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View of Lichtenberg Castle – View of the Saale Valley loop from Bad Steben

View of Lichtenberg Castle – View of the Saale Valley loop from Bad Steben

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View of Lichtenberg Castle – View of the Saale Valley loop from Bad Steben

04:34

87.7km

1,410m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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3.48 km

View of Lichtenberg Castle

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easy climb with a good view of Lichtenberg Castle

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6.11 km

Selbitz Bridge and Julius von Plänckner Memorial

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Selbitzbrücke (historical starting point of the Rennsteig) between Blankenstein (Thuringia) and Unterreichenstein (Bavaria) - built in the course of German unity on the former inner-German border over the Selbitz; on the Upper Franconian side the German migrant hub; on the Thuringian side the Rennsteig information point at Selbitzplatz (including the memorial stone for the cartographer Julius von Plänckner, who undertook the first continuous hike on the Rennsteig in 1829 and thereby defined the course of today's hiking trail for the first time); The Rennsteig, the Frankenweg, the Franconian Mountain Trail and the Kammweg Vogtland-Erzgebirge meet at the so-called hiking hub; the EuroVelo 13 - Iron Curtain Trail that leads past here is no less interesting for cyclists;

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7.59 km

View of the Saale Valley

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Border region between Thuringia and Bavaria. Quiet streets with good surface on Bavarian side.

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16.6 km

Bridge of Freedom (Saale Bridge Hirschberg)

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The small town of Hirschberg is located in the middle of the natural area of the Eastern Thuringian Slate Mountains and in the Vogtland. Through the hall flows and this bridge leads over. The way you drive over it today was not possible for a long time. Only after the reunification of East and West is the Thuringian Hirschberg again associated with the Upper Franconian Untertiefengrün. Thanks to the "Bridge of Freedom".

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16.7 km

Museum of Tannery and Local History Hirschberg

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Until the 1990s, the tannery was the main industry in Hirschberg. After the tannery had to declare bankruptcy in 1992, the factory buildings were demolished. The administration building and the archive were, however, taken over by the city together with a number of tools and machines and transformed into a museum. The museum opened in 1997 and in addition to many information on leatherworking, you will also learn a lot about the history of Hirschberg here.

The opening times can be found at museum-hirschberg.de.

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23.6 km

Former Inner German Border (Iron Curtain)

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Here you cross the former German-German border - the green belt. The bike path is easy to ride in this section.

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58.4 km

Ahornberg Church and Gebhardt Metzgerei Inn

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perfect for catering on long tours!

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59.3 km

Panoramic View of Upper Franconia

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Magnificent view of the Fichtelgebirge

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87.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

74.0 km

5.70 km

4.62 km

1.78 km

1.65 km

Surfaces

79.9 km

7.38 km

423 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (720 m)

Lowest point (420 m)

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View of Lichtenberg Castle – View of the Saale Valley loop from Bad Steben

View of Lichtenberg Castle

Selbitz Bridge and Julius von Plänckner Memorial

View of the Saale Valley

Bridge of Freedom (Saale Bridge Hirschberg)

Museum of Tannery and Local History Hirschberg

Former Inner German Border (Iron Curtain)

Ahornberg Church and Gebhardt Metzgerei Inn

Panoramic View of Upper Franconia

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