Ilmtal Cycle Path – Weimar Market Square loop from Tonndorf

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Ilmtal Cycle Path – Weimar Market Square loop from Tonndorf

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Ilmtal Cycle Path – Weimar Market Square loop from Tonndorf

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62.6km

570m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

Last updated: October 30, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 42.5 km for 119 m

Waypoints

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8.00 km

Ilmtal Cycle Path

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A dream to ride here. You have a direct view of the river and, during the hot season, the shade of the trees. What more could you want?

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11.5 km

Limestone Cliffs near Kranichfeld

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Beautiful small section of the cycle path along the limestone cliffs. You feel a bit like you're in Saxon Switzerland. The short stretch is therefore interesting, varied and a certain eye-catcher.

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23.8 km

Ilmtal Cycle Path

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Quiet route with a bit of a climb for "normal" bikes ;-)

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26.8 km

Buchfart Rock Caves

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The Buchfarter Felsenburg, located on the Muschelkalk steep slope of the Ilm, is the only structure of its kind in the Central German region and of particular cultural-historical significance. It …

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27.4 km

Buchfart Watermill

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The old mill has been restored and is now operational again. With hydropower, the old machine technology can be used again for grinding grain. In the associated mill shop with …

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27.5 km

Covered Wooden Bridge in Buchfart

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The landmarked covered house bridge from 1816 crosses the Ilm in Buchfart over a length of 43 meters and offers a track width of 3.20 meters. On both sides are …

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37.8 km

GLB Burgholz

Nature Reserve

40.7 km

Swinging bridge

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At first there was a wooden bridge in its place, which was probably a raft bridge. The massive version was made in 1833. The approximately two-meter-wide bridge has a length of 14 meters (Wikipedia).

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42.5 km

Stadtschloss

Castle

43.1 km

Weimar Market Square

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The city of Weimar organizes the weekly market daily from Monday to Saturday on the market square in front of the town hall (Green Market)

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62.6 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.0 km

18.4 km

12.3 km

8.65 km

392 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

51.2 km

4.02 km

3.88 km

2.49 km

988 m

135 m

Elevation

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Highest point (360 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

Weather

Friday 13 November

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

April 14, 2024,Ilmtal-Radweg – Holzkastenbrücke Buchfart Runde von Weimar Berkaer Bahnhof

Komoot ate the first 4 kilometers! It was 54km! 😉

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May 1, 2025,Von Goethes Gartenhaus in Tieford über Weimar und Bad Berka nach Kranichfeld

Today we cycled along the beautiful Ilm Cycle Path from Weimar to Kranichfeld and back again.

The tour had quite a bit of elevation gain 😅 but luckily we had our e-bikes.

The Ilm Cycle Path is incredibly beautiful and varied, and much of it runs directly along the water.

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September 6, 2023,Weimar-Ilmtalradweg-Bad Berka-Kranichfeld-Hohenfelden

Today 2nd tour from Weimar.
Beautiful cycle path along the Ilm.
Particularly scenic.
There was even excellent coffee and cake in Kranichfeld.☕️🧀
Weather bombastic.

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May 26, 2025,Weimar-Bad Berka-Stausee Hohenfelden

From Weimar to Belvedere Palace and then down into the Ilm Valley near Buchfart. We followed the Ilm Cycle Path to Bad Berka and Niederburg Castle in Kranichfeld. We continued to Hohenfelden Reservoir, past Tonndorf Castle, and along a magnificent, scenic high-altitude trail back to Bad Berka. We then returned to Weimar on the Ilm Cycle Path.

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