View of Wendelstein Castle – View of Wendelstein Castle loop from Roßleben

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View of Wendelstein Castle – View of Wendelstein Castle loop from Roßleben

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View of Wendelstein Castle – View of Wendelstein Castle loop from Roßleben

03:27

59.8km

170m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Tips

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Wendelstein

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.66 km

Wendelstein Lock and Castle

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The Wendelstein lock is a chamber lock with straight chamber walls. The lock has a usable length of 46.00 meters. It is 5.70 meters wide. The fall height is on …

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3.72 km

View of Wendelstein Castle

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Even though you are practically standing "on" the road at this point, the view of the castle is best from here.

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4.21 km

View of Wendelstein Castle

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Kaiserburg in the Unstrut

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8.04 km

View of the Steinklöbe Cliffs and the Unstrut River

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Beautiful piece of the Unstrut cycle path with a wonderful view of nature.

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14.8 km

Sandstone cliffs on the Unstrut cycle path

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The path is very romantic right along the sandstone cliffs. It's narrow, but you can get through if you push your bike

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21.1 km

The Unstruttal Bridge is the second longest railway bridge in Germany. It is 2,668 meters long and part of the new Erfurt – Leipzig / Halle line. An absolutely impressive structure, under which the bike path passes.

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28.5 km

Glockenseck

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There are smaller caves here where bats have their quarters.

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45.0 km

Buntsandstein Cliffs Below Altenburg

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Great formation of red sandstone with cave-like shapes

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59.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.3 km

18.6 km

9.12 km

6.87 km

1.57 km

1.15 km

195 m

Surfaces

55.0 km

3.79 km

417 m

350 m

154 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

16°C

9°C

26 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

May 20, 2023,Unstrut-Tour Tag 4 Bottendorf - Weischütz

Four highlights should await us: Wendelstein Castle, the imperial palace in Memmingen, the site where the sky disk was found near Nebra and Burgscheide Castle.
Passing the mill in Bottendorf, Wendelstein Castle soon faces us gloomily. The scenery is cinematic: every medieval film could take place here, fortified, scary on the rock. Our impression changes in the courtyard: the castle, …

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May 29, 2025,Zur Rotkäppchen Erlebniswelt via Unstrutradweg

Fantastic wine experience in Germany's northernmost wine-growing region

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June 2, 2023,Unstrut-Radweg - Tag 4a/5 - Von Roßleben nach Freyburg

I had to split today's tour into 4a and 4b because I had problems with the recording in Freyburg. The 4a comes from the komoot plan and 4b is the Garmin record. :-(

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June 6, 2022,Family Ride Tag 3: Artern - Freyburg

So it comes to an end, our 3-day family tour. All passengers held out great ✊🏻, so today it was almost 60 km. We would certainly have made it to Naumburg 😉, but in the end it had to start raining 🌧️ and we also had to catch our train home. Until then, the weather had always been on our …

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