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Ilmtal Cycle Path – Goethe Fountain, Bad Berka loop from Buchfart

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Ilmtal Cycle Path – Goethe Fountain, Bad Berka loop from Buchfart

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Ilmtal Cycle Path – Goethe Fountain, Bad Berka loop from Buchfart

00:53

13.4km

130m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 5.24 km for 192 m

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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228 m

Buchfart Watermill

Highlight • Monument

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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351 m

Ilm Cycle Path Near Buchfart and Felsenburg

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Nice piece of bike path, between Hetschburg and Buchfart. Best surface. In Buchfart, the road is a bit narrow.

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3.51 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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3.87 km

Ilmtal Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

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

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5.39 km

Goethe Fountain, Bad Berka

Highlight • Natural Monument

This spring was discovered in 1807, the fountain pavilion was built in 1909, and it has only been called the Goethe Fountain since 1949.

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10.2 km

Hetschburg village

Highlight • Settlement

Pretty little place with very well-kept half-timbered houses.

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12.6 km

Buchfart Rock Caves

Highlight • Cave

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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13.1 km

Dream trail along the Ilm

Highlight • River

A wonderful path along the ILM

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13.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.31 km

3.93 km

1.93 km

672 m

567 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.7 km

813 m

810 m

405 m

351 m

349 m

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Highest point (320 m)

Lowest point (250 m)

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Thursday 8 October

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