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Bad Salzungen Graduation Tower – Burgsee, Bad Salzungen loop from Bad Salzungen

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Bad Salzungen Graduation Tower – Burgsee, Bad Salzungen loop from Bad Salzungen

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Bad Salzungen Graduation Tower – Burgsee, Bad Salzungen loop from Bad Salzungen

01:05

4.13km

30m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 28, 2026

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Train Station

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256 m

Bad Salzungen Graduation Tower

Highlight • Monument

Very great facility for relaxing and inhaling.

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349 m

Brine Tower and Graduation Tower, Bad Salzungen

Highlight • Monument

Bad Salzungen belongs to the Werra potash district - potash salts have been extracted here on a large scale since the 19th century. Salt extraction in Bad Salzungen goes back …

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830 m

Burgsee, Bad Salzungen

Highlight • Lake

The Burgsee, in the middle of the city area.

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969 m

Historic City Wall of Bad Salzungen

Highlight • Historical Site

The first reference to a city fortification is probably in the 14th century.
Unfortunately, only fragments of the city wall have survived.

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1.26 km

Wooden platform at Burgsee

Highlight • Lake

Here you can let the spot dangle

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1.55 km

Burgsee Promenade

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The beautiful lake promenade leads completely around the castle lake.

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2.17 km

Schnepfenburg Castle and District Court

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The Schnepfenburg was built in Salzungen to protect the local saltworks. It was first mentioned in 1166. In 1295 the castle was besieged and taken by King Adolf of Nassau. …

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2.39 km

Market Fountain with Two Women (Marktbrunnen mit Zwei Frauen), Bad Salzungen

Highlight • Monument

The market fountain with two female figures symbolizes the cure: while the sick woman is writhing in pain, the healthy woman is handing her the healing brine.
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4.13 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.40 km

1.42 km

276 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.40 km

1.30 km

263 m

123 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Tuesday 7 July

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Comments

August 11, 2024,Wanderung 11.8.24 Bad Salzungen, Burgsee und Gradierwerk

If you can't get enough of it during the week, go to Bad Salzungen on Sunday 🤔😂😂
We actually wanted to visit the lake festival, but there wasn't much going on today. So we took a walk around the castle lake and then had a bite to eat at the Haunschen Hof. A cool 🍺 with it, wonderful....👍🏻Afterwards we visited …

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May 21, 2023,2023_05_21 Bad Salzungen Erholungs-Wanderung

Very nice town. Small, winding old town. badsalzungen.de/de/wandern.html
Very worth seeing graduation house (admission 4€). Here brine is extracted from a depth of 150m and trickled over 7.5m high, 80m long brushwood walls. This enriches the air, which is very healthy.

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Bad Salzungen Graduation Tower – Burgsee, Bad Salzungen loop from Bad Salzungen

Bad Salzungen Graduation Tower

Brine Tower and Graduation Tower, Bad Salzungen

Burgsee, Bad Salzungen

Historic City Wall of Bad Salzungen

Wooden platform at Burgsee

Burgsee Promenade

Schnepfenburg Castle and District Court

Market Fountain with Two Women (Marktbrunnen mit Zwei Frauen), Bad Salzungen

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