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The Saale River in Ziegenrück – Linkenmühle Ferry loop from Lichtentanne (Thür)

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Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

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The Saale River in Ziegenrück – Linkenmühle Ferry loop from Lichtentanne (Thür)

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The Saale River in Ziegenrück – Linkenmühle Ferry loop from Lichtentanne (Thür)

08:24

121km

1,700m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 20, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 67.1 km for 374 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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47.5 km

Saale Tower

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The 43-meter-high tower is made of a steel and wood construction. The curved wood construction makes it architecturally interesting. You have to pay an entrance fee and climb 192 steps …

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49.5 km

Wooden bridge with views of Burgk Castle

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Very nice building with a wonderful view of Burgk Castle from below. After the bridge turn left and you will get to the Jägersteig. Nice hiking trail.

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49.6 km

Covered wooden bridge over the Saale River

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Beautiful wooden bridge over the Saale

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61.4 km

Ziegenrück on the Saale River

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Ziegenrück is simply a small, sleepy place between the Thuringian seas. The food is very good and there are countless beautiful cycling and hiking trails. A detour is worthwhile.

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61.9 km

The Saale River in Ziegenrück

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Once a vacationer stronghold, in GDR times. Not so anymore. A beautiful place located in the valley. The Saale flows through the middle

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67.0 km

Linkenmühle Ferry

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Not only cars, of course, but also for cyclists on the Saale Cycle Path.
More information: kombus-online.eu/angebote/Faehre/faehrzeiten

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85.4 km

Hohenwarte Dam

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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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88.1 km

Stausee Eichicht

Lake

101 km

Bohlenwand Bridge

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Interesting bridge over the Saale.

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121 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

44.3 km

39.2 km

18.3 km

11.1 km

7.91 km

369 m

204 m

Surfaces

101 km

12.7 km

5.27 km

1.06 km

751 m

411 m

Elevation

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Highest point (640 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Saturday 22 August

18°C

8°C

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Comments

August 7, 2024,Saaleradweg 2.Tag Blankenstein - Saalfeld

The day was amazing. I pushed my bike more today than I have in the last 25 years. Now cycling has a whole new meaning for me. 😅 1000 meters of elevation gain in a good 60 km is huge for me. It was still nice. 🤗

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May 27, 2023,Start Saalfeld 😁🚲 Ziel Blankenberg ... Heute... in 3 Tagen Rechenberg-Bienenmühle 🤭😜

Day 1 of our Pentecost trip first along the Saale cycle path, from Rothenstein to Saalfeld by train, then on with the pedal bike to Blankenberg, past the Thuringian seas... wonderfully sweaty, exhausting, but just awesome...

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August 2, 2021,Entlang der Saale Tag 2

It had rained during the night. So the tent had to be packed wet. 💦 On the second day I took my time, which I also had because I left the campsite at 8 a.m. First of all, it was difficult to get breakfast because the route did not lead through larger towns. So I had to improvise. My supplies …

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June 16, 2026,🚉🚴‍♂️Blankenstein - Kaulsdorf🚉

Stage 3 of the Saaleradweg!

This was the most difficult stage of the Saaleradweg so far because the entire route had to be ridden, there were no other descent stations on this tour.
Also the route profile was very demanding.
Likewise there was a ferry trip, as well as a rain shower!

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May 4, 2024,Fahrradtour an der Saale

Today, of course, I got back on my bike 😀

But if I ever want to cycle the entire Saale cycle path, I will never cycle this part of it again! I didn't like it at all, unfortunately, but everyone has to make up their own minds.

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September 4, 2023,🇩🇪 Sehnsucht nach dem Meer, Tag 3 // Bad Steben - Blankenstein - Saalfeld (Saale)

Day 3 of our bike trip through the country 🇩🇪, our first morning with steel blue skies. ☀️☀️☀️ What a gift! 😍
This tour is characterized by fantastically beautiful Saale reservoirs, violent ups and downs, painful food shortages and the suffering German Forest again and again.

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July 17, 2024,Saaleradweg Tag 2 bis Talsperre Eichicht

Without recharging the battery I wouldn't have managed the elevation gain today, the cycle path doesn't usually run along the Saale. You have to cycle over the hills again and again. But the supply situation was better today than yesterday! There were also slight technical problems today, after charging the battery the electronics went crazy, then I plugged the bike …

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July 4, 2025,Nie RADlos on Tour # Etappe 30

Today's 30th stage covered 89.98 kilometers from Saalfeld (TH) to Töpen (BY).

The stage was characterized by a lot of ups and downs, magnificent views, and perfect cycling weather.

It took me through the Thuringian Slate Mountains Nature Park, and the "cycle path" mostly ran "parallel" to the Saale River and the reservoirs. Parallel, however, didn't mean riding at the …

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The Saale River in Ziegenrück – Linkenmühle Ferry loop from Lichtentanne (Thür)

Saale Tower

Wooden bridge with views of Burgk Castle

Covered wooden bridge over the Saale River

Ziegenrück on the Saale River

The Saale River in Ziegenrück

Linkenmühle Ferry

Hohenwarte Dam

Bohlenwand Bridge

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