Schönbrunn Reservoir – Schönbrunn Reservoir loop from Schleusegrund

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Schönbrunn Reservoir – Schönbrunn Reservoir loop from Schleusegrund

Moderate

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Schönbrunn Reservoir – Schönbrunn Reservoir loop from Schleusegrund

02:14

31.1km

590m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 211 m for 62 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.96 km

Schönbrunn Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Beautiful dam to walk around 🍀many idyllic spots

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3.70 km

Schönbrunn Dam

Highlight • Monument

There at the dam wall you have the best view of the dam and also down to Schönbrunn.

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6.81 km

Schönbrunn Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Deeply embedded between valleys, streams fill the pre-dam and the main basin of the Schönbrunn dam.

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6.96 km

Schönbrunn Forebay

Highlight • Lake

Another place where you have a great view over the water. Depending on the position of the sun, you can see the water sparkling really beautifully blue.

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11.5 km

View of the Schönbrunn Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

From this small clearing, you again have a mega beautiful view over the reservoir. 👍

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21.4 km

Schönbrunn Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

Very nice way hardly people on the way

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22.1 km

Talsperre Schönbrunn

Lake

22.7 km

View of the Schönbrunn Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

On the circular route around the Schönbrunn dam you often have the opportunity to catch a wonderful view

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26.6 km

View of the Schönbrunn Dam control building

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Nice dam to hike and walk around

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31.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.8 km

5.15 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.5 km

15.1 km

223 m

161 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

9°C

3°C

95 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 30.0 km/h

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Comments

July 5, 2022,Talsperre Schönbrunn

Spontaneous Evening Round feat. Rich around the Schönbrunn dam. Always beautiful. Peace and pure fun.

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November 6, 2021,Talsperre Schönbrunn

Today it didn't rain and since we have our bikes with us on our short vacation in the Thuringian Forest, we went to the dam in Schönbrunn. Here you can drive completely around the reservoir. The paths are all great to drive on, even now in autumn when the wet leaves are on the way. Since I also have relatives …

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May 12, 2024,Runde um die Talsperre Schönbrunn

Today we didn't want to spend so much time cycling and took the car. The weather was good except for a little rain in between, which we hadn't expected. A bench under spruce trees gave us good shelter and then we continued on dust-free paths.
We thought there could be a few thousand m³ more water before summer comes. It …

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