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Great Inselsberg – Torstein Rock Arch loop from Bad Tabarz

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Tabarz

Great Inselsberg – Torstein Rock Arch loop from Bad Tabarz

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Great Inselsberg – Torstein Rock Arch loop from Bad Tabarz

04:25

14.0km

530m

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 6, 2026

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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2.68 km

Rotenberg Meadow

Highlight • Natural

Idyllic mountain meadow directly above the quarry, directly on the way towards Datenberg or up to the lift parking lot.

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6.41 km

Great Inselsberg

Highlight • Summit

The island mountain near Bad Tabarz is a kind of sacred ground for mountain bike downhill riders. Because here took place 25 years ago (as of 2018) the first downhill …

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6.72 km

Historic Rennsteig

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

From the Grenzwiese the Rennsteig leads past the Reitsteinen on the historic path to the Großer Inselberg. It is a difficult section, but worthwhile and promising.

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8.38 km

Wilder Graben Stream

Highlight (Segment) • River

Torstein is a commodity of gods, even if it is spelled differently.
The place has magic. 👌😎

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9.41 km

Torstein Rock Arch

Highlight • Natural Monument

What a breathtaking setting! 🤩 Behind the Torstein, a narrow path with great highlights leads back down into the valley. It's worth it, but definitely requires sure-footedness

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10.5 km

Rocky valley in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park

Highlight • Gorge

Along the Strenge, below Kleiner Wagenberg and Torstein, runs the Felsental, which was even used as a film set for the DEFA film "The Cold Heart".

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10.5 km

Filming location of 'Das kalte Herz' in Lauchagrund

Highlight • Historical Site

Who doesn't know the Dutchman Michel and the Glass Man?
What a great film that cost a whopping 4 million East Germans.

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12.0 km

Luther Fountain

Highlight • Natural Monument

Great fountain with fresh, cold water. Nicely maintained, seating available.

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14.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.89 km

2.90 km

2.57 km

609 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.08 km

3.04 km

2.01 km

1.16 km

505 m

182 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 30 August

23°C

13°C

87 %

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Comments

August 26, 2023,Auf dem Weg zur Bad Tabarzer Wandernadel

The contribution "Bad Tabarzer hiking pin - Tour 5 / Lauchagrund-Rundweg" by hiking friend EulenBaumi had persuaded me to get the stamp booklet. The little booklet contains 7 different circular hikes around Bad Tabarz. And the first thing I did was hike the Inselsberg Tour / Tour 2.
The KUKUNA is the start and finish of the beautiful scenic circular …

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April 17, 2025,Tag 6: Großer Inselsberg und Historischer Rennsteig

A beautiful, albeit largely foggy, conclusion to our Lenten hike. The climb to the Großer Inselsberg continued steadily, with some steep descents here and there. Nevertheless, everything went well. Clearer visibility would have been nicer, of course.

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March 8, 2025,Rennsteig - Torstein - Inselsberg - Tabarz

Goethe said, "Rivers and streams are freed from ice, through the lovely, invigorating gaze of spring, in the valley the happiness of hope is greening." But that is already at the beginning of March.
I shouldn't care. Shoes on the backpack and off into nature. The first question that arises is what to wear. Shortly after Tabarz I quickly changed …

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September 17, 2024,Großer Inselsberg von Bad Tabarz, 17.9.24

Unfortunately, the Inselsberg was still completely covered in fog at midday, so there was no visibility.
It wasn't until the afternoon that the sun gradually peeked out. :-)

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March 1, 2026,Sonntagsrunde 9.3 (Gruppentour - Inselsberg ⛰️)

We skipped all the many highlights 🤩 that we could have seen along the route (except for the Torstein).

Not everyone in our fun group was in top form that day, but it was still wonderful. 😍 It was a lot of fun, even though I've hiked these trails "hundreds of times." 😆

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April 20, 2025,Ostersonntag Wanderung zum Großen Inselsberg

We're spending Easter in Bad Tabarz. On Saturday, we went to the beautiful Easter bonfire; it was really great. On Easter Sunday, we went up the Großer Inselsberg; of course, the Easter Bunny hid all sorts of things in the forest along the way. The tour itself was absolutely beautiful, but quite challenging due to some of the adventurous hiking …

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March 23, 2025,Gr. Inselsberg↗️🌲⛰️↪️zurück über Torstein & Habichtkopf🦅⛰️💪🏻✅️

Weekend No. 3 in beautiful Bad Tabarz♥️.
After a good breakfast with Kerstin and Stephanie, we headed up to the Great Inselsberg as planned ↗️ ⛰️🥾♥️.
The weather was still great, and with spring-like temperatures🌡🌞😎, I had to take off my jacket on the way up 🥵.
It was chilly at the top of the Inselsberg, so I quickly put …

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September 14, 2021,Bad Tabarz - Großer Inselberg - Bad Tabarz

Paths mostly through beautiful, light beech forest; Exhausting, because from km 5.2 to km 8.23 you go steadily uphill (short, flat relaxation in the parking lot by the road that you have to cross), the way back to km 11.2 is downhill accordingly. Be sure to take hiking sticks with you! The "Torstein" is a beautiful highlight. The cafe / …

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Great Inselsberg – Torstein Rock Arch loop from Bad Tabarz

Rotenberg Meadow

Great Inselsberg

Historic Rennsteig

Wilder Graben Stream

Torstein Rock Arch

Rocky valley in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park

Filming location of 'Das kalte Herz' in Lauchagrund

Luther Fountain

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