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Altvaterturm – View of Staatsbruch Lake loop from Brennersgrün

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Altvaterturm – View of Staatsbruch Lake loop from Brennersgrün

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Altvaterturm – View of Staatsbruch Lake loop from Brennersgrün

01:38

13.7km

240m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Naturpark Frankenwald

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Start point

Bus stop

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1.98 km

Altvaterturm

Highlight • Viewpoint

The tower is located on the Wetzstein hill.
A circular hiking trail to Staatsbruch Lehesten also runs here.

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6.92 km

View of Staatsbruch Lake

Highlight • Lake

On the "circular path around the Schiefersee" you always have a great view of the Staatsbruch.

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7.01 km

Slate Cliff at Schieferpark Lehesten

Highlight • Natural Monument

The various colors of the slate, from black to gray, black-blue, and to a lesser extent red and green, can be discovered here. Surface colors are the result of iron-rich …

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7.17 km

Lehesten Slate Mine Stamp Station

Highlight • Historical Site

When you drive into the farm you think: “It’s really nice here with all the slate houses!”

When you get to the edge of the pit, you feel completely overwhelmed …

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7.22 km

Lehesten Slate Quarry Lake

Highlight • Lake

This crater, now full of water, was once the largest open cast slate mine in Europe. Today the lake, which is more than 40 meters deep, and the entire area …

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7.27 km

Doppelspalthütte Lehesten

Highlight • Historical Site

The double splitting hut was added to the GDR's list of industrial monuments as early as the 1980s. By 1993, the building had been saved from complete decay and extensively …

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9.74 km

The so-called Dreiherrenstein bears the coats of arms of the Bishopric of Bamberg, the Principality of Bayreuth and the Principality of Saxony-Saalfeld. It is dated 1717 and had two predecessors from 1513 and 1619.

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11.2 km

Elector stone

Highlight • Monument

The oldest border stone is the Kurfürstenstein, a coat of arms stone from 1513. It has stood on this border for almost five hundred years, today separating Thuringia from Bavaria, …

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13.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.56 km

2.94 km

2.76 km

388 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.28 km

3.86 km

1.14 km

388 m

Elevation

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Highest point (790 m)

Lowest point (620 m)

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Wednesday 9 September

16°C

5°C

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Altvaterturm – View of Staatsbruch Lake loop from Brennersgrün

Altvaterturm

View of Staatsbruch Lake

Slate Cliff at Schieferpark Lehesten

Lehesten Slate Mine Stamp Station

Lehesten Slate Quarry Lake

Doppelspalthütte Lehesten

Dreiherrenstein at Kießlich

Elector stone

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