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Schulpforta Monastery – Little Saale loop from Bad Kösen

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Burgenlandkreis

Naumburg (Saale)

Schulpforta Monastery – Little Saale loop from Bad Kösen

Moderate

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Schulpforta Monastery – Little Saale loop from Bad Kösen

04:49

17.3km

310m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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Saale-Ilm-Platten bei Bad Kösen

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1.87 km

Saale-Ilm-Platten bei Bad Kösen

Nature Reserve

6.52 km

Schulpforta Monastery

Highlight • Historical Site

The facility is a very nice school for gifted children. The monastery and its surroundings have something of the well-known schools in England or as if Harry Potter is just …

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6.62 km

Old Mill and the Kleine Saale

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The small Saale is a tributary of the Saale and was diverted to the monastery grounds by the Schulpforta monks to use hydroelectric power.

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6.76 km

Gothic House Schulpforte

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There are several beautiful buildings & sculptures here

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7.21 km

Former Cistercian Abbey Church of St Mary and St John the Baptist, Schulpforte

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former Cistercian monastery church of St. Mary and John the Baptist school gate

construction time
12th Century, 13th Century, 19th Century,
20th century,
1136/1137 (start of construction), 1160 to 1170s …

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7.35 km

Schulpforte Cemetery and War Memorial

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Monument to the fallen and old tombstones in the cemetery

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7.47 km

Abbot's Chapel, Schulpforta Monastery

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As soon as you open the door you are impressed. Counts and church leaders are here. Their tombstones are very elaborately worked and worth seeing.

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8.01 km

Little Saale

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Beautiful way along the small Saale.

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9.76 km

Friedensstein Memorial on Knabenberg

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First monument to commemorate those who died in all wars

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17.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.4 km

4.79 km

1.17 km

Surfaces

7.21 km

5.83 km

2.80 km

1.30 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (110 m)

Weather

Tuesday 19 May

19°C

11°C

88 %

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Schulpforta Monastery – Little Saale loop from Bad Kösen

Schulpforta Monastery

Old Mill and the Kleine Saale

Gothic House Schulpforte

Former Cistercian Abbey Church of St Mary and St John the Baptist, Schulpforte

Schulpforte Cemetery and War Memorial

Abbot's Chapel, Schulpforta Monastery

Little Saale

Friedensstein Memorial on Knabenberg

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