Starting Stone Rennsteig – Market Square Bad Lobenstein loop from Parkeisenbahn

Starting Stone Rennsteig – Market Square Bad Lobenstein loop from Parkeisenbahn

Moderate

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Starting Stone Rennsteig – Market Square Bad Lobenstein loop from Parkeisenbahn

02:39

49.5km

800m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

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The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

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Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.67 km

Rothleiten

Forest

13.2 km

View of the Saale Valley

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Border region between Thuringia and Bavaria. Quiet streets with good surface on Bavarian side.

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14.7 km

Selbitz Bridge and Julius von Plänckner Memorial

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Selbitzbrücke (historical starting point of the Rennsteig) between Blankenstein (Thuringia) and Unterreichenstein (Bavaria) - built in the course of German unity on the former inner-German border over the Selbitz; on …

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14.7 km

Starting Stone Rennsteig

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It's an old tradition that you don't conquer the Rennsteig completely unencumbered, but weigh yourself down with a stone. Not with just any stone, of course, but with one that …

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15.1 km

Confluence of the Selbitz and Saale Rivers

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Confluence of the Selbitz and the Saale not far from the starting point of the Rennsteig in Blankenstein; the Selbitz is a 37 km long tributary of the Saale and …

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15.5 km

Rennsteig Hiker Monument

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The "Rennsteigwanderer" monument is directly opposite the train station. The stone wanderer was donated and erected by Anton Wiede in 1903.

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16.2 km

Wood Processing Facility on the Harra–Blankenstein Cycle Path

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Since paved bike paths (tar road) are quite rare in the area, this is one 👌🏻 For MTB certainly also a successful change on which it rolls along quickly.

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23.8 km

Neues Schloss and Schlosspark Bad Lobenstein

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The castle in Bad Lobenstein was rebuilt in Baroque style outside the old town walls after the town fire in 1714. Today it is used as a museum with a focus on Reuss regional and coin history.

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24.1 km