View of Creuzburg Castle – View of Creuzburg Castle loop from Wehretal-Reichensachsen

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Germany

Hesse

Regierungsbezirk Kassel

Werra-Meißner-Kreis

Wehretal

View of Creuzburg Castle – View of Creuzburg Castle loop from Wehretal-Reichensachsen

Hard

4.8

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137

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View of Creuzburg Castle – View of Creuzburg Castle loop from Wehretal-Reichensachsen

05:36

90.8km

590m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 30, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Geo-Naturpark Frau-Holle-Land

Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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17.7 km

Datterode Village Green and the Gänsekerle Monument

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In the early 1990s, as part of the village renewal, the Anger was redesigned based on its historical model. A stone block circle serves as the walling. An Angerlinde, surrounded …

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28.1 km

View of the Capellan Family Pyramid

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From this point you have a beautiful view of the Capellan funerary pyramid, which was completed in 1779.

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37.9 km

View of Creuzburg Castle

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After a loop of the Werra, the Creuzburg comes into view. The 12th century fortress sits high on a hill.

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38.6 km

View of Creuzburg Castle

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The view of Creuzburg Castle from a distance is very impressive and shows how secure this fortress was in its time.

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39.0 km

Old Werra bridge near Creuzburg

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Very well-preserved bridge from the Middle Ages (one of the oldest natural stone bridges in Germany) Together with the Liborius Chapel, a great photo motif. The chapel is only open from Easter.

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45.1 km

The Werratalbrücke Hörschel is a large 13-feldrige valley bridge of the Federal Highway 4. It belonged with 732 m in length to the largest prestressed concrete bridges in the GDR.
Source: wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werratalbr%C3%BCcke_H%C3%B6rschel)

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45.6 km

View of the Werratal Bridge

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A nice view of the bridge and a great section to drive well and relaxed 👍🏻

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51.2 km

Siebenbornsteich

Lake

59.7 km

Spichra Hydroelectric Power Plant

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Interesting technical structure with full and intact function

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90.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

49.4 km

22.8 km

10.2 km

6.98 km

904 m

358 m

172 m

Surfaces

54.6 km

26.7 km

4.87 km

3.91 km

776 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (180 m)

Weather

Sunday 1 November

9°C

1°C

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Max wind speed: 6.0 km/h

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Comments

July 3, 2024,3. Zweiter Tag auf Fahrradtour auf dem Herkules-Wartburg Radweg

Today we continued on to Eisenach. There is little spectacular to see along the way. Again, beautiful, well-kept half-timbered towns. I was struck by the variety of fields. Up to the former border, the fields are smaller and varied. There, oats grow next to barley or other crops. In Thuringia, there are mainly large fields. You are not allowed to …

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July 5, 2025,1. Etappe, Elisabethpfad 2 (Eisenach/Marburg), von Eisenach nach Spangenberg

We set off from Wilhelmshöhe station to Eisenach. It was supposed to leave at 6:48 a.m., but no, our train was canceled. Yippee, cheers for the DB. The DB info desk gave us incorrect information, to boot. Always check for yourself. We continued at 7:15 a.m., changing trains in Bebra. Of course, we were delayed again, so we missed the …

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August 3, 2025,LdD 2025 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♀️ Tag 7: Von Lauchröden nach Wahlhausen 🌧☔️🤷🏻‍♀️

I probably shouldn't have been so happy yesterday... The weather forecast for today was "pretty bad", we were optimistic - and only got 3 km before we put on our rain gear for the first time 😢 This "little game" was to repeat itself two more times - in the end we left it at that, because it remained permanently …

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