Wippertalsperre Dam – Customs House Rest Area loop from Ziegenberg

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Wippertalsperre Dam – Customs House Rest Area loop from Ziegenberg

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Wippertalsperre Dam – Customs House Rest Area loop from Ziegenberg

03:37

46.9km

660m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Gipskarstlandschaft Pölsfeld

Biosphärenreservat Karstlandschaft Südharz

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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7.52 km

Talsperre Wippra

Lake

9.03 km

Wippertalsperre Dam

Highlight • Monument

A highlight, the view of the valley and the water.

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11.4 km

Old Quarry – Side Extraction at the Wipper

Highlight • Structure

this open pit was used to build the new flood retention basin in the Wippertal. It is secured in terms of mining technology and is no longer subsidized here

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13.3 km

Wippertal Flood Retention Basin

Highlight • Monument

Here again a beautiful Harz valley was built.

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14.9 km

Hasselbach Ski Jump Wippra

Highlight • Structure

In addition to the regular training of young jumpers, a spring and autumn mat jump run is carried out every year on the Hasselbach ski jump. Paul Winter holds the …

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18.5 km

Brockenblick

Viewpoint

21.1 km

Forester’s House and Youth Forest Home Wildenstall

Highlight • Rest Area

The former forester's house Wildenstall is now a youth forest home and is in an attractive location.

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23.5 km

Viewpoint

27.2 km

Grillenburg castle ruins (HWN 208)

Highlight • Castle

The size of the ruins only hints at their former importance.
First mentioned in writing in 1217, they have been in disrepair since the beginning of the 17th century.

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29.8 km

Customs House Rest Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Former border station between Saxony and Saxony Weißenfels, today a nice rest stop with protection against bad weather.

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42.5 km

Neues Schloß Braunschwende

Forest

46.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.0 km

8.81 km

7.97 km

4.43 km

441 m

197 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.7 km

15.5 km

13.2 km

1.41 km

1.11 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

9°C

2°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

December 29, 2024,Wettelrode - Friesdorf - Wippra - Wettelrode

Morning round trip over easy forest paths and low-traffic roads to the Wippertal and the Wippertal dam, which amazingly is currently overflowing.

In motion: 1:51 h, 21.7 km/h

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