Bleiloch Dam – Sparnberg Wooden Bridge loop from Gräfenwarth

Bleiloch Dam – Sparnberg Wooden Bridge loop from Gräfenwarth

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Bleiloch Dam – Sparnberg Wooden Bridge loop from Gräfenwarth

04:07

77.0km

1,290m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 49.6 km for 53 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.24 km

Oberland Cycle Path Between Gräfenwarth and Bleiloch Dam

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Extension of the Oberlandradweg between Schleiz and Saalburg with a branch in Gräfenwarth; runs on the route of the former branch line to the Bleilochtalsperre, the dam of the Bleilochstausee …

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3.26 km

Bleiloch Dam

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The 65-meter-high and 205-meter-long gravity dam built between 1926 and 1932 near Gräfenwarth and Schleiz dams 215 million cubic meters of water in the Saale. This makes the Bleilochtalsperre the largest reservoir in Germany in terms of volume.

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42.0 km

Selbitz Bridge and Julius von Plänckner Memorial

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Selbitzbrücke (historical starting point of the Rennsteig) between Blankenstein (Thuringia) and Unterreichenstein (Bavaria) - built in the course of German unity on the former inner-German border over the Selbitz; on …

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43.5 km

View of the Saale Valley

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Border region between Thuringia and Bavaria. Quiet streets with good surface on Bavarian side.

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53.1 km

Sparnberg Wooden Bridge

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Between Rudolphstein and Göritz, the road is very low traffic and ideal for cycling. The bridge is a wooden structure on concrete columns over the Saale.

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55.0 km

Sparnberg Ascent

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A fantastic ascent or descent between Sparnberg and Göritz. Pictured is the only serpentine.

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74.7 km

View of Bleiloch Reservoir Near Kloster

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The bike path above the reservoir is well developed.

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75.3 km

Steinerne Rose

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A unique geological outcrop of this size.

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77.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

68.3 km

4.62 km

1.75 km

1.34 km

1.07 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

67.5 km

7.77 km

1.26 km

562 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (640 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

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Oberland Cycle Path Between Gräfenwarth and Bleiloch Dam

Bleiloch Dam

Selbitz Bridge and Julius von Plänckner Memorial

View of the Saale Valley

Sparnberg Wooden Bridge

Sparnberg Ascent

View of Bleiloch Reservoir Near Kloster

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