Stamping point 160 / Helenenruh Zorge

The Helenenruh (550 m above sea level) is located on the Wiedaer Hüttenweg between Wieda and Zorge.

In the past, the red iron­stone mined in the Wie­da and Zorg mining dis­tricts was trans­por­ted to the blast fur­naces in the val­ley by hor­se and cart. The last blast fur­nace of the „Zor­ger Hüt­te“ went out in 1895, as smel­ting with char­co­al pro­ved to be no lon­ger com­pe­ti­ti­ve in the late 19th century. 

The Hele­nen­ruh can be rea­ched from the Wie­da spa gar­dens via the Kas­ten­tal val­ley, which is sign­pos­ted as a hut trail. From the refu­ge, the Harz Bau­den­steig trail con­ti­nues to the litt­le hor­se trail HWN 58 to Zorge.