Holiday apartment in Elleringhausen

Blick vom Feldstein auf Elleringhausen, Bornstein und Goldstein im Sauerland Blick vom Feldstein auf Elleringhausen sowie Bornstein und Goldstein im Naturschutzgebiet Bruchhauser Steine. Photo: David Niklas Jansen via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

Elleringhausen belongs to Olsberg in the High Sauerland and is described as an idyllic place at the foot of the Bruchhauser Steine. A stay combines a small village setting with paths in the surroundings of the Rothaarsteig and planned excursions into the surrounding Sauerland landscape.

Brief facts about Elleringhausen

  • small village in the Olsberg Sauerland
  • hiking trails and connections in the surroundings of the Rothaarsteig
  • crossway at Ruthenberg to the Peace Chapel
  • Bruchhauser Steine as a regional excursion point in the Sauerland
View from Feldstein of Elleringhausen, Bornstein and Goldstein in the Sauerland
View from Feldstein of Elleringhausen as well as Bornstein and Goldstein in the Bruchhauser Steine nature reserve. Photo: David Niklas Jansen, source, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hiking and landscape around the village

From Elleringhausen, paths and sections in the surroundings of the Rothaarsteig can be explored. Designated circular and long-distance hiking trails such as the E-Panorama Trail are also part of the landscape experience in the surrounding area. This creates concrete opportunities for days outdoors without limiting the stay to a single attraction.

The Bruchhauser Steine are not in the village itself, but they belong to the regional area of experience. Around this striking natural destination, as well as hiking landscapes, hang gliding and paragliding are described. For travel planning, this means: Elleringhausen can be considered a small starting point for planned nature excursions into the Sauerland landscape.

The Great Elector at Goldstein near the Bruchhauser Steine
The „Great Elector“ at Goldstein near the Bruchhauser Steine in Olsberg. Photo: Thomas Wensing, source, CC BY-SA 2.0.

A quieter cultural accent

Besides nature experiences, Elleringhausen also offers a concrete cultural point of interest: The crossway at Ruthenberg leads to the Peace Chapel, which is designated as a Sauerland soul place. The path and the chapel add a quieter accent to a day of hiking and give the stay a local reference that goes beyond mere overnight accommodation.

Is Elleringhausen suitable as a holiday home location?

A holiday apartment or holiday home in Elleringhausen is especially suitable if you are looking for a small place as a starting point for hikes, landscape experiences, and planned excursions in the Sauerland. The reasons for staying lie both in the village itself and in the activities in the surrounding landscape.

Elleringhausen is therefore a choice for a location-based Sauerland experience. If you would also like to check Olsberg as a search location alongside Elleringhausen, you will find more options here at Olsberg.