Zeidelweidetal Nature Reserve – Elsterschanze Bad Elster loop from Bad Elster

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Zeidelweidetal Nature Reserve – Elsterschanze Bad Elster loop from Bad Elster

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Zeidelweidetal Nature Reserve – Elsterschanze Bad Elster loop from Bad Elster

03:27

12.6km

200m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Zeidelweide und Pfaffenloh

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Start point

Train Station

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2.01 km

Zeidelweidetal Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

The Zeidelweidetal is worth seeing on foot or by bike in all seasons.

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3.01 km

Zeidelweide und Pfaffenloh

Nature Reserve

3.77 km

Site of the Old Schönfeld Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Located in the forest and beautiful.

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7.05 km

Shelter at the Elsterschanze Ski Jump

Highlight • Rest Area

Can be worth the proverbial gold in bad weather.

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7.11 km

Elsterschanze Bad Elster

Highlight • Structure

I didn't even know that Bad Elster has a ski jump. The facility is very idyllic, definitely make a detour from the Ringweg near Bad Elster!

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9.18 km

Art Promenade Hall, Bad Elster

Highlight • Monument

Visual arts have a long tradition in Bad Elster. After the "convertible structures" created from the middle of the 19th century no longer met the increased demands, the heatable, light-flooded …

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9.63 km

Albert Bad Spa and Sauna, Bad Elster

Highlight • Rest Area

You can experience nostalgic spa architecture in the historic Albert Bad. In a light-flooded atmosphere you will find a wonderful bathing area and saunas.

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10.2 km

Waldquelle Restaurant & Café, Bad Elster

Highlight • Restaurant

Beautiful restaurant with beer garden below the natural theater. Open daily from 11 a.m. Monday is a rest day.

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10.3 km

Bad Elster Open-Air Theatre

Highlight • Structure

For Goethe's epic »Hermann und Dorothea«, to which the poet prince was probably inspired in 1795 at the source in Bad Elster, the natural theater was created in 1911 at …

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12.6 km

End point

Train Station

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