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Vogtland

View of the Saale Valley – Starting Stone Rennsteig loop from Berg

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Germany
Saxony
Vogtland

View of the Saale Valley – Starting Stone Rennsteig loop from Berg

Moderate

5.0

(1)

15

riders

View of the Saale Valley – Starting Stone Rennsteig loop from Berg

01:37

31.2km

520m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.75 km for 85 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

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1

4.72 km

Saale Bridge at the Blankenberg Paper Mill

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Ferdinand Traugott Flinsch introduced mechanical papermaking in Blankenberg in 1843. Parchment paper and printing paper were still produced in this Thuringian town on the Saale River until 1993. Today, you can learn more about that era in a museum.

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2

5.22 km

View of the Saale Valley

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Border region between Thuringia and Bavaria. Quiet streets with good surface on Bavarian side.

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3

6.70 km

Selbitz Bridge and Julius von Plänckner Memorial

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Selbitzbrücke (historical starting point of the Rennsteig) between Blankenstein (Thuringia) and Unterreichenstein (Bavaria) - built in the course of German unity on the former inner-German border over the Selbitz; on …

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4

6.75 km

Selbitz Bridge (Rennsteig Trail Endpoint)

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Beautiful wooden bridge over the Selbitz, a few meters before it flows into the Saale. The Selbitz used to be the border river between the GDR and the Federal Republic …

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6.79 km

Starting Stone Rennsteig

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It's an old tradition that you don't conquer the Rennsteig completely unencumbered, but weigh yourself down with a stone. Not with just any stone, of course, but with one that …

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6

6.82 km

Hiking hub

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Anyone who has experienced the inner-German border can only be amazed at the freedom to walk one of these five national hiking trails.

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7

7.84 km

Former inner-German border

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Where for decades high barbed wire fences, mighty watchtowers and menacing gun and mine systems separated the people of Bavaria and Thuringia from each other, today our guests can experience …

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8.11 km

Lichtenberg Climb

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Nice climb, which is relatively even and calculable to drive.

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24.8 km

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Forest

B

31.2 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

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22.0 km

5.34 km

3.06 km

316 m

265 m

207 m

Surfaces

27.6 km

2.98 km

322 m

215 m

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Saturday 10 October

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