The Ilm, the starting point of the Ilm Cycle Path, is formed by the confluence of the source rivers Lengwitz, Taubach and Freibach. You have to walk down a bit from the bike path to see this.

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The Ilm rises in the Thuringian Forest southwest of Ilmenau, then flows through a heavily karstified region, where parts of its water seep away and flow through Springe into other tributaries of the Saale, via Weimar and Apolda to the state border with Saxony-Anhalt, where it flows into the Saale.

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Location: Stützerbach, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany

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