Stamping point 165 / Wendel – Eiche

The Wendeleiche is a vantage point between Zorge and Sülzhayn.

The oak owes its name to a spi­ral stair­ca­se that was built at the begin­ning of the 20th cen­tu­ry to reach the vie­w­ing plat­form erec­ted in the crown of the oak. As the oak was only a few meters away from the for­mer inner-Ger­man bor­der, the GDR bor­der tro­ops rebuilt the spi­ral stair­ca­se and the vie­w­ing plat­form. Today, only two rus­ty iron struc­tures remain as remin­ders of the spi­ral staircase. 

From the par­king lot at the Kur­haus in Zor­ge, the sign­pos­ted Berg­wie­sen­weg trail leads via the Wen­de­lei­che to Stief­mut­ter HWN 164, from whe­re you can also easi­ly include the „Roter Schuss“ HWN 90 stam­ping sta­ti­on in the tour.