Stamp point 81 / Sand caves in Heers

The sand caves in Heers are located north-east below Regenstein Castle and Fortress.

The Heers is a lar­ge forest area bet­ween Blan­ken­burg and Hal­ber­stadt, con­sis­ting main­ly of pine trees. This area was named after the Heer­stra­ße, an important road that ran through the forest in ear­lier times. 

The sand caves, or „Die Sand­hut­sche“ as the Blan­ken­burg locals call them, are an impres­si­ve dis­co­very in the midd­le of the pine forest for any first-time visi­tor. The many small rocks and san­dy sec­tions of path are alre­a­dy noti­ceable on the way the­re, but the „Sand­hut­sche“ with its rocks up to three meters high and the caves car­ved into the stone by humans exceeds all expectations. 

This fasci­na­ting land­scape was alre­a­dy cho­sen as a mee­ting place by the anci­ent Ger­ma­nic tri­bes and has lost none of its magi­cal attrac­tion to this day.

The sand caves were voted the most beau­tiful stamp site by our stamp hikers in 2009.

The start­ing point for a visit is the sign­pos­ted par­king lot below the cast­le, which is easi­ly acces­si­ble from the A36. It is a good idea to first walk along the nar­row, sign­pos­ted path to the left of the par­king lot to the Regen­stein­müh­le HWN 82. After­wards, you will reach the sand caves in the Heers on the right-hand side via Heer­stra­ße below the Regen­stein­müh­le. From the sand caves, seve­ral mark­ed paths lead up to Regen­stein Cast­le and Fort­ress HWN 80.