Gondola · Braunlage, Germany
Wurmbergseilbahn
Wurmbergseilbahn is a gondola near Braunlage, Germany. It climbs 394 m over 2.77 km, from 569 m to 964 m above sea level. Between its 23 pylons, the cable runs up to about 33 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
8/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Wurmbergseilbahn is scarier than 8% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 63 of 64 in Germany.
- Highest above the ground: about 33 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 2.55 km after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 213 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 15°.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Wurmbergseilbahn is near Braunlage, Germany, at 569 m above sea level (51.73190° N, 10.61290° E). From there it runs 2.77 km up to the top station at 964 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Capacity
- 960 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 15 min
Nearby lines
- Burgberg-Seilbahn cable car · 14.6 km away · rises 176 m
- Schrägaufzug Rammelsberg funicular · 21.2 km away · rises 40 m
- Kabinenbahn Bocksberg gondola · 22.4 km away · rises 161 m
- Seilbahn Thale gondola · 28.2 km away · rises 239 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.