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Graitschen Railway Station – View of the Dornburg Palaces loop from Dornburg (Saale)

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Graitschen Railway Station – View of the Dornburg Palaces loop from Dornburg (Saale)

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Graitschen Railway Station – View of the Dornburg Palaces loop from Dornburg (Saale)

01:45

26.6km

290m

Cycling

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

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 16 m for 9 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.73 km

Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg (Karl Schwarzschild Observatory)

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The Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg (TLS) is a non-university research facility in the Free State of Thuringia. It conducts basic research in astrophysics. The astronomers
search for and characterize extrasolar …

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16.3 km

Covered Bridge on the Eselradweg

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This is not the Kunitzer Hausbrücke 🙈
This bridge is located in the old railway area between Bürgel and Graitschen, is also beautiful, but much smaller than the Hausbrücke

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16.3 km

Model of the Kunitzer Hausbrücke

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The wooden bridge is a smaller version of the 1945 destroyed and in 2012 again built Kunitz Hausbrücke. Truly idyllically situated in the countryside, the bridge spans the tracks.

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17.2 km

Rail trail between Graitschen and Bürgel

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A nice bike path (not paved) on a former railway line. Cool in summer, sometimes nice and slippery in autumn / winter. The old and lovingly restored train station in Graitschen still bears witness to a little history.
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17.4 km

Graitschen Railway Station

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Until 1969 there was a railway line from Porstendorf to Crossen an der Elster. Today leads on the railway embankment along the Gleistalradweg from Porstendorf to Eisenberg. The station building …

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24.9 km

View of the Dornburg Palaces

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Nice view of the Dornburg castles 🦊🙏

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26.3 km

Carl Alexander Bridge

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The renovation was successful. If you come from Jena you drive over and then up to the Dornburger castles. There is also a good view of the castles from the bridge.

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26.4 km

View of the Dornburg Castles

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From here you have a spectacular view of the three Dornburg castles, which sit on the imposing shell limestone rock above the Saale. You can even visit two of the …

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26.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.5 km

5.42 km

4.03 km

1.38 km

1.01 km

321 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.9 km

11.5 km

1.54 km

454 m

290 m

Elevation

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Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Saturday 4 July

22°C

15°C

81 %

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Max wind speed: 23.0 km/h

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Graitschen Railway Station – View of the Dornburg Palaces loop from Dornburg (Saale)

Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg (Karl Schwarzschild Observatory)

Covered Bridge on the Eselradweg

Model of the Kunitzer Hausbrücke

Rail trail between Graitschen and Bürgel

Graitschen Railway Station

View of the Dornburg Palaces

Carl Alexander Bridge

View of the Dornburg Castles

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