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Sophienheilstätte Bad Berka – Salzkopfhütte loop from Bad Berka

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Sophienheilstätte Bad Berka – Salzkopfhütte loop from Bad Berka

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4.7

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Sophienheilstätte Bad Berka – Salzkopfhütte loop from Bad Berka

02:22

8.75km

120m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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1

93 m

Atrium of Zentralklinik Bad Berka

Highlight • Rest Area

2

1.22 km

Idyllic forest path

Highlight • Forest

This beautiful forest holds a few secrets. A few hundred meters further on, you will come across the legendary gingerbread house.

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3

1.50 km

Gingerbread House Märchenwiese

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautiful cottage built in 1997

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4

1.64 km

Birch Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

Great place to rest and relax. 👍🏻☺️

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5

4.50 km

Sophien Sanatorium

Highlight • Historical Site

6

4.64 km

Sophienheilstätte Bad Berka

Highlight • Historical Site

The Sophiensanatorium for consumption addicts is a former pulmonary sanatorium in Munich near Bad Berka in Thuringia. The building, idyllically located in the forest, was built in 1898 and has …

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5.85 km

Salzkopfhütte

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Nice refuge with a rest area facing south and therefore nice and sunny.

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8.75 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.76 km

742 m

249 m

Surfaces

4.03 km

2.48 km

1.33 km

580 m

305 m

< 100 m

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Saturday 18 July

18°C

13°C

67 %

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Comments

November 16, 2024,Birkenquelle – Salzkopfhütte Runde von Bad Berka

Today we took a short walk around Bad Berka to Sophien-Heilstätte, a lost place.
No stamps, but a few hiking stones were laid out.

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