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Landkreis Weimarer Land

Nadelöhr (Park on the Ilm)

Natural Monuments

Landkreis Weimarer Land

Nadelöhr (Park on the Ilm)

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Nadelöhr (Park on the Ilm)

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Location: Landkreis Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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Best Hikes to Nadelöhr (Park on the Ilm)

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1. Belvedere Palace Weimar – Weimar Market Square loop from Taubach

14.5km

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

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2. Goethe's Garden House – Goethe's Garden House loop from Weimar

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3. Weimar Market Square – Goethe's Garden House loop from Altstadt

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01:47

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Heike

August 9, 2021

Through narrow gap to Goethe
If you take the shortest route from Beethovenplatz in the direction of Goethe's garden house in the Park an der Ilm and climb down the natural stone steps to the river, you have to go through a narrow rock formation called the Nadelöhr. It is artificially created.

Goethe had the "eye of the needle" repaired by the ducal court gardener Carl Heinrich Gentzsch for a rather sad reason.
Source: weimar-lese.de/sehenswuerdigungen/oertlicheren Nadeloehr/

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Togro

October 13, 2023

The park on the Ilm is great and definitely worth a visit.

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Kerstin 🤗

October 10, 2025

The stairs are unusable due to the risk of collapse

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Elevation 270 m

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Location: Landkreis Weimarer Land, Thuringia, Germany

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Nadelöhr (Park on the Ilm)

1. Belvedere Palace Weimar – Weimar Market Square loop from Taubach

2. Goethe's Garden House – Goethe's Garden House loop from Weimar

3. Weimar Market Square – Goethe's Garden House loop from Altstadt

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