From the parking lot at the church in Herold, we follow the course of Zschopauer Straße to the exit of Herold towards the spinning mill (to the northeast). Shortly before the exit, we turn left onto "Am Kalkwerk". We pass the former lime kilns of the lime works and continue towards the forest houses, but before that cross the Helsigbach and follow the yellow marked path uphill until we reach a shelter. We continue straight ahead. After a short ascent past rock formations on the right, we then keep left and reach the next shelter. From here, we follow the green marker to the left towards Thum. At Plattenstraße, we keep left towards Thum until the Thum/Ziegenbank junction with a beautiful view of the mining town of Thum. From here, we continue to follow the green marker towards Thum. Via the so-called Hahnweg, we reach the town of Thum. At the sports field, we turn left onto Hainstraße. It continues to the left and becomes Brauhausstraße. Past Neumarkt with the Volkshaus Thum, we turn left onto Rathausplatz. In the summer months, there is a cactus collection and seating in front of the town hall. Right next door is the entrance to the Thum zoological garden. We follow Rathausplatz street to Herolder Straße. Here we turn left and after a short distance reach the ascent to the Bastei on the left, marked by a wooden portal. The yellow marked ascent leads us past the Georgstein to the Bastei viewpoint and from there further to the Georgsfelsen viewpoint. We follow the yellow marked path through the forest until we reach an old avenue which leads us to Wettinplatz. This former cemetery of a manor is now marked with a memorial stone. From here we follow the green marked path to the right, which leads us across fields and then through a forest area towards Herold. At the fish pond, we go left along Herolder Weg and after the residential houses turn right to stay on Herolder Weg. At the junction with Obere Dorfstraße, we keep right and follow it along the Wilisch river to Herolder Straße, which we follow left for a few meters to Annaberger Straße. Here is the station square, a stop in the former Thum narrow-gauge network. Via Bahnhofsplatz path we come to Am Kraftberg street, which we follow on the left to Drebacher Straße. Here we go left and immediately right again and after a few meters we are back at the starting point.
