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Dragon's Cave Shelter – Syrau Windmill loop from Mehltheuer

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Dragon's Cave Shelter – Syrau Windmill loop from Mehltheuer

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Dragon's Cave Shelter – Syrau Windmill loop from Mehltheuer

03:12

12.1km

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: August 9, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.95 km

Dragon's Cave Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

New, very solid shelter. Lovingly designed. Provides protection for several people.

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3.53 km

Klein-Amerika Ranch

Highlight • Historical Site

Here the world is still alright ...

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4.46 km

Path Along the Railway Line

Highlight • Trail

Nice path along the railway track. Rest area with a beautiful view and benches to linger are available.

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5.82 km

Syrau Windmill

Highlight • Monument

The only Dutch windmill in the Vogtland dates from the 19th century. You can visit them and on certain days you can also see how flour is ground. It is …

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7.22 km

Syrau Cave Park

Highlight • Natural

The cave park above the Dragon's Cave is a recreational area for young and old. There is a playground, an open-air stage, an adventure garden and lots of green spaces …

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7.30 km

Syrau Dragon Cave

Highlight • Cave

Every hour on the hour you can explore the Dragon Cave in Syrau on a guided tour. Here, 16 meters underground, you almost feel like you are in another world. …

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7.30 km

Drachenhöhle Syrau – Eisenach–Budapest Stamping Point

Highlight • Cave

A beautiful cave with an exhibition space and a café at the exit. There are also playgrounds on site. The tour was really great, and the guide, Sascha, was super …

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7.81 km

Schlossteich

Lake

11.0 km

Friedenswald Guesthouse

Highlight • Structure

Beautiful sight of this building

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12.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.34 km

4.07 km

1.13 km

440 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.08 km

2.15 km

1.94 km

1.82 km

939 m

103 m

Elevation

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Highest point (540 m)

Lowest point (460 m)

Weather

Tuesday 1 September

22°C

9°C

46 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

June 21, 2025,Zwischen Moosbett und Drachenhöhle🍀🌞🐲💫

Today, extraordinary things are happening: firstly, I'm hiking with a guide, secondly, we're arriving by car, and thirdly, an easy, non-challenging circular route awaits us. Everything you don't know about me.🙈 I chose the Dragon Circular Trail in the Saxon/Thuringian Vogtland region for us. It leads past the Syrau Dragon Cave, which is supposed to be our highlight today.☺

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September 25, 2021,Drachenrundweg Syrau – Grüntöne-Routen Vogtland

Started at 1 p.m. at the Mini-Musical Instrument Museum, past Klein Amerika, looked at the Syrau windmill, 4:40 p.m. a guided tour of the dragon's cave, about 6 p.m. at the Musical Instrument Museum (pre-announced by phone from Syrau). A great day.
The tour comes from the collection komoot.de/collection/1121833/die-klaenge-der-natur-erleben-die-gruentoene-routen-im-vogtland

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June 12, 2024,Sachsen (Vogtland): Vogtländische Grüntöne (2) - Drachenrundweg Syrau; 120624

And today we're visiting our Vogtland neighbors again, another path on the theme of "Vogtland shades of green" (TOP day hikes "Vogtland shades of green", published by the Vogtland Tourism Association in Auerbach, vogtland-tourismus.de).

The path has a whole series of special features. It begins at the cave park around the Drachenhöhle and takes us first to the windmill on …

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November 12, 2023,Drachenrundweg Syrau

After only raining yesterday, this morning was cool and sunny. I had to get out of there.
I didn't want to drive for a long time, so Syrau isn't far and it was really worth it.

It went briefly through Syrau and towards the windmill. But I left it on the right and then turned left along next to the …

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Dragon's Cave Shelter – Syrau Windmill loop from Mehltheuer

Dragon's Cave Shelter

Klein-Amerika Ranch

Path Along the Railway Line

Syrau Windmill

Syrau Cave Park

Syrau Dragon Cave

Drachenhöhle Syrau – Eisenach–Budapest Stamping Point

Friedenswald Guesthouse

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