View of Wartburg Castle – Great Inselsberg loop from Eisenach Hauptbahnhof

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Germany

Thuringia

View of Wartburg Castle – Great Inselsberg loop from Eisenach Hauptbahnhof

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View of Wartburg Castle – Great Inselsberg loop from Eisenach Hauptbahnhof

04:55

50.5km

1,100m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 20, 2026

Tips

Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 642 m for 234 m

After 3.69 km for 229 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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View of Wartburg Castle

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View of Wartburg Castle from the trail

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Beautiful trail ... great castle view

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Burschenschaft Monument, Eisenach

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The Burschenschaftsdenkmal was built between 1900 and 1902 under the responsibility of the Eisenach master mason Gustav Stein. The 33-meter-high monument, dedicated to the students who fell in the anti-Napoleonic Wars of Liberation, was solemnly inaugurated on May 22, 1902.

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50.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

46.2 km

1.26 km

1.19 km

1.11 km

523 m

248 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

33.9 km

12.0 km

2.49 km

1.47 km

642 m

142 m

Elevation

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Highest point (900 m)

Lowest point (220 m)

Weather

Thursday 10 September

21°C

6°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

August 17, 2024,457. Mountainbike-Tour hoch auf den Inselsberg bei herrlichem Radfahr Wetter.

Today I cycled up the big Inselsberg in Thuringia again and found it to be very good. The weather was perfect. I would definitely go back. I can only recommend it.

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