Hohenwarte Dam – Mooshäuschen Viewpoint loop from Gössitz

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Hohenwarte Dam – Mooshäuschen Viewpoint loop from Gössitz

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Hohenwarte Dam – Mooshäuschen Viewpoint loop from Gössitz

04:36

47.8km

1,300m

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: October 29, 2026

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Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 27.4 km for 219 m

After 37.4 km for 345 m

After 42.7 km for 278 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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668 m

Viewpoint

7.35 km

Ascent to Mooshäuschen

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Not the hardest climb on the reservoir circuit, but still gets your legs moving. But the views are worth every strenuous climb!

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13.6 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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15.9 km

Bench with a view of Hohenwarte Reservoir

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Wonderful corner for hiking and relaxing.

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18.4 km

Old Bay at the Hohenwarte Reservoir

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A beautiful camping and swimming - the Thuringian Lake Garda only the high mountains are missing and a bit cooler it is ;-)

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21.2 km

Mooshäuschen Viewpoint

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With stamp station and mega view 😍.

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28.2 km

View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir from the Bockfelsen

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The view alone is sensational. There is a wooden bench right under the large rock where you can linger.

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34.0 km

Linkenmühle Ferry

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Always fun to take the ferry, although a bridge wouldn't be bad either. The restaurant is also recommended.

Please note current ferry times:
kombus-online.eu/angebote/Faehre/Faehre_Zeiten

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37.8 km

View of the Saale River Bend (Saaleschleife)

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The view of the Saaleschleife is simply worth seeing. A resting bench directly with a view! You can take a wonderful break here.

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47.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

30.2 km

5.90 km

5.69 km

5.53 km

583 m

Surfaces

15.4 km

11.4 km

9.63 km

8.45 km

2.10 km

931 m

Elevation

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Highest point (500 m)

Lowest point (290 m)

Weather

Sunday 1 November

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Comments

October 19, 2024,Neue Aussichten am 🔴 um die Hohenwarte

The bark beetle has changed the landscape dramatically. Great views, but also huge bare areas have emerged.
The paths and trails are still great and easy to ride.

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June 7, 2023,Grosse Saalerunde

I got the tour from the "mountain bike" When you start in Ziegenrück, you first ask yourself why you need a 150mm fully here!? It goes, past great views, steeply up from the Saale valley to the plateau. Here you drive forever tar, country roads and partly overgrown forest paths!
From the "Gustavs Ruh" it gets interesting; it goes steeply …

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May 14, 2022,Hohenwarte-Tour

After spending the night in Hohenfelden, the goal for the day should be the MTB circuit around the Hohenwarte reservoir (4:05 h / 13.4 km/h). 🏞

Parked right after the dam wall, we drove clockwise and after passing it and a little foretaste of the climbs, the MTB terrain lured us. 🤩
The northern terrain is very varied and also …

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September 12, 2022,Talsperre Hohenwarte - Umrundung MTB-Trail

The tour around the Hohenwarte reservoir is highly recommended. I did the tour clockwise and loved it! In my opinion, the direction of travel would be just as possible in the opposite direction. The route consists of approx. 40% cool, partly narrow trails and 40% forest/forest paths. The rest of the roads, connecting paths via campsites or similar.
In order …

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August 26, 2023,Stausee Hohenwarte Umrundung

I have to thank my school friend from Ilmenau(@germangeo) for such a nice tour idea.
I was only supposed to download it for him (GPX file) - he wanted to ride it with friends today.
Since they were already a large enough group and I prefer to take 2 more photos, we started alone.
The weather was perfect for it. …

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June 9, 2023,Saale-Stausee Umrundung ab Waldhotel Stauseeblick

Great tour, but very toxic climbs and difficulty levels that are not suitable for all passengers.
But the bottle of white wine at the end makes the pain and curses fade in the setting sun 😎😇😜

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August 18, 2023,Fantastische Tour um den Stausee Hohenwarte

It was really a brilliant tour, but it demanded a lot from me. You don't want to believe it at 61 km. There are some pushing and carrying passages and not every section is recommended. But most of the trails are really great.

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May 27, 2022,Stausee-Runde Hohenwarte 27.05.2022

Today again the annual reservoir round. Was quite wet on top and slippery on the bottom. The hiking trails are getting worse and worse every year. Especially between the Linkenmühle and Ziegenrück, in the area of the Teufelskanzel 🙈

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