Altenstein Palace and Park – Altenstein Castle loop from Schweina

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Altenstein Palace and Park – Altenstein Castle loop from Schweina

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Altenstein Palace and Park – Altenstein Castle loop from Schweina

01:35

5.44km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Mostly walkable paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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664 m

Altenstein Castle Park Waterfall

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Not far from Altenstein Castle, you will find this picturesque little waterfall. It is still in the castle park and was created artificially. At the same time, a Swiss-style alpine …

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1.80 km

Devil's Bridge Cave Passage

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is most fun with children

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2.49 km

Altenstein Palace and Park

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Great castle with park. And TODAY for the open day a glimpse of the inside 🙏
Incidentally, we highly recommend the bratwurst at the castle entrance and the Stupps beer 🌭🍻

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2.56 km

Altenstein Castle

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The Altenstein Castle was built in 1736 as a residential castle on the foundations of the worn-out Altenstein Castle for the dukes of Meiningen. After numerous changes of ownership it …

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2.69 km

Terraced Gardens at Altenstein Castle

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always invites you to take a stroll

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2.94 km

Ritter Chapel Altenstein

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The Knight's Chapel was built in 1799 as the first park architecture on a steep rocky cliff as a small neo-Gothic building with a southeast-facing vestibule.
The columns, arches and …

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4.40 km

Luisenthal Waterfall Canal

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Above the Luisen waterfall, a path leads along the canal for the waterfall. It is strongly reminiscent of the paths along the levadas in Madeira. It is not only the …

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4.77 km

Luisenthal Waterfall

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A beautiful man-made waterfall

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5.44 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.92 km

1.32 km

116 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.61 km

919 m

791 m

102 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (440 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

Weather

Wednesday 4 November

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Comments

June 23, 2024,Luisentaler Wasserfall | Schloss Altenstein

Today we showed long-time friends from the far north one of our most beautiful places in Thuringia - the landscape park co-designed by Prince Pückler and the summer residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen.
Afterwards there was an obligatory 🍨in Bad Liebenstein.

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March 31, 2024,Unterwegs im größten Landschaftspark Thüringens

The Dukes of Saxony-Meiningen built their summer residence here, near Bad Liebenstein - the Altenstein Castle and created the 160 hectare park.

Here you can go for a wonderful walk on very well-maintained paths and discover a lot. Although I've been here several times before, today I was breaking new ground again. I didn't know the Devil's Bridge, the Duke's …

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