View of Wendelstein Castle – View of Wendelstein Castle loop from Kirchscheidungen

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Burgenlandkreis

Laucha an der Unstrut

View of Wendelstein Castle – View of Wendelstein Castle loop from Kirchscheidungen

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View of Wendelstein Castle – View of Wendelstein Castle loop from Kirchscheidungen

05:11

89.5km

240m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. 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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Wendelstein

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.48 km

Unstruttal Bridge

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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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13.8 km

Buntsandstein Cliffs Below Altenburg

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Great formation of red sandstone with cave-like shapes

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20.6 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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26.6 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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50.3 km

Unstrut Cycle Path

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Nice bike path 🦊

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55.8 km

Unstrut Cycle Route

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An asphalted cycle path along the Unstrut. It is very navigable and has a very beautiful landscape.

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65.3 km

View of Wendelstein Castle

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Kaiserburg in the Unstrut

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75.9 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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89.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.1 km

20.8 km

15.0 km

13.7 km

11.6 km

1.15 km

126 m

Surfaces

77.5 km

5.14 km

4.67 km

1.70 km

355 m

242 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

7°C

97 %

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Max wind speed: 30.0 km/h

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Comments

May 29, 2025,Zur Rotkäppchen Erlebniswelt via Unstrutradweg

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

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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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May 18, 2023,2023_0518_von Artern nach Karsdorf

After a very nice breakfast, at a local temperature of 7 degrees Celsius, we started back in Artern in the direction of Unstrut, past the central fine point in Thuringia (maybe someone is interested 😜) But the sun was already shining in our faces this morning...that's the world after all even more beautiful. We drove past the Ritteburg lock and …

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May 1, 2023,Unstrutradweg 3

Very nice varied routes. Vineyards alternate with Rabsfelder. Flowering landscapes in the east.

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October 16, 2024,Von Artern nach Naumburg an der Instrut entlang

Today we cycled along the Unstrut from Artern to Naumburg in the best October cycling weather. In between we visited the Memleben monastery.

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September 21, 2022,Artern - Mittelberg - Naumburg

In today's Wednesday tour we drove the classic Artern - Naumburg with a detour to Mittelberg, where the Sky Disc was found.

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September 21, 2022,Durch das Unstruttal von Artern über den Mittelberg (Himmelsscheibe-Fund) nach Naumburg mit süffigem Abschluss

Today we went on a well-known route in our Wednesday round, but we realized that new experiences are always possible here too. Near Wiehe, while photographing some cute sheep, we were followed by the shepherd who threatened to report us if we took pictures of the sheep. He then photographed us for the purpose of "identification measures". It all seemed …

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July 15, 2024,Tag 3 Unstrut Radweg Artern Naumburg

Artern is a desolate little town. The view of the Kyffhäuser from the hotel terrace was beautiful with yesterday's great sunset.
Back on the country road. From the hotel we thought that the bike symbol would lead us to the Unstrut bike path... we were wrong! We wandered around for 30 minutes until a local guided us down a steep …

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