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Dichterwald Trailhead – Poets' Forest loop from Spechtsbrunn

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Dichterwald Trailhead – Poets' Forest loop from Spechtsbrunn

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3.9

(7)

25

hikers

Dichterwald Trailhead – Poets' Forest loop from Spechtsbrunn

01:10

4.35km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Naturpark Frankenwald

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

39 m

Spechtsbrunn Nature Park Information Center with snacks

Highlight • Rest Area

Kalte Küche (Cold Kitchen) 696 m above sea level

At this point, the Rennsteig trail crosses the old military and trade route from Nuremberg to Leipzig.

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2

575 m

Dichterwald Trailhead

Highlight • Trail

This is where the poets' forest begins and ends, in which more than 20 German poets are remembered.

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3

1.02 km

Herrmann Karl Hesse Bench on Gartenweg

Highlight • Viewpoint

Not a forest - more like a lunar landscape 😏

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4

1.25 km

Saalfeld-Rudolstadt District Border

Highlight • Monument

Here is the coat of arms of the district of Saalfeld-Rudolstadt.

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5

1.50 km

Rennsteig Reunification Memorial and Schleifenwiese Rest Area

Highlight • Monument

At this point, the Rennsteig was interrupted during the German division for many years. The erected sign reminds that it was reopened in 1990 officially over the entire length.

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6

1.73 km

Dense Forest

Highlight • Forest

There won't be any dense forest here in the next few years. Therefore, it's now a dense forest.

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7

3.31 km

Poets' Forest

Highlight • Forest

Simply great! Suddenly the poems / stories come to mind with one or the other

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8

4.23 km

Historical panels "Traces of the GDR border"

Highlight • Trail

Good cycling and hiking trails in the footsteps of the old GDR border. Various information boards telling the story.

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4.35 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.18 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.92 km

803 m

560 m

< 100 m

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Monday 13 July

22°C

14°C

88 %

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