Malerweg, Stage 4: From Altendorf to Neumannmühle (official version TV Saxon Switzerland)

From Altendorf we hike through the Dorfbachklamm gorge down into the Kirnitzschtal valley. Here we continue on the Flößersteig trail to the Ostrau mill. Then the Malerweg leads uphill via the Mühlweg and the Bauweg onto the Elbleitenweg into the Schrammsteine, an elongated, strongly fissured rock group. We pass the imposing Schramm Gate. The Jägersteig ascent brings us via iron ladders to the Schrammstein ridge trail with the Schrammstein view. As a shorter, but also more demanding alternative for the ascent, the Wildschützensteig offers itself. Via the Zurückesteig we hike through the small dome to the Sandloch. On the Zeughausweg as well as the Unterer Affensteinweg we reach the Lichtenhainer Wasserfall with the terminus of the Kirnitzschtalbahn. From the Lichtenhainer Waterfall we hike to the imposing rock cave Kuhstall on the New Wildenstein. Then we descend back into the valley to the Neumannmühle, a technical monument to the production of paper from groundwood pulp.

GPS data updated 2021