Stamping point 172 / Katzsohlteich

The Katzsohlteich is a reservoir and is located on the outskirts of Güntersberge, just above the Mühlteich, also known as the “Bergsee”.

There is also a nice rest­ing place at the Katz­sohlte­ich, which is used as a receiv­ing water and fish­ing water. There used to be a mar­ble mill at Katz­sohlte­ich, which was pow­ered by water from the pond but unfor­tu­nate­ly no longer exists. The mill was used to cut and pol­ish mar­ble from a quar­ry locat­ed slight­ly above the pond. 

The mill pond is a reser­voir cre­at­ed in 1752 with a 10 m high earth dam on the Selke water­course. It is used for fish­ing, flood pro­tec­tion, low water ele­va­tion and is also a pop­u­lar local recre­ation des­ti­na­tion. The moun­tain lake is 125 m long and 12 m wide and is used for swim­ming, fish­ing and rowing. 

For rail­road enthu­si­asts, the Selke­tal­bahn pass­ing direct­ly by the south­ern shore of the moun­tain lake offers a beau­ti­ful pho­to motif.

A spe­cial attrac­tion in Gün­ters­berge is the extra­or­di­nary muse­um of mouse­traps and curiosi­ties. You can admire mouse­traps of all kinds, as well as old, rare kitchen uten­sils and oth­er curiosi­ties. In the muse­um’s gallery of qui­et places there is a pic­ture gallery on this sub­ject that is unique in Germany. 

A good start­ing point for the short hike to the Katz­sohlte­ich pond is the park­ing lot at the moun­tain lake, from where you fol­low the sign­post­ed cir­cu­lar trail and then turn off to the Katz­sohlte­ich pond.