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From Novem­ber 18 to Novem­ber 22, 2026, Touris­tik & Car­a­van­ing Leipzig invites vaca­tion and car­a­van­ning enthu­si­asts to find inspi­ra­tion, try new things, and dis­cov­er new expe­ri­ences. The event will fea­ture a huge selec­tion of vaca­tion and out­door activ­i­ties, culi­nary delights, and vehi­cle mod­els.  The Touris­tik & Car­a­van­ing Leipzig (TC Leipzig) trade show is Cen­tral Germany’s largest trav­el and vaca­tion fair and has been held at the Leipzig Trade Fair grounds since 1990. Each year, approx­i­mate­ly 450 region­al, nation­al, and inter­na­tion­al exhibitors show­case their offer­ings across 60,000 square meters. In addi­tion to top­ics related…

This year, HWN 159—Stöberhai —was vot­ed the most beau­ti­ful stamp­ing site of 2026.  At about 720 meters above sea lev­el, the Stöber­hai is the high­est moun­tain in the South­ern Harz region, locat­ed in the Göt­tin­gen dis­trict between Wie­da and the Oder Dam. In 1872, the first sin­­gle-sto­ry inn was built on the moun­tain­top. After a fire destroyed the inn—which had been expand­ed in 1886—the Bergho­tel Stöber­hai was built in 1889 with an obser­va­tion tow­er, mak­ing it the high­est hotel in the Harz Moun­tains after the Brock­en. The obser­va­tion tow­er offered a panoram­ic view of all…

The cur­rent spe­cial exhi­bi­tion at the Harz Muse­um in Wernigerode has been extend­ed by three weeks. The spe­cial exhi­bi­tion will there­fore end on Sun­day, Octo­ber 4, 2026. The cur­rent exhi­bi­tion, titled “20 Years of the Harz Hik­ing Pin—A Suc­cess Sto­ry,” doc­u­ments the devel­op­ment of the Harz Hik­ing Pin from its begin­nings to the present day and, in addi­tion to the cus­tom­ary stamp box­es and hik­ing pass­ports, also high­lights the dark­er side of the sto­ry: van­dal­ism and destruc­tive behav­ior. The exhi­bi­tion also fea­tures achieve­ment badges, themed book­lets, sou­venirs, and maps, as…

Fol­low­ing repeat­ed acts of van­dal­ism at the “Bücke­berg” anniver­sary stamp sta­tion in the Gern­rode dis­trict of Quedlin­burg, we have decid­ed not to rebuild this stamp sta­tion.It is there­fore not a required stamp for the “20th Anniver­sary” com­pan­ion book­let.  This stamp is not required as proof of par­tic­i­pa­tion to earn the badge.

This year, we wel­come all hik­ing enthu­si­asts to the new­ly opened HEX Adven­ture World in Rotheshütte. Among oth­er things, you can look for­ward to vot­ing for the “Most Beau­ti­ful Stamp Sta­tion,” a raf­fle for a “Kaisere­iche,” and spe­cial stamps. We’ll be there with our booth from 10:00 a.m. until around 3:00 p.m. We look for­ward to see­ing you there.

The “Kaiser-Otto-Höhen­weg” stamp loca­tion for the “20th Anniver­sary” com­pan­ion book­let has been moved. The stamp box is now locat­ed at the hik­ing cab­in north of Wall­hausen. Coor­di­nates: 32 U 652425 5705080 51.47632°N 11.19491°E

The trav­el­ing stamp box reached its third stop of the 2026–27 sea­son on August 16, 2026. Johann Georg von Lan­gen (1699–1776) rev­o­lu­tion­ized sil­vi­cul­ture by estab­lish­ing sys­tem­at­ic plant­i­ngs. He plant­ed conifers (spruce, fir, larch) as well as maple trees. Sus­tain­able forestry began with him. As part of a school project in 2004, sil­ver firs were plant­ed, with pota­toes grow­ing between the rows of trees. Just as in 1748, when von Lan­gen intro­duced for­est-field cul­ti­va­tion in Braun­lage, the pota­toes served for the first time to feed the local pop­u­la­tion. This plant­i­ng sym­bol­izes the renewal…

From June 5 to 7, 2026, the 24th Sax­ony-Anhalt Day will take place for the sec­ond time in Bern­burg (Saale) under the mot­to “Where Sax­ony-Anhalt meets”. Over three days, the fed­er­al state will be show­cased in all its facets in the city on the Saale: from cul­ture and his­to­ry to sport, vol­un­teer­ing and region­al cui­sine.  More than 11 themed streets with their own pro­gram points and attrac­tions invite you to dis­cov­er them this week­end. The dis­tricts and inde­pen­dent cities also present them­selves in five sep­a­rate region­al vil­lages: Elbe-Börde-Hei­de, Anhalt-Wit­ten­berg-Bit­ter­feld, Harz-Harzvor­­land, Halle-Saale-Unstrut…

The trav­el­ing stamp box reached its first sta­tion of the 2026/27 sea­son on 16.04.26. Han­na and Luke from the Brock­en­bande explain how a dam can sup­ply peo­ple with drink­ing water and pro­tect them from flood­ing on the new “Water” cli­mate trail. This leads you on a cir­cu­lar hik­ing trail around the basin of the pre-dam past five excit­ing infor­ma­tion points. The start­ing point for the nature trail is the Söse­talsperre park­ing lot at the dam, which is locat­ed in the direc­tion of the Riefen­s­beek-Kam­schlack­­en dis­trict of Osterode. Coor­di­nates: 32 U 0590351 5732516 N 51.736269 E 10.308452

On Sun­day, April 26, 2026, the start of a very spe­cial hik­ing sea­son will be cel­e­brat­ed around Plessen­burg Cas­tle in the Harz Moun­tains — because this year we are cel­e­brat­ing our 20th anniver­sary. From 11:00 a.m., a var­ied musi­cal stage pro­gram awaits you in the midst of the idyl­lic Harz land­scape with numer­ous stands from our long-stand­ing part­ners. The offi­cial open­ing of the hik­ing sea­son will then take place at 12:00 noon, when the exclu­sive anniver­sary prod­ucts will be pre­sent­ed for the first time. You can look for­ward to a range of spe­cial new…

Sub­ject to change. There are also spe­cial events in the monas­ter­ies, see all events at www.harzerklostersommer.de

Dear hik­ing friends, From the begin­ning of 2025, we will move our numer­i­cal stamp­ing sta­tion num­ber 149 from the old loca­tion “Kleine Oker” to the new loca­tion “Müh­len­berg Alte­nauer Herzweg”.N 51.803286 E 10.450144 We wish you lots of fun hik­ing and col­lect­ing stamps. Your Harz­er Wan­der­nadel team

Our Hours of Oper­a­tion for the 2026 Hol­i­days Dec. 24: Christ­mas EveDecem­ber 25: Christ­mas DayDecem­ber 26: Box­ing Day closed­closed­closed Dec. 27Dec. 28 through Dec. 30 Closed10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Decem­ber 31, 26 and Jan­u­ary 1, 27 Closed 02.01.27 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

ARTUS donates on the occa­sion of the com­pa­ny’s 10th anniver­sary In view of the exten­sive tree dam­age caused by drought, storms and bark bee­tles in recent years, there has been a grow­ing com­mit­ment to dona­tions and tree plant­i­ng cam­paigns from pri­vate indi­vid­u­als and com­pa­nies. The web­site of the “Der Wald ruft” (“The for­est is call­ing”) ini­tia­tive helped with inquiries and sup­port opportunities.