The rich variety of the Egge Mountains and the large number of culturally and historically significant sights are a major reason why the Eggeweg is one of the most popular ridge hiking trails in Germany. Its quality can also be measured by the fact that in 2010 it was the first hiking trail in Germany to be awarded the title of "Quality Trail" by the German Hiking Association for the third time in a row. To the left and right of the trail, you can discover remnants of Saxon wall castles, old boundary stones and trail markers, as well as historic pass paths. In addition, there are many traces in the forest of the mining of mineral resources, glass production, charcoal burning and forest haymaking. The Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge Nature Park and the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL) would like to draw attention to these cultural landscape features. Together with the two hiking guides to the.