Borberg Pilgrimage Trail

Leave St. Nikolaus through the side entrance, which is accessible to people with disabilities, and turn right onto Kirchstraße, then take a slight right onto Borbergstraße, and follow the Rothaarsteig trail (yellow sign with a horizontal “R”) to your destination, the Borberg Marienkapelle. The trail on the Borberg is also called the Glockenpfad and served as a medieval escape route up the Borberg. The Way of the Cross, erected in 1963, runs along this path. The return route leads across Borberg, past the Borbergkirchhof archaeological site and the Walltor gate, onto the Rothaarsteig toward Hiebammenhütte/Brilon. Near a parking area with a bench, turn left; at the next fork in the trail, turn left onto the Olsberger Kneippweg K. 80 meters further on, take the right fork, the Kneipp Trail K. Follow this path past the Papendiek foot bath to the “Red Bridge,” and from there, cross the “Kienegge” (Kurterrainweg 4) back to St. Nikolaus.