Starting Stone Rennsteig – Market Square Bad Lobenstein loop from Thüringische Muschwitz mit Grenzstreifen

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Starting Stone Rennsteig – Market Square Bad Lobenstein loop from Thüringische Muschwitz mit Grenzstreifen

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Starting Stone Rennsteig – Market Square Bad Lobenstein loop from Thüringische Muschwitz mit Grenzstreifen

01:58

27.6km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 2, 2026

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Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 12.3 km for 2 m

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Bus stop

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5.92 km

Bike Path Bad Steben - Lichtenberg

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Very nice to ride bike path between Bad Steben and Lichtenberg, relatively flat and good surface.

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10.7 km

🚂 Former Lichtenberg Station

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The station was built between 1897 and 1901 in the course of the extension of the railway line Triptis-Blankenstein by the Höllental more than one kilometer northeast of the city …

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11.0 km

Former inner-German border

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Where for decades high barbed wire fences, mighty watchtowers and menacing gun and mine systems separated the people of Bavaria and Thuringia from each other, today our guests can experience …

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12.3 km

Starting Stone Rennsteig

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It's an old tradition that you don't conquer the Rennsteig completely unencumbered, but weigh yourself down with a stone. Not with just any stone, of course, but with one that …

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12.3 km

Selbitz Bridge (Rennsteig Trail Endpoint)

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Beautiful wooden bridge over the Selbitz, a few meters before it flows into the Saale. The Selbitz used to be the border river between the GDR and the Federal Republic …

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12.6 km

Start of the Rennsteig

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Absolutely delicious, and I highly recommend eating the sausages or other items there. Parking is plentiful and free.

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16.1 km

View of Harra

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Here too, it is impressive what gradients have to be overcome on the tour. It is not for nothing that the stages from the Saale source to Saalfeld are among …

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