Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Werra Spring Hut loop from Zella-Mehlis West

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Thuringia

Landkreis Schmalkalden-Meiningen

Zella-Mehlis

Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Werra Spring Hut loop from Zella-Mehlis West

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Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Werra Spring Hut loop from Zella-Mehlis West

06:44

89.8km

1,460m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 9, 2026

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After 14.6 km for 607 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.16 km

Oberhof Railway Station

Highlight • Monument

The beautiful train station in the Laubenbachtal is unfortunately decaying and is sleeping like Sleeping Beauty.
It was built in 1884 and rebuilt and expanded in 1910/11.
There has been no stopping at the station since 2017.

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11.6 km

Highest Point of the Rennsteig

Highlight • Summit

The highest point is a must when you are in the vicinity. An even better view is only a few meters further along the path along the viewing platform.

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11.9 km

Plänckner's viewpoint (Großer Beerberg)

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Did you know that there were volcanoes in the Thuringian Forest? There was! The Great Beerberg was once one. These are the remnants of it and at 982.9 meters they …

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32.3 km

Refuge on the Rennsteig

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A very elaborately constructed mountain hut on the Rennsteig trail. Quietly located and ideal for a break.

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32.6 km

Abrahamskopf

Peak

43.3 km

Rennsteigwarte on Eselsberg

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If you want to have the total Rennsteig overview: Here is your chance! The observation tower "Rennsteigwarte" stands on the donkey mountain and increases it by another 33 meters. 150 …

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44.9 km

Werra Spring Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The new Gasthaus an der Werraquelle offers more guest comfort than the old version. A nice resting point in the hiking area around the donkey mountain between Masserberg and Fehrenbach. …

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45.0 km

Werra Spring (Upper Werra Spring)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nice excursion destination in all seasons👍❄️🌅

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67.1 km

Rennsteig Station

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With the RennsteigShuttle, you can travel from Ilmenau to Rennsteig train station on weekends and public holidays. From here you can make great bike rides. For example, it is only …

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75.9 km

Mountain Pass

89.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

56.5 km

26.7 km

6.50 km

143 m

Surfaces

61.6 km

16.6 km

8.66 km

2.00 km

586 m

317 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (960 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

12°C

5°C

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

May 23, 2023,[R2023-t07.Rennsteig]

shy young woman (25 y.) hiking on foot with a dog that would bite in a stone hut, spent the night together, had breakfast, had a campfire alone (because of intimidation "fire ban"), worked quite well on a cold night (below 9°C). Due to/despite/whether of her vicious dog's psychopathic personality disorder, she maintains a strict/constant/vigilant 2m distance from everyone-and-everyone, especially …

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May 30, 2025,2.TagbisOberhof☀️☀️😄👍

A good night's sleep at the Köhlerhütte...
Then we headed to Masserberg for breakfast at the Rennsteig Haus...
Fill up with water...
Oberhof is always worth a trip...
You can't help but enjoy it 😉😄😄👍

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