View of Steinbach Valley – Hallenburg Castle Ruins loop from Steinbach-Hallenberg
View of Steinbach Valley – Hallenburg Castle Ruins loop from Steinbach-Hallenberg
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View of Steinbach Valley – Hallenburg Castle Ruins loop from Steinbach-Hallenberg
05:34
18.5km
530m
Hiking
Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: August 13, 2026
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Waypoints
Start point
Train Station
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1.30 km
Steinbach-Hallenberg Town Hall
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2.34 km
View of Steinbach Valley
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4.34 km
View of Knüllfeld
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4.44 km
Knüllfeld Plateau
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4.99 km
View of the Dörmbach Valley
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5.53 km
Oberdörmbach Meadow, Thuringian Forest
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6.93 km
View from the Sonnenplatte
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7.87 km
Großer Hermannsberg
Peak
16.0 km
Hallenburg Castle Ruins
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18.5 km
End point
Train Station
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
12.3 km
2.30 km
1.53 km
1.40 km
745 m
231 m
Surfaces
6.01 km
5.58 km
2.26 km
2.20 km
2.01 km
403 m
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Elevation
Highest point (830 m)
Lowest point (430 m)
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Weather
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Thursday 27 August
22°C
17°C
69 %
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Comments
Visited the ruins straight away, the tower was of course closed 🫣
Relatively a lot of snow up there and hardly any good visibility! Fog, fog, fog...
90 percent of the route is in the forest with good paths. In my case, however, it was snowy and slippery...
Enough altitude... it takes a …
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> Hallenburg Castle Ruins
> Grosser Hermannsberg (867m)
> Sonniger Hermann (810m)
> Sonnenplatte (770m)
> Kalter Brunnen (Touringen Stamping Point No. 57)
> Knüllfeld (678m)
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