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Dollenberg car park (accessible via the B28 road).
(S/E) Walk down the road leading to the car park.
(1) Take the first tarmac road to the right and pass between (behind and in front of) a few houses.
(2) Head down the first unpaved track to the left and follow it until you join the official Wiesensteig route at around km 9 (this path is signposted in both directions but the kilometre markers are shown in an anti-clockwise direction).
(3) Take the track on the left and head down to the hamlet below. Follow the road for about twenty metres.
(4) Turn right into what looks rather like the entrance to a private property. Turn right under the porch and then straight left. Take the grassy path that climbs the hill. Follow the Wiesensteig markings (a diamond with a pictogram representing a meadow, sometimes overprinted with a W) until you reach a small tarmac road.
(5) Cross the road and head straight up the path opposite. Note that the Wiesensteig route (2019 version) veers off to the right into the forest before rejoining this same path a little further up, just before the farm. Go round the top of the farm along the edge of the forest and head towards the bench visible to the south-west at the top of the pasture. Join the path (which you left after the farm) and follow it to the left. At the junction with the path coming from the left, continue to the right.
(6) Go round the first building and head up the path to the right through the pastures. Turn left at the edge of the woods and continue to the Haberer Hütte.
(7) Turn right and head towards a Y-junction.
(8) Follow the left-hand branch signposted ‘Wiesensteig’ and continue until you are near the Martinshof.
(9) Turn onto the path that climbs to the right and follow it past the Renchtalhütte.
(10) Take the middle path and follow it – ignoring, much further on, a path that descends to the right – until you reach the junction between the Wiesensteig and the Renchtalsteig.
(11) At the junction, take the path on the right at right angles. Ignore the adjacent paths until you reach the Fischfelsenhütte near a torrent rushing down to the left.
(12) Continue along the main path to the Weiherplatz, the official starting point of the Wiesensteig hike. There is a picnic area and information boards.
(13) Shortly afterwards, take the path leading down to the right towards the stream. Cross it whilst admiring the magnificent wetland area upstream. Turn left and follow the path down the right bank. Cross the bridge (max 6t) and head for the Herbstwasen inn, where you’ll need to walk slightly uphill along the road until you reach the middle of the bend.
(14) Turn right across the meadows. Admire the view of the opposite hillside and enter the woodland. Head downhill and go round a building until you spot a sawmill and its old water channel to the right, further down.
(15) Marked by a chainsaw-carved sculpture of a chainsaw, the path climbs to the left here. Follow it to the ford, climb a few steps to reach the stream, then cross it over a few flagstones.
(16) Leave the Wiesensteig and head up the (somewhat overgrown) path to the left. It soon curves to the right, turning into a forest track, then curves further on, climbing to the left. Take the track suitable for vehicles to the right. It leads gently downhill back to the junction from the outward journey.
(2). Return to the starting point by following the route in the opposite direction to the outward journey (S/E).
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