You start at the side entrance (left) of the historic spa gardens of Bad Meinberg. The spa administration is on your left. Walk along the hedge and take the first left towards Brunnenstraße. Cross Brunnenstraße and walk up the Schanzenberg. Here you will find a route sign (white arrow on red sign). At the end of the road is a T-junction. The Kurhaus Schanzenberg is on your left. The next road sign is at the entrance to the forest. From here, continue straight ahead on a forest path. After about 150 m, you will come to a forest crossroads where you turn left. Go straight on at the next crossroads. Approx. 65 m further on, you will come to a T-junction where you will find another signpost and turn right at this point. After about 250 m you will come to a crossroads where there is another route sign. Turn left here in the direction of Opfersteine. A few meters further on is a housing estate and shortly afterwards there are fields to the right and left, followed by a bend to the right. After about 100 meters you will come to a fork in the road. At this point there is another route sign and you keep left here in the direction of Schönemark. Follow the route. At the next forest crossing, walk straight ahead. Shortly afterwards there is a T-junction where you keep left. Approx. 100 m further on there is another fork in the path. Here you walk straight ahead on a stone path. After about 200 m, you will come to a T-junction, as well as the heart rate monitoring station, where there is also another route sign and you turn left. A fork in the road and a route sign follow after about 100 m. At this point, walk straight ahead along Leistruper-Wald-Straße until the next fork in the road. Keep left here and follow the road. Around 200 m further on there is another fork in the road, where you also keep left, walk to the crossroads and turn left again. At the next fork in the road, turn right. A few meters further on you will come to a fork in the road, where you will also find a signpost. Keep left here and follow the path. Shortly afterwards you will come to another fork in the road. At this point, continue walking straight ahead. There are fields to your right and left. After about 120 m, the path climbs slightly and bends to the left. After the bend, you will come to a crossroads and see a route sign. Take the first right, where you will also find a bench. Approx. 300 m further on, you come to another fork in the path, where you keep left and walk to the next crossroads. Cross this and turn right at the next junction in the direction of Kurhaus Schanzenberg. After about 200 m you leave the forest, pass the road and follow the road for about 280 m until you reach Brunnenstraße. Once you reach Brunnenstraße, cross the junction again and walk straight ahead. The historic spa gardens are in front of you. Now turn right along the hedge and after a few meters you will reach your starting point.
