View of the Saale Valley – Goseck Castle loop from Eulau

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Naumburg (Saale)

View of the Saale Valley – Goseck Castle loop from Eulau

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View of the Saale Valley – Goseck Castle loop from Eulau

02:47

10.1km

170m

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 6, 2026

Tips

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Saaleaue bei Goseck

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.21 km

Gosecker Dechantenberg Vineyard

Highlight • Structure

Best southern slope location, a great panorama.

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1.95 km

Viewpoint

2.55 km

View of the Saale Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

Here you really have a wonderful view of the Saale and the surrounding landscape, which is particularly pleasing to hiking enthusiasts who take photographs.

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3.04 km

Goseck Bear Cave

Highlight • Cave

The sandstone cave is an adventure for the daring.
2 courses branch off.
One leads 30 meters, the other seems to be much further into the. Sandstone.

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3.10 km

Twisted locust

Highlight • Natural Monument

A mystical tree, nice that it survived the hot summer

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3.45 km

Goseck Castle

Highlight • Castle

The monumental Goseck Castle towers over the Saale Valley. The castle church has been renovated and now houses a permanent exhibition.

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3.50 km

Majestic Ginkgo

Highlight • Natural Monument

The approximately 170-year-old tree stands in the courtyard of Goseck Castle and is worth a visit, especially in autumn when its leaves turn yellow.

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3.53 km

Sundial at Goseck Castle

Highlight • Monument

* Good accessibility when you are out and about on the Saale
* child friendly
* Gastronomy available
* Medieval castle and later monastery complex
A beautiful view of the Saale valley

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5.83 km

The solar observatory is easy to reach from the free car park 500 meters away.
At 7000 years old, the observatory is the oldest known of its kind.
Cultic festivals take place here during the solstice celebrations.

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7.65 km

Hebammenwald

Forest

10.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.34 km

2.37 km

1.35 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.33 km

2.78 km

1.96 km

1.40 km

610 m

Elevation

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (100 m)

Weather

Wednesday 21 October

13°C

7°C

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Comments

February 1, 2025,Sonnenobservatorium bei Goseck

From the midwife forest, the tour leads to the solar observatory near Goseck.
Before visiting this place, you should first visit the sky disk near Nebra. It is best to take a guided tour of the museum.
From the observatory, you go to Goseck Castle. From there, a path leads above the Saale-Unstrut valley to Elau. On the way, you …

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October 4, 2025,🏰 Schloss 🔒 Gosek 😉, fixe kleine Runde 🔄, weil: 🌬🌧

No more fun weather. 🙁 Taking advantage of the rain gap of about 2 hours, we went on a suitable tour 🔄 in the area around Goseck, Eulau, and Saale.

From the 🅿️ solar observatory (where is the sun here?!), we headed over beautiful forest 🌳 paths, the "Midwife's Path" being particularly noteworthy, to Eula and the Saale. Storms and …

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March 20, 2024,Heimatrunde Schloß Goseck und Eulau

Today we took a trip home. By bus to Goseck and then via the solar observatory and the midwife forest to Eula. Unfortunately the panoramic path was closed there. Major construction work is taking place at the Dechantenberg vineyard. But we left that behind and went up the mountain. What a grind 🥵 that was a decent climb. Passing the …

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August 5, 2021,⛪ Kirche 🕍 Schloss Eulau 🍇⛰ und 🕍 Goseck ☀️Observatorium 🤱🏽 Hebammenwald 🌿🌳

Today's tour started near Eulau. The landmark of Eulau is its church. Below the church is the former castle or manor. It is currently being restored there. We continued towards Goseck past the vineyard towards Schloss Goseck. There is a beautiful ginkgo tree on the castle grounds. I've never seen a ginkgo in this size. We took the opportunity and …

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March 20, 2024,Eine Runde um Goseck

Had a nice hike in great weather. Finally, stop at the castle tavern. We recommend

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July 13, 2024,Schloß Goseck. Hebammenwald {Burgenland}

First of all, to the solar observatory... wow, it's really old, all it was missing was a great sunset/sunrise. Wrong time, but right place😎
Through the midwife forest with an information board explaining why it's called that - interesting (all information in the pictures).
Through the Heiligentalgrund down to the Saale - mown fields make you feel midsummer. A large …

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September 21, 2023,Rund um Goseck....der Weg des Gesangs

Alwin made me curious with his book “Primal Whispers”.
So today I went to Goseck again for a long time.
And as always, no two hikes are the same.
At the end of the path, the observatory showed itself in all its power. When you look at the pictures you just have to believe in the place of power.

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March 19, 2023,Sonnenobservatorium🌞 Goseck

The world's oldest known 🌞 solar observatory is located in Goseck. It was rebuilt on the original site and brings us a little closer to the original builders, the ceramists (4800 BC).
However, the sun let us down and so we hiked on to Goseck Castle, where a small folk festival was raging.
On the slope towards the Saale we …

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