Kickelhahn Observation Tower – Kickelhahn Tower loop from Erbskopf

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Kickelhahn Observation Tower – Kickelhahn Tower loop from Erbskopf

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4.8

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615

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Kickelhahn Observation Tower – Kickelhahn Tower loop from Erbskopf

01:41

5.53km

200m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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788 m

Gabelbach Hunting Lodge Museum

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The simple late baroque functional building was hastily erected in the summer of 1783 to serve as a guest house for Karl August and his hunting party. Building materials were …

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1.74 km

Goethe Cabin on Kickelhahn

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“Over all peaks there is peace…” Goethe wrote on the wall of this small refuge on September 6, 1780. Because of these verses that were written here and later became …

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1.79 km

Historic hunting blind and hunting site on the Hausberg

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Directly on the summit next to the hunting lodge is the covered shelter with wooden benches, from which the game attracted by food was shot.
The Goethewanderweg signposted here from …

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2.03 km

Kickelhahn Restaurant

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You have a very nice outdoor area with a great panoramic view.

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2.05 km

Kickelhahn Tower

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The dining room above is recommended, delicious and good!

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3.05 km

Great Hermannstein and Cave

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The Hermannstein, with its cave, was among Goethe's favorite places. On August 6, 1776, he visited it with Charlotte von Stein. Shortly thereafter, he drew the cave. He dedicated these …

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3.25 km

Hermannstein with a view of Manebach

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Great hiking trail through the forest

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5.53 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.33 km

1.18 km

Surfaces

3.63 km

1.87 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

8°C

5°C

96 %

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Comments

September 15, 2024,Wanderung auf den Kickelhahn

Today we're going home, but first we're going to the Kickelhahnberg,🐓 it's hard to leave the area. There's a nice little restaurant at the top ☕️🍰
The small Goetheweg is highly recommended, it leads past the Goethehäuschen and the large Hermannstein. The start is the hiking car park Waldstr. Ilmenau🚗

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September 15, 2024,Abschieds-Wanderung zum Kickelhahn

After the week of hiking in the Rennsteig, we wanted to visit the Kickelhahn. A short walk from the hiking car park to the mountain and a warming chocolate drink in the cozy mountain restaurant took us further to Goethe's hunting lodge. We finished the walk with a wide view from the Hermannstein and were quickly back at the car …

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November 1, 2022,Kickelhahn – Großer Hermannstein Runde von Stützerbach

Of course, once you're here, you also want to visit the Goethehäuschen, even if the original eventually fell victim to a fire. If you can combine that with such a nice lap, all the better. Especially the section from the Kickelhahnturm to the Herrmannstein goes over natural paths, over hill and dale, needle carpets, partly also grass paths through the …

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November 20, 2024,Kickelhahn.

Herzogröder Wiesen car park
Großer Hermannstein
Goethehäuschen
Historic hunting grounds
Kickelhahn
Gabelbach hunting lodge - museum
Car park

We started at 9:30 a.m. at the car park, it started to snow and didn't stop.

At the end, around 2 p.m., there was about 5 cm of fresh snow.

That was, so to speak, the first winter hike of the season.

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December 31, 2024,Silvester zum Kickelhahn ☀️

Small New Year's Eve walk past the Gabelsbach hunting lodge, stamping at the Goethehäuschen to the Kickelhahn❄️☀️
We wish everyone a happy new year and a healthy and adventurous 2025 🍀😃!

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