Stamping point 165 / Wendel — Eiche

The Wendeleiche is a vantage point between Zorge and Sülzhayn.

The oak owes its name to a spi­ral stair­case that was built at the begin­ning of the 20th cen­tu­ry to reach the view­ing plat­form erect­ed in the crown of the oak. As the oak was only a few meters away from the for­mer inner-Ger­man bor­der, the GDR bor­der troops rebuilt the spi­ral stair­case and the view­ing plat­form. Today, only two rusty iron struc­tures remain as reminders of the spi­ral staircase. 

From the park­ing lot at the Kurhaus in Zorge, the sign­post­ed Berg­wiesen­weg trail leads via the Wen­dele­iche to Stief­mut­ter HWN 164, from where you can also eas­i­ly include the “Rot­er Schuss” HWN 90 stamp­ing sta­tion in the tour.