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View of Heldburg – Old Post Office, Heldburg loop from Gompertshausen

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View of Heldburg – Old Post Office, Heldburg loop from Gompertshausen

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View of Heldburg – Old Post Office, Heldburg loop from Gompertshausen

04:34

69.4km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 16, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Haßberge

LSG innerhalb des Naturparks Hassberge (ehemals Schutzzone)

Althellinger Grund

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.23 km

Gompertshausen Border Tower and Command Bunker

Highlight • Historical Site

From Gompertshausen you drive across the Thuringian-Bavarian border. The former border tower with bunker complex is particularly well preserved and is a reminder of the former separation.

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1.91 km

Memorial of German Unity with Cross and Unity Linden

Highlight • Monument

The course of the Landwehr is described nearby. Whether by chance or not, the former inner-German border conspicuously follows this. After the border was opened, a peace cross was erected …

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12.8 km

Kelten-Hain

Forest

29.7 km

Memorial at the Rieth/Zimmerau border crossing

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As many as 434 border towers stood at the German-German border. One of them very close to this memorial. He was on the western side and served to get an …

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44.0 km

Althellinger Grund und Kreckaue

Nature Reserve

50.0 km

Community Café Ummerstadt

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Even if it is only open on Saturdays and Sundays from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. for the time being, it is definitely a real asset to this beautiful half-timbered …

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50.0 km

St. Bartholomew’s Town Church, Ummerstadt

Highlight • Religious Site

The Evangelical Lutheran town church of St. Bartholomew is located on the cattle market in Ummerstadt, a small town in the district of Hildburghausen (Thuringia). The listed building in its current form dates from 1748.

Source: de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholom%C3%A4us_(Ummerstadt)

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51.1 km

Werra-Obermain Cycle Path: Bad Colberg to Ummerstadt

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The WOM cycle path is a very varied cycle path. In this section it runs in the beautiful Rodachtal between a mountain slope and the Rodach.

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60.4 km

View of Heldburg

Highlight • Viewpoint

Descending or walking from Veste Heldburg you have a beautiful view of the city from here with the church as the building that characterizes the city.

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61.0 km

Old Post Office, Heldburg

Highlight • Historical Site

The new post office building was built in 1906 by a company from Gauerstadt and rented to the Reichspost, which later bought the building. After 1945, Deutsche Post AG, Deutsche …

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69.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

35.5 km

27.7 km

3.10 km

2.48 km

659 m

Surfaces

44.3 km

12.6 km

8.77 km

2.02 km

1.73 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (390 m)

Lowest point (270 m)

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View of Heldburg – Old Post Office, Heldburg loop from Gompertshausen

Gompertshausen Border Tower and Command Bunker

Memorial of German Unity with Cross and Unity Linden

Memorial at the Rieth/Zimmerau border crossing

Community Café Ummerstadt

St. Bartholomew’s Town Church, Ummerstadt

Werra-Obermain Cycle Path: Bad Colberg to Ummerstadt

View of Heldburg

Old Post Office, Heldburg

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