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Saale-Orla-Kreis

Gössitz

View of the Saale River bend – View of the Saale River loop from Gössitz

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Vogtland

Saale-Orla-Kreis

Gössitz

View of the Saale River bend – View of the Saale River loop from Gössitz

Hard

4.8

(265)

742

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View of the Saale River bend – View of the Saale River loop from Gössitz

05:37

20.3km

320m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 23, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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After 19.1 km for 374 m

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2.89 km

Teufelskanzel Viewpoint (Saale Bend)

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Great rock formation with a great view and a way to click your tongue.🤗

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3.17 km

View of the Saale River bend

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A gigantic view of the Saale in an almost perfect circular shape ...

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9.27 km

Saale Weir, Ziegenrück

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Many relaxing benches and picnic areas are located here on the edge of the weir.

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9.81 km

View of Ziegenrück Castle

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You step out of the forest and see the castle... simply beautiful.

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13.2 km

View of the Saale River

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A magnificent view of the Saale from here.

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19.5 km

Kombus Linkenmühle Mill Ferry

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The Hohenwartet Reservoir can only be crossed by ferry between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. The bridge that was destroyed at the end of the war was never rebuilt, although …

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20.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.8 km

2.88 km

1.56 km

1.31 km

447 m

365 m

Surfaces

12.2 km

4.39 km

2.39 km

567 m

453 m

365 m

Elevation

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Highest point (410 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

Weather

Wednesday 8 July

21°C

12°C

0 %

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Comments

April 18, 2025,Fährenwanderung von Ziegenrück🥾

A very nice group hike 🥾started in Ziegenrück, along the shore of the Hohewarten reservoir with a ferry crossing ⛴️

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May 26, 2022,Hohenwarte Talsperre Teil 2 Rundweg am 26.05.2022

So the second part is finally finished. Was very nice here again! I love my Hohenwarte where I've been camping for 23 years now. Today was also Father's Day, there were all sorts of nice little groups out and about and this time there was plenty of drinking.

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June 17, 2023,Ziegenrück🥾Rühlshütte und einmal mit der Fähre ⛴Tour 17.06.2023

A great tour with Komoot friends organized by @Heike P. it was a beautiful day in Thuringia 😊
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June 22, 2025,ein Stück die Saale umrundet - Ziegenrück Tour

Some people said it was crazy to do a tour like that in those temperatures, and well... in retrospect, I think so too 🤣.
We set off from Altenroth and took the mill ferry over to Linkenmühle.
There we took a lunch break. We fortified ourselves for the later climb up the Lasterberg near Teufelskanzl to the Karl-Rühl-Hut.
From up …

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June 21, 2022,saaletalsperre

very nice campsite. like a nice hike

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June 17, 2023,Wanderung mit kleiner Komootgruppe an der Hohenwartetalsperre bei Ziegenrück 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️🚶🚶‍♀️🚶🌤️

Thank you@Heike P. for the invitation and your good organization, it was fun.

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August 25, 2025,Von Mühlenfähre Linkenmühle nach Gasthaus Linkenmühle

Very well signposted the hiking trail is very easy to walk Teufelskanzel unfortunately not signposted

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May 5, 2024,Linkenmühle-😈Kanzel-🐐Rücken-Hemmkoppentunnel mit Fähre⛴️

🤭🤔🤭 Advance information:
Unfortunately, the hiking friends' photos here in the app didn't end up in the right place on the hike. Very strange, on the WEB on my Komoot page all the photos are moved, saved and assigned to the right place. You don't have to understand that. Sorry😏😉 again to our dear hiking friends who were on the …

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View of the Saale River bend – View of the Saale River loop from Gössitz

Teufelskanzel Viewpoint (Saale Bend)

View of the Saale River bend

Saale Weir, Ziegenrück

View of Ziegenrück Castle

View of the Saale River

Kombus Linkenmühle Mill Ferry

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