen/malerweg-etappe-4-altendorf-neumannmuehle

Please note detour: https://www.saechsische-schweiz.de/malerweg/planung/aktuelles

Map

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