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Hikes in Thuringia

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Thuringia delights hikers with the hills of the Thuringian Forest and the fjord-like river landscape of the Thuringian Sea. In the heart of Germany, the historic Wartburg Castle, wild and romantic rocky gorges and dense forests create a very special magic that you can experience at first hand on your hikes.

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The 10 most beautiful hikes in Thuringia

Blick vom Großen Buchenberg auf die Schmalwassertalsperre
Hiking Route · Thüringer Wald
Auf einsamen Pfaden durch die Tambacher Gründe
Toprecommended route Difficulty difficult
3
21.8 km
4:30 h
685 m
686 m
Diese Wandertour führt uns auf einsame Pfade in die Tambacher Gründe am Rennsteig.Sie verbindet Einsamkeit mit Natur pur und geologischen Besonderheiten.Die Wanderwege sind zum teilweise nicht markiert und so mancher Wanderer hat sich in den großen Waldgebieten verlaufen.Also Vorsicht!
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Field in Thuringia
Hiking Route · Rhön
Vorderrhönweg
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate
2
18.3 km
6:00 h
535 m
535 m
We hike on the Vorderrhönweg from Oepfershausen to the northwest. The tour takes us through a beautiful section of the Thuringian Kuppenrhön.
ADAC Wanderführer
Der Blick vom Schneekopf in Richtung Großer Beerberg.
Hiking Route · Thüringer Wald
The summit hiking trail in the Thuringian Forest
PremiumPremium content Difficulty difficult
1
29.1 km
9:15 h
923 m
923 m
This extended, entertaining tour leads to the highest peaks of the Thuringian Forest and rewards athletic hikers with magnificent views.
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Lutherdenkmal bei Steinbach - Bad Liebenstein
Hiking Route · Thuringian Forest
Luther Trail Tour Tip: 'The Kidnapping' – Steinbach – Luther Memorial – Altenstein Castle
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Open
3
14.5 km
4:24 h
470 m
463 m
Discover the place where Luther was 'kidnapped' and taken to Wartburg Castle.
Thüringen-entdecken.de
Außenansicht - St. Bartholomäi - Altenburg
Hiking Route · Ostthüringen
Luther Trail Tour Tip: 'Between Thuringia and Saxony'
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate
56.4 km
10:30 h
368 m
368 m
Following in the footsteps of the great reformer and discovering the beginnings of the Protestant church between Thuringia and Saxony.
Thüringen-entdecken.de
Ausblick
Hiking Route · Thüringer Wald
Hausberg circuit around Ilmenau
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate closed
7
10.8 km
3:45 h
472 m
472 m
From Ilmenau we hike up to the Kickelhahn, on whose summit there is a historic lookout tower. Passing the Gabelbach hunting lodge, we hike back via the Bobhütte.
ADAC Wanderführer
Blick auf Burg Hanstein
Hiking Route · Bad Sooden-Allendorf
Von Neu-Eichenberg über die Teufelskanzel nach Bad Sooden-Allendorf
Toprecommended route Difficulty easy
17.1 km
4:30 h
343 m
432 m
Eine abwechslungsreiche, nicht besonders anspruchsvolle Fünf-Stunden-Wanderung, bei der es zweimal über die ehemalige deutsch-deutsche Grenze geht.
alpenvereinaktiv.com
Ruine Altenstein
Hiking Route · Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land
Premiumweg P16 Asbach Sickenberg
Toprecommended route Difficulty difficult
11
13.5 km
4:05 h
381 m
381 m
Der Weg in der sog. Eichsfelder Schweiz und bietet spektakuläre Aussichten vom Rande eines Muschelkalkplateaus, botanische Schätze und geschichtsträchtige Orte am Grünen Band. Das thüringische Eichsfeld grenzt direkt an den hessischen Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land.
Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land
Kremserfahrten im Eisenberger Mühltal
Hiking Route · Saaleland
Summer recreation trail
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate
3
9.3 km
2:45 h
126 m
126 m
The Sparkasse circular hike ist about 9 kilometers long and passes through the Eisenberg Mühltal.   With the kind support of the Sparkasse Jena-Saale-Holzland.
Saale-Unstrut-Tourismus e.V.
Hiking Route · Werratal
Entdeckertour: Hessische Schweiz
Toprecommended route Difficulty difficult
15.8 km
4:30 h
362 m
362 m
Durch ungestörte Natur mit herrlichen Ausblicken und seltener Flora wandern wir entlang der historischen Grenze zwischen Kurhessen und Preussen, später BRD und DDR und heute Hessen und Thüringen.  
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On the Rennsteig through the Thuringian Forest

The Rennsteig is probably known to every hiker as the oldest and also one of the most beautiful long-distance hiking trails in Germany. On just under 170 kilometres from Hörschel to Blankenstein, you can enjoy the dreamlike low mountain landscape of the Thuringian Forest and the Thuringian slate mountains. Adventure trails, rest areas and old boundary stones make the hiking experience perfect.

On the way, you will also pass the highest mountain in the Thuringian Forest, the 983-metre-high Großen Beerberg. Below the summit, the viewing platform „Plänckners Aussicht“ offers a magnificent view of the town of Suhl and over the wooded landscape to the Rhön.

Just a few hundred metres away from the Rennsteig there are also beautiful vantage points. If you are on the hiking trail, it is worth leaving it now and then for a short distance and discovering the nature of the Thuringian Forest a little off the beaten track.

Thuringia
Recommended route Long distance hiking trail - Rennsteig - From Hörschel to Blankenstein - Thuringian Forest

Where can you go hiking in Thuringia?

Apart from the Rennsteig, one of the most beautiful hiking trails in Thuringian are the Rennsteig ladders, which connect the most important places in the Thuringian Forest with the long-distance hiking trail. The hikes vary in length and difficulty. Among the 43 signposted trails in total, hikers of every fitness level will find a suitable tour.

Hike from the spa town of Steinbach-Hallenberg past the Ruppberg and several ski jumps to the biathlon stronghold of Oberhof, make your way from the Trusetaler Wasserfall to the cosy Waldschänke Dreiherrnstein, cool off in the mountain lake on the way from Floh-Seligenthal to the Ebertswiese or learn interesting facts about the region on your hike to the nature park information centre „Kalte Küche“.

Hikes around the Lutherstadt in the Thuringian Forest

If you want to discover even more cultural highlights on your tours, Eisenach on the northern edge of the Thuringian Forest is the ideal destination. You should not miss:

  • the Wartburg: the place where the Luther Bible was written is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • the Luther House: Martin Luther's home during his school years around 1500, today a museum
  • the Automobile World Eisenach: Museum of Eisenach's automotive history
  • the "Narrow House": the narrowest inhabited half-timbered house in Germany is 2.05 m wide and around 250 years old
  • the Bach House: museum all about Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born in Eisenach
Luther House, Eisenach

There are also some very special experiences in nature around Eisenach. A hike through the Dragon Gorge is particularly popular with children and adults alike. Hiking along the partly narrow path in the gorge with moss-covered rocks and rushing brooks will leave you in awe.

In Wutha, not far from Eisenach, you can take a hike to the small and large Hörselberg mountains, which offer wonderful views of the Thuringian Forest. Narrow paths lead you through the mixed forest and along steep cliffs.

Thuringia
Recommended route Circular hiking trail - gorge tour near Eisenach - Thuringian Forest
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