--- title: "Bode Gorge – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Bode Gorge, Germany: The Bode Gorge is a 10 km (6.2 mi) long ravine that forms part of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale in the Harz Mountains…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bode-gorge" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bode-gorge.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bodetal2.jpg" --- Ravine that forms part of the Bode valley in central Germany # Bode Gorge The Bode Gorge is a 10 km (6.2 mi) long ravine that forms part of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. ![Bode Gorge](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Bodetal2.jpg) Bode Gorge · Wikimedia Commons The place The Bode Gorge is a 10 km (6.2 mi) long ravine that forms part of the Bode valley between Treseburg and Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. The German term, Bodetal, is also used in a wider sense to refer to the valleys of the Warme and Kalte Bode rivers that feed the River Bode. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bode_Gorge), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Bode Gorge 2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Homburg Watchtower The Homburg Watchtower is an observation tower on the site of a Germanic refuge castle near the Hexentanzplatz above the town of Thale in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. 1.6 km · observation tower near Thale in Harz · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homburg_Watchtower) 2. Walpurgis Hall The Walpurgis Hall is a hall on the Witches' Dance Floor near Thale in the Harz mountains, Germany, built in the Old Germanic style by Hermann Hendrich and Bernhard Sehring. The hall was opened in 1901 and is a museum today. 1.2 km · hall on the Witches' Dance Floor plateau in the Harz mountains, Germany · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walpurgis_Hall) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. See ## What Wikivoyage says to see Bode Gorge. Part of the Bode Valley (Bodetal) between Treseburg and Thale. The gorge originates on the east side of the Brocken and runs from a depth of 280 m at Thale up to 140 m at Tresburg. The gorge is a nature reserve in its own right covering an area of just under 500 hectares and is only accessible on foot. 1. The Brocken The highest mountain in the Harz range and the highest mountain in Northern Germany. From [Wikivoyage: Bode Gorge](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Harz), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Do ## Things to do Hiking. The Harz is a hiker's and walker's paradise and is criss-crossed by trails of every conceivable length and difficulty. Many of the longer trails are named: the Goethe Way (Goetheweg), the Kings and Emperors' Way, the Inner German Border Way, and the Harz Witches' Path (Harzer Hexenstieg) to name a few. In order to encourage fitness and tourism, the Harzer Wandernadel was founded a few years ago. From [Wikivoyage: Bode Gorge](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Harz), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Eat ## Where to eat Harzer cheese contains only about one percent fat. It is made from low-fat curd cheese. It is known for its distinct strong taste. From [Wikivoyage: Bode Gorge](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Harz), CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us. Go there ## Getting to Bode Gorge **Airports:** Erfurt-Weimar (ERF), 84 km · Leipzig/Halle (LEJ), 91 km · Kassel (KSF), 117 km\ **Stations:** Thale Central Station, 1.9 km\ - Erfurt → Bode Gorge Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/erfurt-to-bode-gorge) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Erfurt&to=Bode+Gorge) - Schkeuditz → Bode Gorge Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/schkeuditz-to-bode-gorge) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Schkeuditz&to=Bode+Gorge) - Calden → Bode Gorge Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/calden-to-bode-gorge) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Calden&to=Bode+Gorge) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Bode%20Gorge) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Bode Gorge Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Bode Gorge. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Go next A gondola lift runs from Thale up to the Hexentanzplatz, where today, the plateau resembles a small Theme Park aimed at families. - Go next The walk starts next to Thale gondola station, where the path follows the river, taking you through dense forest and then into open meadows filled with wildflowers, ending in the village of Treseburg near a ruined castle. From [Wikivoyage: Quedlinburg](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Quedlinburg), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Vlieland](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vlieland) NL 10 ways of moving, 47 sources 442 km 2. [Helsingborg and the Öresund crossing](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/helsingborg) SE 6 ways of moving, 13 sources 492 km 3. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 679 km 4. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 852 km 5. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 865 km If you know how people move in Bode Gorge – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbode-gorge&title=Bode+Gorge&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbode-gorge), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Bode Gorge - [Thale](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/thale) municipality of Landkreis Harz, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 2.9 km - [Treseburg](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/treseburg) human settlement in Germany 3.3 km - [Timmenrode](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/timmenrode) human settlement in Germany 3.5 km - [Thale Administrative Community](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/thale-administrative-community)"collective municipality" in the district of Harz, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany 3.2 km - [Königsruhe](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/konigsruhe) human settlement in Germany 600 m [The place page for Bode Gorge](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/bode-gorge) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Germany](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-DE) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bode-gorge, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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