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Memorial Stone for Border Victim Fritz Zapf loop from Spechtsbrunn

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Memorial Stone for Border Victim Fritz Zapf loop from Spechtsbrunn

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Memorial Stone for Border Victim Fritz Zapf loop from Spechtsbrunn

01:23

5.06km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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127 m

Historical panels "Traces of the GDR border"

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Good cycling and hiking trails in the footsteps of the old GDR border. Various information boards telling the story.

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378 m

Rest Area at Sinnespfad Altjägermoor

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a really nice place to rest

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2.57 km

Memorial Stone for Border Victim Fritz Zapf

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really very interesting and informative

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2.59 km

Old Army and Trade Route memorial stone (Touringen stamp no. 323)

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Along the former inner German border one finds again and again references to incidents which happened during the German division. This is thought-provoking and everyone should be happy that the borders in Europe rather than be built up.👍

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2.67 km

Wildlife Monitoring Camera in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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There is a special notice on the signpost about data protection, stating that photographs are taken here... they are intended to serve the purpose of nature conservation and unintentional photographs of people will be deleted immediately...

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4.38 km

Former Border Guard Company 12 Spechtsbrunn

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The former border company 12 Spechtsbrunn (at times also referred to as the 10th border company) was a military property of the GDR border troops directly on the Thuringian Rennsteig. …

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4.71 km

Wooden bench with carvings 'R' – Thuringian Forest Nature Park

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Nice bank, in our hectic, fast-moving times, you should use such places more often and take a little break

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5.03 km

Spechtsbrunn Nature Park Information Center with snacks

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Kalte Küche (Cold Kitchen) 696 m above sea level

At this point, the Rennsteig trail crosses the old military and trade route from Nuremberg to Leipzig.

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5.06 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.47 km

281 m

150 m

140 m

Surfaces

2.72 km

1.67 km

541 m

109 m

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Highest point (710 m)

Lowest point (660 m)

Weather

Wednesday 26 August

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Comments

July 18, 2023,Grenzwanderung am Grünen Band bei Spechtsbrunn (Touringen Stempel 321 , 322 , 323)

The following Touringen stamp offices are located on this route:

0.6km - 322 information board at Altjäger Moor
2.7km - 323 memorial stone old military and trade route
5.1km - 321 Nature Park Information Center Spechtsbrunn

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December 15, 2024,❄️ Kleiner Grenzweg ❄️

We didn't have a real mission today... Get in the car and just stop wherever we like. 🤗 Our starting point along the 'Small Border Trail' was near Spechtsbrunn at the Kalten Küche. A wonderful snowy landscape 😍. But also a lot of broken snow. In some places we got nimble feet because one or two treetops just broke off. …

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September 1, 2025,Kleine Grenzwanderung am Grünen Band (Touringen Stempel 321, 322, 323)

After the Lauscha Glassblowers' Trail, we quickly decided to drive to Spechtsbrunn and do the Small Borderland Hike along the Green Belt. The tour starts right on the Green Belt on the Thuringian-Bavarian border. After a few hundred meters, you reach the Altjägermoor, where you have to walk about 30 meters into the moor to get the stamp. The route …

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April 28, 2026,Kleine Grenzwanderung bei Spechtsbrunn 🕹️😎

After reading the book by Kati Naumann, "Was uns erinnern lässt", I was very curious to hike here at the location of the events. Unfortunately, due to forest dieback, it no longer looks as idyllic as described in the book. Nevertheless, I can recommend reading the book, as well as the book by Landolf Scherzer, "Der Grenzgänger".

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July 31, 2025,Kleine Grenzwanderung am Grünen - Start Parkplatz „Kalte Küche“

Very nice "Little Border Hike" with 3 Touringen stamping points 👍🏻 recommended if you need to go quickly 😊

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February 18, 2024,Kleine Grenzwanderung am Grünen Band (Touringen Stempel 321, 322, 323)

Somehow I'm lazy about writing today 🤔
There's not really much to say about the tour...

...I would say yes, just enjoy the pictures - but with the fog, which unfortunately didn't let the sun through, they aren't that great either 🤷‍♀️

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March 19, 2024,Kleine Grenzwanderung am Grünen Band (Touringen Stempel 321, 322, 323)

Short hike around Spechtsbrunn. You can park your car at the Spechtsbrunn nature park information center and Rennsteig snack bar. The first stamp (321) can be found there. We continue past a beautiful bench and (probably) former accommodation for the border company, through Spechtsbrunn up to the old column path to the memorial stone for a border victim. Stamp 323 …

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April 21, 2024,Winterwanderung im April 🥾🌨️♟️

...today just a little walk through the snow near Spechtsbrunn❄️🌨️🥾
Collected 3 stamps and finished off with a little snack at the cold kitchen...😀

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Memorial Stone for Border Victim Fritz Zapf loop from Spechtsbrunn

Historical panels "Traces of the GDR border"

Rest Area at Sinnespfad Altjägermoor

Memorial Stone for Border Victim Fritz Zapf

Old Army and Trade Route memorial stone (Touringen stamp no. 323)

Wildlife Monitoring Camera in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Former Border Guard Company 12 Spechtsbrunn

Wooden bench with carvings 'R' – Thuringian Forest Nature Park

Spechtsbrunn Nature Park Information Center with snacks

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