Gypsum hill in the Kyffhäuser – Barbarossa Cave (Touringen Stamp Point No. 135) loop from Rottleben

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Kyffhäuserland

Gypsum hill in the Kyffhäuser – Barbarossa Cave (Touringen Stamp Point No. 135) loop from Rottleben

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Gypsum hill in the Kyffhäuser – Barbarossa Cave (Touringen Stamp Point No. 135) loop from Rottleben

01:35

5.50km

140m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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180 m

Historic Cobblestone Path

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Clearly visible historical paving, in some places the marks left by wagon wheels are clearly visible.

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929 m

Sandstone Quarry on the Geopfad

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The geo trail leads past an old sandstone quarry.

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2.35 km

Old beech forest trail

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Many of the old giants have died, but many young trees are growing everywhere.

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2.57 km

Forest Path in the Kyffhäuser

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I wasn't lucky with the sun but there are plenty of magical places in the legendary Kyffhäuser.

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3.21 km

Gypsum hill in the Kyffhäuser

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The South Harz gypsum karst landscape stretches for around 100 kilometers in length but only a few kilometers in width on the southern slope of the Harz Mountains. Here you …

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3.86 km

Barbarossa Cave (Touringen Stamp Point No. 135)

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The Barbarossa Cave is one of two accessible anhydrite caves in the world and the only anhydrite show cave in Europe.

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3.90 km

Geopark Kyffhäuser Information Center

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The new building houses a small museum and exhibition.
Is free of charge.

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3.99 km

Barbarossa Cave

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The Barbarossa Cave was discovered purely by chance. The idea was to revive copper shale mining in the Kyffhäuser region. In 1860, the entrepreneur Wilhelm von Born therefore had a …

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5.50 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.83 km

578 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.46 km

1.09 km

793 m

105 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

14°C

7°C

19 %

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

March 11, 2026,Gipskuppe im Kyffhäuser – Barbarossahöhle (Touringen-Stempelstelle Nr. 135) Runde von Rottleben

A short, uneventful walk after our visit to the Barbarossa Cave.

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September 30, 2024,Zu Besuch in Barbarossas Höhle

Meeting a real emperor. Hardly anyone manages that. I wanted to take my chance and meet Frederick I, known as Barbarossa. Most people believe that he drowned in Anatolia a good 830 years ago. Others claim that he is still alive and is just sleeping. In a cave in the Kyffhäuser Mountains. He wakes up every hundred years. Maybe today, …

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