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Upper Mill Hetschburg – Buchfart Rock Caves loop from Kranichfeld

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Upper Mill Hetschburg – Buchfart Rock Caves loop from Kranichfeld

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Upper Mill Hetschburg – Buchfart Rock Caves loop from Kranichfeld

02:26

35.6km

440m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 15, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 32.0 km for 60 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.97 km

Grill Hut at Ilmtal-Radweg

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Very nice, well-kept rest and barbecue area

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12.9 km

Upper Mill Hetschburg

Highlight • Monument

The upper mill was built around 1750 with stones from the Berka castle. Today there are private apartments here.

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14.2 km

Below the Felsenburg

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

A unique cultural monument near Weimar!
"Do you know the castle, dug in mountainous rock, which rises from the valley towering to the sky? Waves of the foot around her, …

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15.5 km

Buchfart Rock Caves

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The Buchfarter Felsenburg, located on the steep shell limestone slope of the Illm River, is the only structure of its type in Central Germany and of particular cultural and historical …

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16.2 km

Pfeiffer's Mill

Highlight • Monument

...a working watermill on the Ilm River, right next to a covered wooden bridge. Rebuilt in 1613, it operated commercially until 1968, and the iron waterwheel was reconstructed in 1982.

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16.3 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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19.9 km

Casparibank - Touring stamp 429

Highlight • Rest Area

Just a few benches. At this point, however, a super cool toboggan run over 2 km into the Ziegental begins!

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32.1 km

Tannroda Castle

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Tannroda is located in the Middle Ilmtal at the confluence of the Schwarza and Ilm and today belongs to the town of Bad Berka. The well-preserved and now renovated keep …

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35.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.9 km

8.41 km

6.59 km

1.42 km

1.22 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

20.0 km

11.1 km

1.56 km

1.48 km

1.33 km

202 m

Elevation

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Highest point (460 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

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Sunday 24 May

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Upper Mill Hetschburg – Buchfart Rock Caves loop from Kranichfeld

Grill Hut at Ilmtal-Radweg

Upper Mill Hetschburg

Below the Felsenburg

Buchfart Rock Caves

Pfeiffer's Mill

Covered Wooden Bridge in Buchfart

Casparibank - Touring stamp 429

Tannroda Castle

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