Bike packing Europe 2023 Day 14 EuroVelo-13 from Hornburg to Hohegeiss

Welcome to the 14h day of our bike packing trip in Europe in 2023. Today we cycle from Hornburg to Hohegeiss in Germany And the trip goes via the scenic town Ilsenburg, which lies beside the river Ilse And afterwards we go through The Harz Before we arrive in Hohegeis

Our mileage today will be 66 kilometres And includes 1080 metres of elevation In Hohegeiss we sleep at the camping site Bärenbache I eventually got to Hornburg Where I managed to find accomodation in a nice couple’s garden I changed the inner tube … And dried my tent While the tent was drying …

I went to the bicycle repair shop and got the correct air pressure in the tire Nice little town Here I get my daily sugar infusion …

Hornburg is a town and in the German state of Lower Saxony. Since 1st November 2013, it has been a part of the municipality Schladen-Werla. It is situated at the Ilse river, a tributary of the Oker. The population of the town is 2413

Here Germany and Europe were divided until February 10, 1990 at 10 a.m Abbenrode, Germany Now we are approaching Ilsenburg I just had a beer It was good to get some energy before reaching the Harz We just entered the region called Sachsen-Anhalt * Before this we were in Lower-Saxony

There is around 3 kilometres to Ilsenburg Ilsenburg is a town in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. It is situated under the north foot of the Harz Mountains, at the entrance to the Ilse valley with its little river, the Ilse, a tributary of the Oker. Its population is 9497.

Hello I have lost my way as well I’m sorry? I have lost my way as well Oh Are you following the Iron Curtain Trail? No no no … Just make a loop Ok Which way are you heading? Berlin? No, I’m going to Göttingen That will be tough … Yeah

I ride from Denmark, so … But I think the Harz will be challenging I have just returned from a three month’s trip … Ok? Through France Ok The Atlantic Coast Yeah Distant chatter in French … You are French? No, I’m German Ok! I’m from this area Do you travel without luggage?

Today I’m just here I took the train with this 49 euro ticket Ok, yeah? So I jumped on the train 50 kilometres today Ok? Distant mumbling … Where is that from? I’m from Braunschweig and I’m going now … To the Eckertal area Ok No, I mean the train, where does it go from?

It was from Braunschweig to Bad Harzburg Ok! If you want to cross the Harz, do it … Yeah I will try but I’m not used to this elevation … So it’s going to be difficult Are you doing camping? Yeah, I am I’m fighting myself through the Harz

I have just pulled my bicycle for the last kilometer Here the path seems to be more flat I will try to pedal for a while Here the path is fairly flat again Let’s see how long it lasts The water rations are not infinite A source of water would do wonders …

I could empty it! The Harz is a highland area in northern Germany. It has the highest elevations for that region. The name Harz derives from the German word Hart (hill forest). The Brocken is the highest summit in the Harz with an elevation of 1141 metres above sea level. Finally a water post

Here we pass by the train track Elend is a quarter of the city of Oberharz am Brocken, Saxony-Anhalt Here is Brocken … I’m not going up there But that’s what it looks like Now we are at the conwoy road in the Harz Now we are at the conwoy road in the Harz

Still at the border between DDR and BRD Still at the border between DDR and BRD This will be crazy! This will be crazy! Hold your hat and brakes! Hold your hat and brakes! Look at that ascent on the other side Oh my god And the path has potholes

Oh my god And the path has potholes It’s tempting to get off the bicycle and pull it here It’s tempting to get off the bicycle and pull it here I have reached the top of the 300 metres conwoy road, where I had to pull up This road is “peanuts” in comparison

Hohegeiß is a village in Lower-Saxony with around 1.000 inhabitants. The village is in the Harz in Germany and share municipality with the nearby town Braunlage. I have come to a skiing area I can see a ski slope ahead The camping site is on the left side

We have now arrived at Camping Bärenbache in Hohegeiss On this map, you can see today’s route compared with the EuroVelo-13 route The red one is the Eurovelo-13 route and the blue one is today’s route Today we followed stage 87 and 88 of EuroVelo-13

Stage 87 is 259 kilometres in total and starts in Schnackenburg and ends in Ilsenburg Stage 88 is 134 kilometres in total and starts in Ilsenburg and ends in Neuseesen And tomorrow we continue on EuroVelo-13 stage 88, where we go to Neuseesen

But let’s fly the trip together, so we can enjoy it from a bird’s eye view In the comment section, you can see a link to the trip on Strava And here you can see today’s route, elevation profile and other information from the trip Fro Strava you can also download the route in GPX-format

And use it as inspiration for your own trip if needed This GPX-file can be loaded into common navigation equipment and apps on your phones This could be a Garmin GPS or some apps such as Komoot or RideWithGPS Thank you for travelling with me

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