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The Bergtest near Wehlen (german: Bergtest bei Wehlen, literally "hill test near Wehlen") is a traditional sporting event that has taken place annually since 1980, usually on the last Saturday in March, in the East German hills of Saxon Switzerland.
It is a challenging competition walk, during which a height difference of 1,400 metres has to be climbed. There are routes of various lengths between 10 and 36 kilometres, that pass through places of interest in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
The organizers are:
* Dresden Hiking and Mountaineering Club (''Dresdner Wanderer- und Bergsteigerverein'' or DWBV,
* WKF ''Bergfried 91'' and
* White and Green Walking Group (''Wandergruppe Weiß-Grün'')
Until 1990 there was also the firm, VEB Kombinat Robotron.
* Start at station forecourt in Wehlen,
* Damengrund, Naundorf,
2005 Report
2009 Report
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The Bergtest near Wehlen (german: Bergtest bei Wehlen, literally "hill test near Wehlen") is a traditional sporting event that has taken place annually since 1980, usually on the last Saturday in March, in the East German hills of Saxon Switzerland.
It is a challenging competition walk, during which a height difference of 1,400 metres has to be climbed. There are routes of various lengths between 10 and 36 kilometres, that pass through places of interest in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.
The organizers are:
* Dresden Hiking and Mountaineering Club (''Dresdner Wanderer- und Bergsteigerverein'' or DWBV,
* WKF ''Bergfried 91'' and
* White and Green Walking Group (''Wandergruppe Weiß-Grün'')
Until 1990 there was also the firm, VEB Kombinat Robotron.
Route
* Start at station forecourt in Wehlen,
* Damengrund, Naundorf, Kleiner Bärenstein
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* Thieves' Cave (''Diebshöhle'') (also: Götzinger Cave), Thürmsdorf
Struppen is a municipality in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany
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* Königstein Fortress, Palmschänke, Latz Hut,
* Biela bridge, Quirl,
* Pfaffenstein, Pfaffendorf
* Schöne Aussicht
* Königstein (Saxon Switzerland) Königstein () may refer to:
Germany
* Königstein im Taunus, a town in Hesse
* Königstein, Saxony
* Königstein Fortress, near Königstein, Saxony
* Königstein (hill), an elevation on which the fortress sits
* Königstein, Bavaria
* Königstei ...
, ferry,
* Lilienstein
Lilienstein is a highly distinctive mountain in Saxon Switzerland, in Saxony, southeastern Germany, and was once the site of a Bohemian castle. It is one of the few table mountains on the east of the river Elbe and constitutes the symbol of the S ...
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* Rathen,
* Polenz Valley,
* Hockstein,
* Amselgrund
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* Schwedenlöcher
* Steinerner Tisch and back to Wehlen
External links
2005 Report
2009 Report
{dead link, date=October 2016 , bot=InternetArchiveBot , fix-attempted=yes (pdf file; 1.45 MB) Challenge walks Saxon Switzerland Annual events in Germany Walking in Germany 1980 establishments in Germany Recurring sporting events established in 1980