View of the Hohenwarte Dam – Hohenwarte Dam loop from Könitz (Thür)

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Thuringia

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

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View of the Hohenwarte Dam – Hohenwarte Dam loop from Könitz (Thür)

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View of the Hohenwarte Dam – Hohenwarte Dam loop from Könitz (Thür)

03:22

39.1km

920m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 13.5 km for 55 m

After 27.7 km for 76 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.96 km

View of the Hohenwarte Dam with swing

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This is my absolute favorite spot: a shelter with a fantastic view of the reservoir, a cute little hanging swing, just an invitation to linger. Balm for the soul. You can park at the Waldhotel and then follow the H3.

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6.15 km

View of the Hohenwarte Dam

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It is gigantic what this dam wall has to hold on water. It doesn't actually look as big as other dams in Thuringia.

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7.05 km

Hohenwarte Dam

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This 75 meter high and 412 meter long dam was built between 1936 and 1942. This required 250 people to give up their homes - an entire village was flooded …

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9.73 km

View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

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A great place with a very nice view of the dammed Saale.
It just makes me sad when places are or have been wiped out because of mining or, as here, a dam.

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13.5 km

View of the Hohenwarte Pumped Storage Plant Pipes and Saale Valley

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Here nature and technology merge in an interesting way. Display boards provide information about the pumped storage power plant.

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14.1 km

Upper Balancing Reservoir Amalienhöhe

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The equalization basin is almost a monumental structure. It lies like a huge basin in the landscape and can be completely circled by bike or on foot.

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17.2 km

Eichicht Castle

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Schloss Eichicht is a palace complex with the address Schlossstraße 1 in the district of Eichicht in the municipality of Kaulsdorf in the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt in Thuringia. It goes …

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26.6 km

Saale Suspension Bridge

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A beautiful perspective of the Saale from this great bridge

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28.2 km

Burg Obernitz

Castle

39.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.6 km

12.8 km

6.04 km

1.62 km

806 m

281 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.4 km

8.43 km

6.40 km

5.09 km

2.63 km

186 m

Elevation

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Highest point (540 m)

Lowest point (220 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

18°C

8°C

97 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

March 24, 2022,Hohenwarte Oberbecken, Klinkhardts Höhe

Hello sports friends. The last two panorama pictures are from the viewing platform of the tower at the upper reservoir. I took them on a factory tour last year.

Have fun!

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October 8, 2023,Anfangs wunderschön und Ende katastrophal😓

After the climbs I was rewarded because there were two trails and I was really in the flow (it was very wet). I struggled up the last few meters and got to a village when my tubeless tires got a flat tire. Thank God I met two gentlemen who let me get into their trunk and I didn't have to …

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