In the middle of Germany ran a 1,393-kilometer-long border from the Baltic Sea to the Vogtland - a five-kilometer-wide exclusion zone that was strictly guarded and not for nothing called the “death strip”. This border also ran through the Rhön. Today you can discover the former death strip as a green belt. Here you drive partly on old concrete slab roads (the column paths) through a wonderfully green and quiet landscape and a valuable natural area in which hundreds of endangered animal and plant species have found a home.

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August 17, 2021

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Always stay between the holes with the MTB, otherwise there's ssscccchhhhüüüttteeeellllpartie

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July 23, 2023

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Interesting section, the border troops of the GDR used to patrol here.

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Best routes near Kolonnenweg Along the Former Border (Green Belt, Rhön Biosphere Reserve)

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1. Weinberg Forest Trail – Schlangenpfad singletrack loop from Mackenzell

40.0km

03:30

810m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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2. View of Spahl – View of the Rhön Mountains loop from Motzlar

41.2km

03:35

860m

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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3. Black Moor – Buchschirmkreuz loop from Dippach

89.4km

07:19

1,780m

1,790m

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary.

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Elevation 510 m

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Location: Geisa, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany

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Kolonnenweg Along the Former Border (Green Belt, Rhön Biosphere Reserve)

1. Weinberg Forest Trail – Schlangenpfad singletrack loop from Mackenzell

2. View of Spahl – View of the Rhön Mountains loop from Motzlar

3. Black Moor – Buchschirmkreuz loop from Dippach

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