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Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge

Name: Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge
Rating: 2

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Location: Vogtland, Saxony, Germany

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1. Lettenbachsee – Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge loop from Hof

6.94km

01:54

110m

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

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2. Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge – Sun Temple Theresienstein loop from Hof

6.04km

01:37

70m

80m

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3. Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge – Sunny spot by the pond loop from Leimitz

4.05km

01:06

60m

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

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

June 15, 2025

To honor former German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, the Hof city council dammed the Lettenbach stream to form Lake Bismarck in 1904. A stone round-arch bridge has spanned the outflow ever since.

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September 8, 2025

Great bridge. A fantastic light installation by Martin Fellinger underneath the bridge. A lovely place to encounter herons, browse books, and/or indulge in some thought.

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FV Botanischer Garten und Theresienstein

December 29, 2022

To commemorate the former Chancellor Bismarck, the Lettenbach was dammed up in 1904 by a dam to form Bismarcksee and spanned with a round arch bridge. Why?
Deeply affected by the death of his wife in 1894, the health of the almost 80-year-old ex-Chancellor Otto von Bismarck deteriorated rapidly; he died four years later on July 30, 1898. The city of Hof therefore planned to erect a memorial to him and at the same time to solve its "open-air swimming pool" problem: the river bathing facility on the Saale in the suburbs was heavily polluted by sewage from the textile factories . The clear Lettenbach should therefore be dammed up to form a huge bathing lake, a bathing facility built and a plateau 20 meters above the lake created with “a delightful view of these charms”.
Seven years after the idea, in 1905, damming of the creek was approved; the planned large bathing lake shrank into a pond; the new river bathing facility was built elsewhere (today's outdoor pool).

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Elevation 540 m

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Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge

1. Lettenbachsee – Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge loop from Hof

2. Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge – Sun Temple Theresienstein loop from Hof

3. Bismarck Pond and Stone Bridge – Sunny spot by the pond loop from Leimitz

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