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The Top 6 Caves around Neustadt am Rennsteig

Looking to visit a cave around Neustadt am Rennsteig on your next adventure? To help you better plan your next outdoor experience, we’ve collected Neustadt am Rennsteig’s 6

best caves for you. Based on the experiences of other users, each is a recommendation you know you can trust — so you can better plan your next adventure.

Last updated: October 13, 2025

Großer Hermannstein

Be sure to go all the way to the top and enjoy the view. However, the steps are relatively narrow and steep, so you should be sure-footed. Behind the rock is another small cave, which is also worth seeing.

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The perfect break. By the way, you can explore the cave with which Goethe also impressed Frau von Stein. It was probably carved into the rock as a guardhouse in …

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The Sophiengrotte is located in the nature reserve on the edge of the core zone.
Since it cannot be reached via marked paths (it is 50m below the path), this would be forbidden, at least in the core zone area.

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Below it goes to the cave, which is rather unspectacular and via the stairs directly to the Great Hermannsfelsen with a beautiful view

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Even if the ascent is not possible in winter, the view from below also offers good views and comfortable benches for a break

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