Schwabhausener Ponds – View of Veste Wachsenburg loop from Friedrichroda

Schwabhausener Ponds – View of Veste Wachsenburg loop from Friedrichroda

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Schwabhausener Ponds – View of Veste Wachsenburg loop from Friedrichroda

02:56

68.0km

560m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.60 km

Ernstroda Bridge

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Here you travel on the former railway line.

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15.0 km

Schwabhausener Ponds

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Beautiful, small lakes accompany you here while cycling.

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23.8 km

Cycle Path Between Mühlberg and Holzhausen

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Near Mühlberg there are a few bumps in the surface. Otherwise he is great to drive.
At the 90 ° -Knicken is in each case a post in the middle …

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26.6 km

View of Veste Wachsenburg

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Great landscape, great castle 😊

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28.1 km

The Protestant Trinity Church in Holzhausen was built around 1480. Until the Reformation, it was called St. Wigbert's Church. In 1788, it received Rococo-style galleries, an organ in 1798, and an extension to the tower in 1818.

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36.1 km

Jonastal

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The Jonastal is a historic place. During the period of nationalism, tens of thousands of prisoners from the Buchenwald concentration camp had to drive 25 tunnels into the limestone. There …

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39.1 km

Jonastal Memorial and Scenic Road

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As a reminder to the following generations

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59.6 km

Georgenthal Monastery Ruins and Granary

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The monastery ensemble is a property of the "Thuringian Palaces and Gardens" foundation. and has Romanesque structural features. Many parts of the monastery were removed by Duke Ernst, brought to Gotha and used there for the construction of Friedenstein Castle.

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68.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

40.1 km

14.8 km

5.60 km

3.88 km

1.96 km

1.72 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

65.3 km

2.34 km

400 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (290 m)

Weather

Today

Tuesday 13 October

13°C

6°C

8 %

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

September 4, 2024,Durch‘s Thüringer Flachland ⛈️☀️⛈️

Between the storm fronts 🫨
The highlight was the descent through the Jonastal to Arnstadt 👍🏻.
The round was actually supposed to go via Butterode and Floh-Seligenthal, but then the second one came ⛈️, which brought the mood down to zero 🫣.

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