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Germany
Thuringia
Landkreis Eichsfeld
Mackenrode

Stasi-Schleuse – Wilhelms-Höhe loop from Wüstheuterode

Routes
Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Thuringia
Landkreis Eichsfeld
Mackenrode

Stasi-Schleuse – Wilhelms-Höhe loop from Wüstheuterode

Hard

16

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Stasi-Schleuse – Wilhelms-Höhe loop from Wüstheuterode

03:14

35.8km

900m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 22.0 km for 290 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

7 m

Church and Village Green in Mackenrode

Highlight • Religious Site

Very nice church, I was there when it was renovated

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2

8.14 km

Should you have visited as Eichsfelder

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3

9.02 km

Stasi-Schleuse

Highlight • Historical Site

Through this 40-meter-long concrete tube once Stasi employees were clandestinely rooted through the inner-German border - sometimes for espionage to West Germany, sometimes for rapport to East Germany. If you are brave, today you can even crawl through it yourself.

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10.8 km

Brandwall

Archaeological Site

12.8 km

Viewpoint

Viewpoint

6

18.3 km

a beautiful cycle path along the Werra

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7

19.7 km

Wilhelms-Höhe

Highlight • Pub

Time for a shandy. Cozy spot, beer garden under trees, was cozy here

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8

20.8 km

Historic Half-Timbered Houses

Highlight • Historical Site

Nice little place with lots of half-timbered houses.

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9

21.2 km

At the fountain by the gate

Highlight • Monument

'At the Fountain before the Gates' Wilhelm Müller is said to have composed the verses to the song of the same name, which were musically translated by Franz Schubert.

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10

22.5 km

Klausberg Tower

Highlight • Monument

The Klausberg Tower, I believe, is an old watchtower that you can climb. There's also a nice little trail running parallel to the road below the tower, leading back down …

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35.8 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.0 km

5.18 km

2.95 km

2.69 km

Surfaces

12.4 km

12.3 km

8.02 km

2.71 km

384 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

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