Wasserscheidenweg

The starting point for this hike is the village square in Rittsteig. After the church, we follow Oberkaltenhofstraße (parking lot) until it turns right and take the mountain path that leads us to Neurittsteig. In Neurittsteig we cross the tarred road, walk across the hiking parking lot to the wooden log cabin of the WSV Rittsteig. Here we turn left onto the forest road and walk approx. 2 km to the Taferl past the wooden sculptures of chainsaw artist Rudi Mühlbauer. At the Taferl we find a wayside shrine on a tree with the Savior at rest. Hikers will also find a rest area with a shelter here. We then walk a little further along the forest road to a timber transfer point, where we turn half-right onto a forest path. We soon reach the Taubenbrunn (the spring feeds the Angelbach) at boundary stone no. 18. The main European watershed Elbe - Danube also runs up here. This means that the precipitation that flows off the surface here ends up in the Elbe on the one hand and in the Danube on the other, depending on which side of the main watershed it falls. After the detour to Taubenbrunn, we continue along the path until we reach a path on the right after approx. 200 m, into which we turn. Soon afterwards we come to a small stone forest chapel. From then on, we experience a very varied forest path with rock formations, clearings with young forest and a vantage point, the Zwieseleck, with a magnificent view of the Osser and Arber. Here we find a seating area to rest. We continue our hike and then reach the Red Cross via a rocky ridge. We then descend again to Neurittsteig. We walk past a farm and reach the Neurittsteig hiking parking lot. Here we cross the main road and walk back to Rittsteig through the Fereinwald forest.