Gottleubataler Panoramaweg

The start and finish of the hike is the parking lot opposite the tourist information office and the visitor mine in Berggießhübel. However, the tour can also be started at any other point along the hiking trail.
The spa town has a long tradition and developed as a result of intensive iron ore mining. The hike first takes you over the Ladenberg, the Zehista walls and the rock bridges to the Jagdstein. From up there, there is a beautiful view of the Bahretal valley and towards the Osterzgebirge mountains, inviting you to take your first break. You then hike to the lime kiln in the Gottleuba district of Giesenstein and can enjoy the view over the Gottleuba valley from the forest lounger. The trail continues uphill for a short distance along the paved road to the turn-off to the spa clinic. Halfway up, you will reach the MEDIAN-Klinik Bad Gottleuba. The first of the 30 buildings on the approximately 28-hectare site were built in 1910 and it is still the largest contiguous Art Nouveau complex in Germany. The medical history collections are also located here, where medical instruments and equipment from the last century are on display.
The path then leads you above the clinic buildings over the Helleberg to the Raabsteine rock area. On both sides of the approx. 400-metre-long hiking trail, jagged sandstone rocks with strange weathered shapes rise up. You then reach the district of Hartmannsbach via a hollow path and along extensive pastureland and, further on, the viewpoint of the drinking water dam, which was inaugurated in 1974. After a rest in the refuge, you walk back a short distance and leave the paved path. Here you follow the markings of the Gottleubatal Panorama Trail again. You walk through a dark coniferous forest and, keeping to the left and descending steeply, reach the large hillside meadow above the Haselberg district. Continuing along the edge of the forest on the left, you soon reach the former fishing mill on the road to Hartmannsbach. Keep right here, cross the bridge over the Gottleuba and climb the steps up to the Tannenbusch.
After a long climb, the ridgeway is already in sight. From up here you have a magnificent view of the Gottleuba valley. Stay on the ridge until you reach the iron steps after about 600 meters and return to the village. Continue following the Gottleubatal panorama trail pictogram and hike along the Vierzehn-Nothelfer-Weg up to the Augustusberg (refreshments available at the panorama restaurant). Enjoy the beautiful view of the Gottleuba dam and the vastness of the Ostererzgebirge.
After refreshments, the trail continues along the Laubbuschweg to Dürrenberg until you reach the "Panoramablick Gottleubatal" parking lot. From here, it is not far to the Panoramahöhe with the Bismarck Tower. The tower can be climbed and you can obtain the key for the tower from the house on the site. The next "high point" awaits you at the Erich-Mörbitz viewpoint, where another forest lounger invites you to linger. From there, you will soon return to the starting point in Berggießhübel.