Stamp point 90 / Red shot

The Rote Schuss (505 m above sea level) is located at the end of the Limbach valley in the Ellrich municipal forest.

Towards the val­ley, it drops so stee­p­ly that you can see the red por­phy­ri­te of the moun­tain. Per­haps this is whe­re the moun­tain got its name, but peo­p­le in Ell­rich and Zor­ge tell a dif­fe­rent story: 

„A few hundred years ago, a noto­rious poa­cher lived in Ell­rich. For a long time, the fores­ters tried in vain to catch him at his cri­mi­nal trade. One day, a young hun­ter was trans­fer­red to Ell­rich and deci­ded not to rest until he had put the poa­cher out of action. He sur­pri­sed the poa­cher in the forest just as he was busy gut­ting a roe­buck. The poa­cher, who refu­sed to sur­ren­der, shot the hun­ter down. The earth drank the inno­cent blood spil­led and the who­le moun­tain blus­hed for this sacri­le­ge for all eternity.“ 

The best start­ing point for a beau­tiful cir­cu­lar hike is the par­king lot at the Ell­rich city forest. From the­re, you first walk along the sign­pos­ted path to the „Roter Schuss“ and on to the Wen­de­lei­che HWN 165, the Stief­mut­ter HWN 164 and final­ly to the spe­cial stam­ping point „Zwei­län­der­ei­che“. The Harz­klub has sign­pos­ted the­se paths very well. 

The Rote Schuss was voted the most beau­tiful stamp site in 2008 by our hiking friends.