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Kickelhahn Observation Tower – Kickelhahn Tower loop from Ilmenau

Mountain hikes & routes

Kickelhahn Observation Tower – Kickelhahn Tower loop from Ilmenau

Moderate

2

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Kickelhahn Observation Tower – Kickelhahn Tower loop from Ilmenau

03:16

10.5km

400m

Mountaineering

Moderate mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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3.94 km

Goethe Cabin on Kickelhahn

Highlight • Monument

“Over all peaks there is peace…” Goethe wrote on the wall of this small refuge on September 6, 1780. Because of these verses that were written here and later became …

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3.99 km

Historic hunting blind and hunting site on the Hausberg

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Directly on the summit next to the hunting lodge is the covered shelter with wooden benches, from which the game attracted by food was shot.
The Goethewanderweg signposted here from …

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4.07 km

Historic Hunting Grounds on the Kickelhahn

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The first written mention of a shooting range on the Kickelhahn comes from the year 1591. The later expansion and use as a hunting facility was carried out by Duke …

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4.24 km

Kickelhahn Observation Tower

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View from the Kickelhahn into the valley.

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4.27 km

Kickelhahn Tower

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On the Kickelhahn there is a lookout tower from 1855, a Telekom tower, a transmission mast, the Goethe house, the foundations of a hunting lodge and a restaurant. South of …

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4.29 km

Downhill Trail from Kickelhahn to Großer Hermannstein

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Downhill trail from Kickelhahn (861 m) to Großer Hermannstein (761 m).

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5.25 km

Großer Herrmannstein and Cave

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The Hermannstein with its cave was one of Goethe's favorite places. On August 6, 1776 he visited him with Charlotte von Stein.
Shortly afterwards he drew the cave. In 1784 …

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7.28 km

View of Manebach

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Nice view of the valley

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10.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.83 km

2.66 km

Surfaces

5.51 km

4.87 km

103 m

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Monday 18 May

16°C

4°C

35 %

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