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Iron Curtain Nature Trail – Železná Ruda Border Crossing loop from Bayerisch Eisenstein

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Iron Curtain Nature Trail – Železná Ruda Border Crossing loop from Bayerisch Eisenstein

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Iron Curtain Nature Trail – Železná Ruda Border Crossing loop from Bayerisch Eisenstein

02:00

27.0km

500m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 1, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 23.3 km for 53 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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230 m

Bayerisch Eisenstein Railway Museum

Highlight • Monument

Very nice location, Bayerisch Eisenstein.

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342 m

Bayerisch Eisenstein Border Station and NaturparkWelten Museum

Highlight • Historical Site

Bayrisch Eisenstein station is a border station between Germany and the Czech Republic. The monumental double station directly on the border has survived the worst, iron curtain, boarded up border, …

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572 m

Železná Ruda–Alžbětín Border Railway Station

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Czech part of the historical border station Bayrisch Eisenstein / Železná Ruda. Special feature: The entrance buildings of both stations touch each other wall to wall directly on the border line!

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716 m

Iron Curtain Nature Trail

Highlight • Historical Site

Here you can find out interesting facts from the time before the reunification.

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1.11 km

EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail (Šumava Protected Landscape Area)

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Long-distance cycle route that follows the course of the Iron Curtain: 7,000 km from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea.

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13.2 km

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Nature Reserve

23.3 km

Church of Our Lady Help of the Star (Kostel Panny Marie Pomocné Hvězdy)

Highlight • Religious Site

A small but fine church, rather inconspicuous from the outside, even if the large dome is of course very striking. From the inside then baroque, but not too overloaded. Unfortunately, …

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24.0 km

Železná Ruda Border Crossing

Highlight • Structure

From the Špižak you can easily reach Ludwigsthal by bike.

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26.9 km

Naturpark Inn Grenzbahnhof

Highlight • Restaurant

It's great that everything was preserved the way it "used to be". An impressive document of contemporary history.

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27.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.0 km

6.47 km

6.07 km

1.68 km

669 m

173 m

Surfaces

21.5 km

4.02 km

666 m

651 m

108 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,070 m)

Lowest point (710 m)

Weather

Monday 20 July

19°C

7°C

47 %

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Iron Curtain Nature Trail – Železná Ruda Border Crossing loop from Bayerisch Eisenstein

Bayerisch Eisenstein Railway Museum

Bayerisch Eisenstein Border Station and NaturparkWelten Museum

Železná Ruda–Alžbětín Border Railway Station

Iron Curtain Nature Trail

EuroVelo 13 – Iron Curtain Trail (Šumava Protected Landscape Area)

Church of Our Lady Help of the Star (Kostel Panny Marie Pomocné Hvězdy)

Železná Ruda Border Crossing

Naturpark Inn Grenzbahnhof

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