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Billmuthausen Memorial Site – Heldburg Forestry Office loop from Gauerstadt

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Upper Franconia
Landkreis Coburg
Bad Rodach

Billmuthausen Memorial Site – Heldburg Forestry Office loop from Gauerstadt

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4.8

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68

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Billmuthausen Memorial Site – Heldburg Forestry Office loop from Gauerstadt

05:28

20.1km

270m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

Waypoints

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Bus stop

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2.39 km

Billmuthausen Memorial Site

Highlight • Historical Site

The former place was razed during the GDR era. There is still a cemetery with a chapel and a well.
Thankfully the place is maintained. A nice quiet place.

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2

7.91 km

The IFA team from Heldburg has rebuilt the sausage grill at Schnepfenbrünnle over the past few weeks and added a protective roof.

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9.19 km

Elferratshain

Forest

4

10.6 km

Old Heldburg Station

Highlight • Monument

The old station building in Heldburg, built in 1888, is located on the former Hildburghausen–
Lindenau-Friedrichshall, also affectionately called Heldburger Bimmelbähnle.
This was a narrow-gauge railway that connected Hildburghausen with …

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10.7 km

Heldburg Forestry Office

Highlight • Monument

There are numerous half-timbered houses in Heldburg, but this one stands out 👍🏻. No wonder, since it is extensively designed with ornamental framework. It is still used today as a forestry office.

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6

11.0 km

Lutherweg at Veste Heldburg

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Shelter on the Luther Trail. A visit to the fortress and the German Castle Museum is always worthwhile.

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7

13.1 km

Nice shelter for a short rest.

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8

16.4 km

Bratwurst Oak

Highlight • Natural Monument

There used to be a mighty oak tree here, but nothing of it can be seen anymore. The pavilion was built in memory. There is an interesting board on the …

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9

16.6 km

Megalithic tomb

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Right on the way, you can't miss it.

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20.1 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

4.96 km

4.17 km

580 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.83 km

4.51 km

3.97 km

3.63 km

1.12 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (380 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

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Comments

July 17, 2025,Ein Kurort ohne Kur ...
...a Kuhsee lake without a manatee and a place that no longer exists.
Today's tour, a recommendation from the Rother Steigerwald hiking guide, which I slightly modified, was a detour to Thuringia. It started in the parking lot of the tourist information office; the town of 142 residents treats itself to something like that. When the spa clinic was still …

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We started from the parking lot behind the Greek in Bad Colberg. We walk past Sabine's Cafe on the left. Here you can decide how around you want to run this round. If the other way around, it is better not to use the patrol road, rather the road with little traffic.
We decided to go clockwise. So into the …

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