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Vachaer Stein Pass

Vachaer Stein Pass

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Vachaer Stein Pass

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Location: Thuringia, Germany

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🌳Thoburg

January 29, 2023

Hiking

Hiking car park at the Vachaer Stein. From here you can start beautiful hikes.

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Radler

July 30, 2017

Mountain biking

Kletterkönig120 - The pass crossing the Thuringian Forest in the course of the B84 is marked by the so-called Vachaer (or Förthaer) stone. The B84 follows in this section of …

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Nordhesse

May 18, 2020

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The Vachaer or Förthaer Stein (on 372 NN) has been an obelisk and signpost since 1833 marking the crossing of the Rennsteig through the old trade route from Leipzig via Eisenach to Frankfurt. This transition is one of the most important Thuringian Forest passes with those at the Kalten Küche near Spechtsbrunn and Frauenwald.

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Elevation 390 m

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Saturday 13 June

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