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Plesse and Katharinenberg

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  • Hildebrandshausen / From the parking lot we return to the main street of Hildebrandshausen and turn right there. © Bergverlag Rother GmbH
    Hildebrandshausen / From the parking lot we return to the main street of Hildebrandshausen and turn right there. © Bergverlag Rother GmbH
    Photo: Sabine Gilcher, Rother Bergverlag
easy
Distance 18.7 km
5:00 h
366 m
366 m
483 m
298 m
A long way from the »Iron Curtain« to the »Green Belt«

The hike follows the former inner-German border and is punctuated by three towers of very different provenance: From the edge of the western slope at the Plesse Tower, there are great views to the south, the border troops' control tower on Katharinenberg reminds of the existence of the »Iron Curtain«, and the oldest tower on the hike belongs to the ruins of the pilgrimage church of St. Katharina, which was consecrated in the 13th century.

From the parking lot, we return to the main road of Hildebrandshausen and turn right there. We ignore two left turn-offs and take the next opportunity, Martinsgasse, half left. With the marking »Red Square«, the field path leads along the slope with a slight incline. After a short descent, we reach a junction at the edge of the forest, where we continue straight ahead uphill on a forest road. Above the forest edge, we use the field path on the right and after a few hundred meters turn left at a junction (»Hülfensberg«). Soon we reach the patrol road and turn sharply left on it (»Plesse«). It climbs to the Keudelskuppe and after a temporary loss of altitude rises strongly to the long ridge of the Plesse, where it goes almost flat to the southeast. After a left bend, we must not miss the sign »Plesseturm« which beckons us to the right. At the Plesse Tower, we orient ourselves to the left. We ignore the first »P5« signpost and only turn left at the second »P5« signpost. On the hill we

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Profile picture of Sabine Gilcher Author Sabine Gilcher
Sabine Gilcher, Jahrgang 1962, wuchs im bayerischen Alpenvorland auf, mit einem Hochmoor direkt vor der Haustür, den Osterseen gleich um die Ecke und den Bergen immer in Sichtweite.  Die Liebe zur Natur wurde daher früh geweckt und später im Studium der Landespflege vertieft. Heute lebt sie als Landschaftsplanerin in Freiburg im Breisgau. Ein Aufenthalt als Erntehelferin auf einem Bauernhof in Norwegen weckte die Liebe zu Skandinavien. Seit mehr als 30 Jahren bereist sie Europas Norden und Nordwesten und lässt sich jedes Mal von Neuem von den dortigen Landschaften faszinieren. Ihre Hobbys Wandern und Fotografieren sind die ideale Kombination zum Erstellen der Wanderführer für den Rother Bergverlag und das Wissen um ökologische Zusammenhänge kommt ihr sowohl im Gelände als auch beim Verfassen der Wanderführer sehr zustatten.

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