--- title: "Where Goethe already hiked" url: "https://www.thunersee.ch/en/experiences/tour/where-goethe-already-hiked" description: "The Reichenbach Valley lies away from the main traffic and tourist flows and has therefore been able to preserve its primitive, wild-romantic character. Here time seems to have stood still, and the deceleration is tangible. In October 1779, the world-famous poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe hiked from Grindelwald over the Grosse Scheidegg to the Hasli Valley. He was so overwhelmed by the impressions that he wrote at the end of the journey: “No thought, no description, no memory reaches the beauty and grandeur of the objects.” Even the trip to the starting point of the hike, the Schwarzwaldalp bus stop, is worthwhile. The path is easy to find, follow the signposts for Meiringen. First, the route leads to the Rychenbach and follows it to Broch. Then a path runs next to the road to the entrance of the Rosenlaui Gorge and the historic Hotel Rosenlaui. Continuing close to the banks of the Rychenbach, you walk on a footpath past Gschwantenmad. According to the project for the Schattenhalb 4 power plant, most of the water from the Rychenbach is to be diverted through a tunnel to a new power plant near the reservoir. However, this would cause the affected valley section to lose its uniqueness. The change to the hard-surfaced road signals that the tour’s destination, the Kaltenbrunnen bus stop near Meiringen and the Kaltenbrunnensäge mountain inn, will soon be reached." language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://img.oastatic.com/img2/29402224/max/variant.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > www.thunersee.ch > Experiences > Tour" --- GPX Share Where Goethe already hiked ========================== - 5.26 km long - Difficulty: easy - Condition: - Great panorama - Hiking Trail - 1:25 h - 5.26 km - 6 m - 280 m - 1,209 m - 1,455 m - 246 m - - Start: Schwarzwaldalp - Destination: Kaltenbrunnensäge **On this hike, you can feel transported back to the time of the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: The route described here, a section of the pass route over the Grosse Scheidegg, runs largely free from hydropower use, hard surfaces, motor vehicle, and bicycle traffic. Little hard surface.** The Reichenbach Valley lies away from the main traffic and tourist flows and has therefore been able to preserve its primitive, wild-romantic character. Here time seems to have stood still, and the deceleration is tangible. In October 1779, the world-famous poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe hiked from Grindelwald over the Grosse Scheidegg to the Hasli Valley. He was so overwhelmed by the impressions that he wrote at the end of the journey: “No thought, no description, no memory reaches the beauty and grandeur of the objects.” Even the trip to the starting point of the hike, the Schwarzwaldalp bus stop, is worthwhile. The path is easy to find, follow the signposts for Meiringen. First, the route leads to the Rychenbach and follows it to Broch. Then a path runs next to the road to the entrance of the Rosenlaui Gorge and the historic Hotel Rosenlaui. Continuing close to the banks of the Rychenbach, you walk on a footpath past Gschwantenmad. According to the project for the Schattenhalb 4 power plant, most of the water from the Rychenbach is to be diverted through a tunnel to a new power plant near the reservoir. However, this would cause the affected valley section to lose its uniqueness. The change to the hard-surfaced road signals that the tour’s destination, the Kaltenbrunnen bus stop near Meiringen and the Kaltenbrunnensäge mountain inn, will soon be reached. Read more Berner Wanderwege Good to know ------------ Pavements Street (13%) Trail (87%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Directions Schwarzwaldalp – Rosenlaui – Gschwantenmad - Kaltenbrunnensäge Read more Equipment We recommend the following equipment: light trekking shoes, light backpack, sun protection, rain jacket, first aid kit, light picnic, sufficient fluids, mobile phone. Read more Directions & Parking facilities **Public transportation**Outbound: By train via Interlaken to Meiringen or Grindelwald and then by bus to Schwarzwaldalp Return: By bus from Kaltenbrunnen near Meiringen to Meiringen or Grindelwald and then by train Read more Additional information Bernese Hiking Trails Association, Bern, Tel.: 031 340 01 01, E-mail: info@beww.ch, Homepage: www.bernerwanderwege.ch Read more Literature Hiking book Short hikes 2 of the Bernese Hiking Trails, order at: https://www.wanderplaner.ch/sommer/web-shop/ Read more License (master data) Safety guidelines This route runs exclusively on marked paths of the hiking trail category Read more Map Swisstopo hiking map 254T Interlaken 1:50,000, order at: https://www.wanderplaner.ch/sommer/web-shop/ Read more Nearby ------ View on map - Tours 10.11 km - Hiking Trail 14.91 km - Hiking Trail 301.56 km - Hiking Trail **outdooractive** Contact 3860 Meiringen Download GPX file - - - -