The Schmücke – Schmücke Lodge and Beer Garden loop from Gehlberg

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The Schmücke – Schmücke Lodge and Beer Garden loop from Gehlberg

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The Schmücke – Schmücke Lodge and Beer Garden loop from Gehlberg

00:49

10.9km

270m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.75 km

Schmücke Inn

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Great inn (especially the goulash) and a great starting point for day hikes in the Thuringian Forest.

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4.75 km

View from Schmücke Terrace

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Super nice view from the jewelry

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4.75 km

Shoe Tree at Schmücke

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Nice highlight on the decoration.

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4.83 km

The Schmücke

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The Schmücke is the highest settlement on the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest, consisting of a hotel, the Baudensaal rucksack meeting and a weather station.
The adornment was first mentioned …

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5.49 km

Highest Paved Point of the Thuringian Forest (942 m)

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Very drivable. Unfortunately the sign was stolen.

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5.63 km

The forest guesthouse and hiking accommodation “Suhler Hütte” is idyllically located in the central massif of the Thuringian Forest, on the Rosenkopfchaussee between the well-known weapons town of Suhl and the municipality of Gehlberg.

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6.14 km

Schmücke Lodge and Beer Garden

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About ten kilometers from Oberhof is the Hotel / Restaurant Schmücke. If you want to stay "in the green": Here is the opportunity. Speaking of opportunity. At Schmücke's there are …

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10.4 km

Burmeister Butchery Gehlberg

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best bratwurst far and wide!!!

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10.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.7 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.7 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 29 October

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Comments

July 10, 2023,Ferienbeginn am Schneekopf🤩☀️

In the middle of Germany but felt very far away - today we spontaneously went to Gehlberg am Rennsteig, fantastic! The first short and crisp round went to the Schneekopf - with total silence, loneliness and distant views. It doesn't get any better than that.

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