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Old Ruhl Shelter

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Old Ruhl Shelter

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Old Ruhl Shelter

Recommended by 44 hikers out of 48

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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Location: Ruhla, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Glöcknerhütte on the Rennsteig – Glöckner Rock Formation loop from Ruhlaer Skihütte

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2. Glöckner Rock Formation – Gerberstein Viewpoint loop from Ruhla

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3. Steinbach Market Square – Ski Jump Steinbach-Hallenberg loop from Ruhla

22.8km

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550m

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Scotty 🦊

January 15, 2021

Very nice place to rest 😊

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Ralf

November 7, 2020

In the 10th century, traveling blacksmiths came to this area in order to mine the iron ore that was available seasonally. The forest smiths used the racing furnace to extract iron and used the raw materials iron ore and wood (in the form of charcoal) which are abundant in nature. The first settlers settled down along the Rennsteig mountain ridge about three centuries later, it was charcoal burners and forest workers who built the permanent settlement of Alte Ruhl near the Rennsteig.

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BAMA

December 12, 2021

The "knife path" between Ruhla and Steinbach.
The area from the Ruhla city exit to this point is called "Alte Ruhl" because it was the location of the initial settlement in Ruhla. Like the village of Glasbach in the immediate Rennsteig area
the ridge height of the mountains it was a scattered settlement and existed from about the 12th to the 14th century. (... from information board)

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🎸 Steffen 🌻

October 15, 2025

I can only agree with that

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Elevation 580 m

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Location: Ruhla, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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1. Glöcknerhütte on the Rennsteig – Glöckner Rock Formation loop from Ruhlaer Skihütte

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3. Steinbach Market Square – Ski Jump Steinbach-Hallenberg loop from Ruhla

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