Gold village route Holthausen

Dreamlike views and charming half-timbered villages await hikers on the Golddorf-Route starting from Holthausen, whose marker is a golden G on a red background. The tour first leads along the well-kept 27-hole golf course of the Golfclub Schmallenberg towards Niedersorpe. The next noteworthy stage destination is the small village of Huxel with its St. Elisabeth Chapel. Further along, you will reach the picturesque Kneipp spa town of Bad Fredeburg with its playful architecture. On the way to Bad Fredeburg, you will also find North Rhine-Westphalia's last active slate mine, the Grube Magog: There, forty miners still extract slate today. Back in Holthausen, a visit to the Westphalian Slate Mining and Local History Museum is also recommended.