Hike Warstein Center

Domschänke: the half-timbered building erected in 1803 after the great fire is the main house of the Warsteiner Brewery.
Carillon and the "200-year-old": the bells ring at 10, 12, and 6 o'clock. The scenes below the bells commemorate the Mayor's Leap of 1646, the "Poahläsen" (sitting on the stone) as a tradition during the border inspections, and the city fire of 1802.
Parish Church of St. Pankratius: the three-aisled hall church completed in 1857 fascinates with its impressive size. Inside, the "Papensche Altar," the Pieta in the Marienkapelle, and the restored epitaph, classified as "unique north of the Alps" in terms of size and portrayal, are worth seeing.
Market Fountain: at the top, it recalls the medieval tithes, while below, iron founders, blacksmiths, brewers, forest workers, and quarry workers symbolize the main activities in the region.
Kohlmarkt: it was first mentioned in a document in 1477 as "Kohlmarkede." It is believed that in the past, the market was held here in front of the Upper Gate of the city. Even after World War II, the grain of the Warsteiner farmers was threshed here.
Old Church: the "fortified church" built at the end of the century during the city's founding in 1276 served as the center of the city in the Middle Ages.
Bergenthal Park: originally belonged to the park landscape of Haus Kupferhammer.
Haus Kupferhammer: The house was the residence of industrialists for centuries. It began with the conversion of a nail forge that had fallen into disrepair during the Thirty Years' War into a knife hammer. Dutch merchants built their first residence here opposite their workshops. Haus Kupferhammer owes its name to the trade of Johann Theodor Möller, who expanded the house. As a trained copper dealer, he married Clara Catharina Zahn in 1730 and expanded the copper hammer she brought into the marriage into a business of regional significance. The growing size of his family, with a total of 13 children from three marriages, prompted Johann Theodor Möller to build the current Haus Kupferhammer. The representative, stately building in the Baroque style corresponded to the entrepreneurial self-image of its time. In 1763, his son Christian took over the business. His business successes were rewarded with social recognition, including being appointed Hessian Commercial Councillor. His nephew Franz Anton ran the company with moderate success starting in 1816.
In 1849, Wilhelm Bergenthal acquired the factory and the residence, which received a new portal entrance on the courtyard side and a balcony on the west side. The complex was expanded with an outbuilding, a coach house, and a park. Ottilie Bergenthal, the widow of August Wilhelm Bergenthal, a nephew of Wilhelm Bergenthal, bequeathed the house to the city of Warstein in 1948. In 1962, the city established a museum there as agreed. Haus Kupferhammer is now the cultural center in the core city of Warstein.
Zehnthof: it designates the approximate location of the 1254 destroyed princely castle of the Archbishop of Cologne. Later, Benedictines from Kloster Grafschaft, to which Warstein had been tithing since 1072, resided here. The current building dates back to the 17th century.
Bullerteich: A special gem is the Bullerteich in the northern part of the Warstein district. The tranquil pond gets its name from the rising bubbles, indicating the presence of natural carbon dioxide in the existing limestone. Directly opposite is the Trockelsknäppchen spring, discovered during the construction of an air raid shelter in the limestone cliffs in World War II. Thanks to the Friends of Bullerteich e.V., the spring can now be viewed through windows.
Piusberg: Out of enthusiasm for Pope Pius IX, citizens of the city crafted an oak cross and erected it on the rock massif.
Hillenberg / Climbing Arena: At the center of the former quarry and current climbing area is the Hillenbergwand with routes of over 50 meters. In total, there are around 100 routes set up in the climbing area, ranging in difficulty from 3 to 9. With the wall height and the possibility of multi-pitch climbs and the alpine ambiance, the Warsteiner quarry is one of the outstanding climbing areas in the Sauerland region and even in all of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Wester/Wäster: The Wester (called Wäster in the upper reaches) is a left or southern tributary of the Möhne, 8 km long. It originates in the Arnsberger Wald Nature Park about 2 km south of the town center of Warstein at 343 m above sea level through the confluence of the Langen Bach coming from the southeast and the Wideybach coming from the southwest. From there, it flows as Wäster north through Warstein and reaches Belecke as Wester, where it flows into the Möhne at 252 m altitude. The Wester cuts through the two Warsteiner mass limestone ridges. Depending on the water level in the karst aquifer, the upper reaches of the Wester can completely disappear underground, causing the streambed to dry up. Further downstream, the Wester is fed by numerous karst springs, some of which are captured as drinking water sources. In addition to the captured springs, there are numerous inflows from the underground in the streambed itself. The incoming karst groundwater is always significantly above 5 °C, with the water from the Bullerteich spring being around 15 °C warm. Due to this strong inflow of relatively warm karst groundwater from deeper layers, the Wester has never frozen in the area of the city of Warstein.