Wanderbares M - Discover Meinerzhagen's most beautiful corners

Stage 1: Heed hiking parking lot - Stoltenberg hiking parking lotWe start at the Heed hiking parking lot in the south of Meinerzhagen and follow the A1 marker. This is also the start of the Wald-Aktiv-Pfad, a great loop around the Heedberg. After a short time, we reach the witches' oak with its legendary place, whereupon we soon turn left and follow themarkings for the Sauerland-Höhenflug circular trail (white H on a blue background). We cross a road, pass the Wasserschloß Badinghagen and finally reach the Schallershaus hiking parking lot uphill with a fantastic view of the Meinhardus Mattenschanzen. Incidentally, this is also the entrance to the Sauerland-Höhenflug quality long-distance hiking trail and a legendary place of the "Magical world of legends at the top of the Volme" with a wooden shepherd figure.Here you also have the option of either walking the Meinerzhagen town walk or the complete circular route on the Sauerland-Höhenflug "Vom Wasser haben wir's gelernt) as an additional circular tour.From here, we now follow the sign of the triangle pointing to the right. To reach the Fritz-Paulmann-Weg, we follow the path that leads us over a pedestrian island to the other side of the road. On asphalt, along the edge of the town, we soon come to the Volmequelle. Continuing along the small road, the path crosses the country road again. Here we keep left, cross two bridges and reach the small district of Willertshagen, where we reach the end of the first stage, the Stoltenberg hiking parking lot. There is another legendary place here.Stage 2: Stoltenberg hiking parking lot - Quellental hiking parking lot At the start of the second stage, we continue to follow the aforementioned triangular markings and soon reach a small viewing platform with a view of the "Grundlose", the source of the Lister. This is another legendary place in the "magical world of legends at the top of the Volme". We follow the path uphill until we reach a refuge. From now on, we follow the X11 marker diagonally to the RIGHT , which leads us further and further into the Ebbegebirge.At a larger crossroads, we now follow the square as a marker at the beginning and then turn left and follow the VolmeSchatz Natur (white V on a turquoise background) to explore the Fürwiggetalsperre dam and finally return to our main path via the same route. If you want to skip this detour, turn right at this junction and follow the white square on a black background downhill until you reach the Quellental hiking parking lot.This is where the second stage ends. The Landhaus Nordhelle, which is a certified "Wanderbare Deutschland" establishment, is a good place to spend the night. To reach the accommodation, follow the Sauerland-Höhenflug markings (white H on a yellow background) for a few minutes from the Quellental parking lot and follow the signs to Landhaus Nordhelle.Stage 3: Quellental hiking parking lot - NordhelleOur third stage also follows the Sauerland-Höhenflug markings, the white M on a yellow background. The path continues to ascend and leads us further and further up to Nordhelle, where we also cross the footbridge (Knüppeldamm) over the protected Ebbemoore flora and fauna vein. After completing the ascent, we have reached Nordhelle, the highest elevation in the Märkisches Sauerland. From up here, you can enjoy a view that is second to none. When we reach the Robert-Kolb-Turm, our marker also changes.Stage 4: Nordhelle - Windebruch bathing area parking lotThe fourth stage begins at the Robert-Kolb-Turm, from where we follow the upward-pointing triangle on a black background, which leads us over the Ebbekamm. We soon reach a large forest crossroads, the so-called spider. Continuing steadily downhill, we soon come to a road and follow the Jagdhornweg (white hunting horn), which bends to the left, until we reach the settlement of Echternhagen. From here, we continue to follow the hunting horn. If you wish, you can also hike the entire circular route. Otherwise, we leave the Jagdhornweg just before the village of Mühlhofe and walk downhill to the country road, which we then cross to reach the Knochenmühle. We then return to the country road, cross it again and turn right towards the settlement of Grotewiese, with the small pilgrimage chapel "St. Maria Magdalena". From here, we follow the Way of St. James with the yellow pilgrim's shell on a blue background. After crossing the country road following the shell, we leave the pilgrims' path just before the pilgrims' stone and now follow the Valbert circular route sharply to the right, a white V on a black background.Shortly before Unterworbscheid , there is a legend bench at the edge of the forest of the "magical world of legends at the top of the Volme". From here, there is a wonderful view of the Ebbegebirge mountains with Nordhelle and the Grotewiese settlement. From here, the Valbert circular trail continues in the direction of the Listertalsperre, soon running parallel to the Biggesee-Listersee circular trail. We now follow the white "BL" on a blue-green background until we leave this circular trail shortly before Hunswinkel in the direction of Windebruch to reach the final destination of our stage hike, the Windebruch parking lot with bathing area. The Hotel-Restaurant Fischerheim is also located here, where you can stop for a bite to eat and spend the night.