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Thuringia

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Kaulsdorf

Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Kaulsdorf

Routes

Mountain biking trails

Germany

Thuringia

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Kaulsdorf

Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Kaulsdorf

Hard

4.6

(8)

riders

Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Kaulsdorf

01:36

19.1km

390m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 12.4 km for 55 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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6.93 km

Hohenwarte Dam

Highlight • Monument

This 75 meter high and 412 meter long dam was built between 1936 and 1942. This required 250 people to give up their homes - an entire village was flooded …

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7.86 km

View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

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A great place with a very nice view of the dammed Saale.
It just makes me sad when places are or have been wiped out because of mining or, as here, a dam.

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11.1 km

View over the upper reservoir

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The upper basin is impressive; this is the only place where you can look out over the water from the upper basin.

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11.4 km

Oberer Tratschen Dam

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Mega Tolle Tour. Hut ab

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12.4 km

View of the Hohenwarte Pumped Storage Plant Pipes and Saale Valley

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Here nature and technology merge in an interesting way. Display boards provide information about the pumped storage power plant.

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13.1 km

Upper Balancing Reservoir Amalienhöhe

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The equalization basin is almost a monumental structure. It lies like a huge basin in the landscape and can be completely circled by bike or on foot.

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16.1 km

Eichicht Castle

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Schloss Eichicht is a palace complex with the address Schlossstraße 1 in the district of Eichicht in the municipality of Kaulsdorf in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia. It goes …

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18.5 km

Kaulsdorf Castle and Saale Bridge

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Kaulsdorf is located in southeastern Thuringia in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt directly in the Saale valley, at the entrance to the Thuringian Slate Mountains amidst a low mountain landscape with steep mountain slopes.

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19.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.82 km

5.19 km

2.28 km

1.22 km

478 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.4 km

3.83 km

3.25 km

1.33 km

199 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (560 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

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Today

Saturday 11 July

28°C

12°C

32 %

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Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Kaulsdorf

Hohenwarte Dam

View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

View over the upper reservoir

Oberer Tratschen Dam

View of the Hohenwarte Pumped Storage Plant Pipes and Saale Valley

Upper Balancing Reservoir Amalienhöhe

Eichicht Castle

Kaulsdorf Castle and Saale Bridge

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