Stamp point 90 / Red shot

The Rote Schuss (505 m above sea level) is located at the end of the Limbach valley in the Ellrich municipal forest.

Towards the val­ley, it drops so steeply that you can see the red por­phyrite of the moun­tain. Per­haps this is where the moun­tain got its name, but peo­ple in Ell­rich and Zorge tell a dif­fer­ent story: 

“A few hun­dred years ago, a noto­ri­ous poach­er lived in Ell­rich. For a long time, the foresters tried in vain to catch him at his crim­i­nal trade. One day, a young hunter was trans­ferred to Ell­rich and decid­ed not to rest until he had put the poach­er out of action. He sur­prised the poach­er in the for­est just as he was busy gut­ting a roe­buck. The poach­er, who refused to sur­ren­der, shot the hunter down. The earth drank the inno­cent blood spilled and the whole moun­tain blushed for this sac­ri­lege for all eternity.” 

The best start­ing point for a beau­ti­ful cir­cu­lar hike is the park­ing lot at the Ell­rich city for­est. From there, you first walk along the sign­post­ed path to the “Rot­er Schuss” and on to the Wen­dele­iche HWN 165, the Stief­mut­ter HWN 164 and final­ly to the spe­cial stamp­ing point “Zweilän­dere­iche”. The Harzk­lub has sign­post­ed these paths very well. 

The Rote Schuss was vot­ed the most beau­ti­ful stamp site in 2008 by our hik­ing friends.