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Green Belt – Former Kolonnenweg

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Green Belt – Former Kolonnenweg

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Green Belt – Former Kolonnenweg

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    Location: Südeichsfeld, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

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    1. View of Wanfried – Plesse Barbecue and Picnic Area loop from Hildebrandshausen

    12.0km

    03:36

    390m

    390m

    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    2. Plesse Barbecue and Picnic Area – View of Wanfried loop from Wanfried

    12.3km

    03:37

    360m

    360m

    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    3. View of Eichsfelder Dom – Muschelkalk Quarry loop from Katharinenberg

    6.90km

    02:02

    180m

    180m

    Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    August 4, 2019

    The Kolonnenweg is part of the inner-German border fortifications on the side of the former GDR. In contrast to the rest of the border system, the Column Path has largely been preserved decades after the end of the GDR and today serves as a hiking and cycling path along the former border. During GDR times, it was used by the GDR border troops to reach every point on the border with vehicles as quickly as possible.
    Between the Kolonnenweg and the former German-German border there is a corridor between 50 and 200 m wide, the core area of today's Green Belt. After the end of the Cold War, the idea arose to protect the area as a uniform, closed network over its entire length and thus THE GREEN RIBBON. The Green Belt is the largest biotope network in Germany. 600 species threatened in Germany occur in 150 nature reserves.

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      April 6, 2021

      Hiking in a beautiful landscape on interesting paths steeped in history 🦊😊

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        April 5, 2020

        The Green Belt is a 1,400 km long biotope network that stretches along the former inner-German border, from the Baltic Sea to Voigtland in Bavaria.

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          March 29, 2021

          Hiking in a beautiful landscape on interesting paths steeped in history.

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            April 24, 2023

            In this section of the trail, you can always hike sections (recommended on the circular hiking trails P5 and P12) on the column trail and green belt.

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              January 11, 2024

              Along the former inner-German border, 1,339 km of column paths, mostly made of perforated concrete slabs measuring 300x100x19 cm, were built.
              At that time, concrete slabs made it possible to build a road quite quickly, easily and durable, without asphalting an entire street.

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                June 6, 2021

                Hike there and enjoy and reflect a little on German recent history.

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                  January 7, 2022

                  A beautiful area steeped in history with a section from the Kolonnenweg.

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                    March 29, 2023

                    A section of the Green Belt.🌳🌱

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                      April 25, 2023

                      The Green Belt runs through the whole of Germany and was the border between West and East Germany at the time of the inner-German division. Now protected as a nature reserve, for almost forty years it was 1,393 kilometers long and part of the Iron Curtain that divided Europe into two blocks.

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                        February 24, 2020

                        Reminder of the old ways of control

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                          February 23, 2020

                          Part of the inner German border facilities

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                            November 8, 2020

                            31 years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall was only 1 day away. As I've been thinking about it today, I'm happy with how history has progressed ... Moving

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                              April 25, 2023

                              If you hike the P5 anti-clockwise, you will reach the former Kolonnenweg shortly after crossing the border (Hesse/Thuringia). This meanders along the Green Belt and is a reminder of the times of the inner-German division.

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                                April 26, 2023

                                During the hike of the P5 to/from the Plesse you inevitably hike a part of the Kolonnenweg. And yes, it's just part of it and reminds you of this old (not always nice) time of division within Germany.
                                Today you can enjoy the nature on the Green Belt with a laugh.

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                                  March 2, 2022

                                  The Kolonnenweg is a wonderful hike with always beautiful views.

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                                    June 24, 2020

                                    The Green Belt is surrounded by wonderful nature!

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                                      June 6, 2021

                                      German history of the last 70 years up close

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                                        June 6, 2021

                                        One shouldn't skip the Kolonnenweg and deal with German-German history

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                                          September 23, 2017

                                          Nature gets everything back

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