Potter's path – Buchfart loop from Oettern

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Potter's path – Buchfart loop from Oettern

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Potter's path – Buchfart loop from Oettern

04:08

15.0km

240m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.60 km

View of Buchfart Rock Castle

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From here you'll find the best view of the rock castle. Unfortunately, it's no longer accessible.

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4.10 km

Rest Area on the Töpferweg (Thuringian Nutrition Trail)

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Lovingly designed rest area in a beautiful natural setting. The pottery path runs along here.

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5.25 km

Potter's path

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A beautifully landscaped path from Bad Berka to Buchfahrt. Beautiful views of the Felsenburg castle are also available.

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6.91 km

Pfarrbrücke Bad Berka

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The steel construction spans the Ilm and fits in very nicely with the overall picture on site!

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7.02 km

Stadtkirche St. Marien Bad Berka

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I really like the church style in Thuringia.

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9.37 km

Upper Mill Hetschburg

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The upper mill was built around 1750 with stones from the Berka castle. Today there are private apartments here.

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12.8 km

Buchfart

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Very nice old wooden bridge. And very tasty beer around the corner 😋

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12.8 km

Covered Wooden Bridge in Buchfart

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The landmarked covered house bridge from 1816 crosses the Ilm in Buchfart over a length of 43 meters and offers a track width of 3.20 meters. On both sides are …

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15.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.63 km

3.62 km

2.77 km

1.17 km

783 m

Surfaces

7.03 km

2.79 km

2.11 km

1.53 km

1.45 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Saturday 17 October

12°C

7°C

17 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

July 30, 2022,Töpferweg – Buchfart Runde von Bad Berka

Very nice round from Bad Berla via Hetschburg to Buchfahrt on the Ilm bike path and back on the Töpferweg through the forest, this way back was great. With lots of seating.
Unfortunately there was no draft beer in Buchfahrt in the Ilmstübchen 🍺✌🏼🙈

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March 16, 2025,Ein Ründchen im Ilmtal • Buchfart & Bad Berka 🥾

Instead of March snowflakes, the goal of the tour should be ice cream sundaes. Off to Bad Berka! From Buchfart, we'll take the Töpferweg trail, then back via Hetschburg along the bike path. The March snowflakes are currently guaranteed to be in bloom, as evidenced by the crowded roadsides, but unfortunately, there's no guarantee of serving ice cream sundaes. The …

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March 19, 2024,Wanderung Bad Berka➡️Töpferweg➡️Buchfart➡️Hetschburg➡️Goethepark🥾🥾🔆🔆🤩

Kerstin has vacation and Fridays 👍🏻😂🤗 and let's take advantage of the beautiful weather 🔆🔆🔆👍🏻 and so we went to Bad Berka on a hiking tour over the➡️🥾🥾🚶🏻‍♂️‍➡️🚶🏼‍♀️ ‍➡️🌳🌳🌳 Pottery path through beautiful beech forests to Buchfart. At the beginning of the beautiful village we had a beautiful view of the rock castle with the rocks and caves. Unfortunately, the …

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October 31, 2024,Herbstwanderung 🍂🍁🍄von Bad Berka zur Felsenburg Buchfart

A nice little autumn hike 🍂🍁 without any particular highlights. We started from Bad Berka to Buchfart. Unfortunately, you can only really see the rock castle from a distance, otherwise the access is blocked off and overgrown. Then we went on to Hetschburg, a pretty little place, and from there back again.

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December 19, 2024,Wanderung von Bad Berka nach Buchfart

Despite having second thoughts about the rain warning, we decided to do the tour. It was the right thing to do, because there were only a few drops. 😄
From Bad Berka we hiked on the
Töpferweg to Buchfart.
A beautiful forest path with a few slippery
sections. The old bridge and the mill are the
eye-catchers in Buchfart.
It's …

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December 19, 2024,Buchfart – Felsenburg Runde von Bad Berka

Very nice hike from Bad Berka to Buchfart. The outward path was very muddy and sloppy due to the weather. We had to go back to Buchfart via the Felsenburg because we couldn't find the hiking trail. All in all, it was a successful hike.

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September 19, 2022,Buchfart. Bad Berka. {Töpferweg} ⭕️

The centuries-old Buchfarter mill, together with the old river weir and the covered wooden bridge, offers visitors a unique ensemble. Grain from local farmers was processed in the mill until 1968.
Many hiking trails cross here. Its cultural and historical features make the place a popular destination, e.g. the Buchfarter caves. They are only 1 km from the town gates …

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May 18, 2025,Wanderung von Buchfart an der Ilm - Hetschburg

A lovely, short final hike: We started at Pfeiffer's Watermill in Buchfart. The mill is located directly on the Ilm River, and thanks to restoration, the waterwheel is turning again. We strolled along the Ilm River through the small town of Hetschburg, with its many old half-timbered houses, and then returned to Buchfart via the Potter's Path.
The Potter's Path …

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