Old town walking route

The Winterberg merchants: they traveled far and wide, bringing their wood, iron goods, and cloths to Holland and Denmark. The monument at the shopping center “New Centre” commemorates this.

Many houses survived the devastating city fire of 1791. The oldest surviving house in Winterberg, a half-timbered house with a large barn door and rich carvings, dates from 1759!

Even today, half-timbered buildings characterize Winterberg's old town. You will repeatedly see houses with protective slate facades under which an elaborate half-timbered structure is hidden. These are results of a boom in slate mining in the 19th century.

Discover a Saxon farmhouse from 1791. Learn how people lived up until the 18th century and worked in the farming community of Winterberg.

The Winterberg church, a hall church from the 13th century and a station on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, is decorated with wooden figures of the twelve apostles from the formerly significant Grafschaft monastery.