Duke's Seat – Rieseneck Carriage House loop from Hummelshain

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Duke's Seat – Rieseneck Carriage House loop from Hummelshain

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Duke's Seat – Rieseneck Carriage House loop from Hummelshain

02:23

8.60km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.14 km

Duke's Seat

Highlight • Historical Site

This enthroned half-timbered building stands on the edge of the Rieseneck hunting grounds near Hummelshain. The Herzogstuhl is a hunting lodge built between 1915 and 1917 by Duke Ernst II …

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2.85 km

View of Kleineutersdorf

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View into the valley with seating

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4.39 km

View of the village near Jena

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Rest area with great views

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6.85 km

Green House (Rieseneck Hunting Lodge)

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The "Green House", built in 1727 as a hunting lodge, was used by the dukes as bad weather accommodation and "dining room". It is located in a forest clearing near …

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6.86 km

Rieseneck Carriage House

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Built in 1716 according to built coat of arms stone. This open building was mainly used to store wagons, carriages and horses. There is a large hayloft under the roof.

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6.92 km

Rieseneck bench at the Old Oak

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An old oak tree at the hunting facility with a bench around its trunk. It is good to sit here.

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8.25 km

The path from the Chauseehaus to the Green House is part of the Luther Trail Thuringia. After about 400m from the Chauseehaus you can expect a great view of the Leuchtenburg near Kahla. What an idyll and untouched expanse!

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8.60 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.43 km

2.17 km

Surfaces

4.13 km

2.65 km

1.71 km

108 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

19°C

3°C

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Comments

September 7, 2024,Herzogstuhl – Grünes Haus Runde von Hummelshain

Beautiful route on mostly wide forest paths. Warning: Don't follow the route 1:1: Because of road closures I had to run across fields and through forests twice. Don't follow this route!!

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March 3, 2026,Doppelschlag - Herzogstuhl und Jagdanlage Rieseneck (Touringen Nr. 53)

Absolutely gorgeous weather. Time for a stalk! What could be better than Hummelhain? I took a little detour into the castle park, where, as always, I stood drooling in awe in front of the castle and bellowed along with the stag sculpture. 🤣 It really does look amazing.

...And then off into the woods.

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March 2, 2025,Wandern

Today we went on a hike from Hummelshain to the Rieseneck hunting grounds. First we passed the Herzogenschlösschen. A very impressive building, which unfortunately was covered in scaffolding...

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September 15, 2023,Jagdanlage Rieseneck

These historical sites are always worth a visit 😍

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December 31, 2023,Herzogstuhl – Grünes Haus - Jagdanlage Rieseneck

For the last time in the old year, today we went on a little tour in the area of the Rieseneck hunting complex.
So far there have always been a lot of people there - and we hoped that today there might be fewer 🤔
This theory was confirmed - and so we had the opportunity to walk through some …

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