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Germany
Saxony
Vogtland
Saale-Orla-Kreis
Plothen

Nature and Environmental Information Center Saale-Orla District

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Germany
Saxony
Vogtland
Saale-Orla-Kreis
Plothen

Nature and Environmental Information Center Saale-Orla District

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Nature and Environmental Information Center Saale-Orla District

Recommended by 149 hikers out of 158

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

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    1. Plothen Ponds – 1000 Ponds Circular Trail loop from Plothen

    11.0km

    02:50

    60m

    60m

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

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    Intermediate

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

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

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    August 16, 2017

    The permanent exhibition provides insight into the diversity of this unique landscape. Extensive information is available on the creation of Thuringia's largest pond landscape, the development of the nature reserve's protected area up to the "European Bird Sanctuary", its importance as a breeding and migration area for many bird species and environmental education. Possibilities for recording plant species and evaluating bird observations as well as scientific bird ringing are presented. You can listen to the frog concert or various bird songs.
    In the outdoor area you can see various nesting opportunities for cave-nesting creatures such as tits, pied flycatchers, swifts, swallows, dippers and bats. Nesting aids for white storks, ospreys, ducks or insects encourage imitation.
    Some of the specimens are displayed in showcases. Our new “petting polecat” should be new and very appealing to children. Finally a product you can touch! The wildlife of the Plothen pond area can now even be experienced “tangibly”.

    The information point is a suitable starting point for hikes and walks on the nature trail.
    Free entry

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      September 2, 2018

      Interesting, but not always busy. But it is not so bad, because who goes to the stake house, comes over here anyway.

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        October 31, 2019

        Pure nature and lots of water birds.
        You have to see the starling miracle in autumn!

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          Elevation 480 m

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          Location: Plothen, Saale-Orla-Kreis, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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