Stamping point 172 / Katzsohlteich

The Katzsohlteich is a reservoir and is located on the outskirts of Güntersberge, just above the Mühlteich, also known as the „Bergsee“.

The­re is also a nice res­t­ing place at the Katz­sohl­teich, which is used as a recei­ving water and fishing water. The­re used to be a marb­le mill at Katz­sohl­teich, which was powered by water from the pond but unfort­u­na­te­ly no lon­ger exists. The mill was used to cut and polish marb­le from a quar­ry loca­ted slight­ly abo­ve the pond. 

The mill pond is a reser­voir crea­ted in 1752 with a 10 m high earth dam on the Sel­ke water­cour­se. It is used for fishing, flood pro­tec­tion, low water ele­va­ti­on and is also a popu­lar local recrea­ti­on desti­na­ti­on. The moun­tain lake is 125 m long and 12 m wide and is used for swim­ming, fishing and rowing. 

For rail­road enthu­si­asts, the Sel­ke­tal­bahn pas­sing direct­ly by the sou­thern shore of the moun­tain lake offers a beau­tiful pho­to motif.

A spe­cial attrac­tion in Gün­ters­ber­ge is the extra­or­di­na­ry muse­um of mou­se­traps and curio­si­ties. You can admi­re mou­se­traps of all kinds, as well as old, rare kit­chen uten­sils and other curio­si­ties. In the muse­um’s gal­lery of quiet places the­re is a pic­tu­re gal­lery on this sub­ject that is uni­que in Germany. 

A good start­ing point for the short hike to the Katz­sohl­teich pond is the par­king lot at the moun­tain lake, from whe­re you fol­low the sign­pos­ted cir­cu­lar trail and then turn off to the Katz­sohl­teich pond.