Kickelhahn Tower – View of the Thuringian Forest loop from Erbskopf

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Kickelhahn Tower – View of the Thuringian Forest loop from Erbskopf

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Kickelhahn Tower – View of the Thuringian Forest loop from Erbskopf

01:14

4.17km

120m

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: August 22, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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88 m

Gabelbach Race Memorial

Highlight • Monument

The memorial stone is on the street, please be careful!

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2.59 km

Kickelhahn Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

The dining room above is recommended, delicious and good!

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2.63 km

Kickelhahn Restaurant

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

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2.65 km

View of the Thuringian Forest

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Great excursion destination with a magnificent view

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2.81 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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2.85 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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3.12 km

Forstmeister-Heße Trail

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Always nice on the Kickelhahn and the pub is worth a visit!

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3.80 km

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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4.17 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.54 km

591 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.56 km

1.00 km

271 m

264 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

11°C

5°C

95 %

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Max wind speed: 33.0 km/h

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Comments

November 20, 2024,❄️Im Thüringer Wald 🌲hat‘s geschneit 😊❄️- Ilmenau - über das Jagdhaus Gabelbach zum 🐓Kickelhahn😍🚶‍♀️❄️🌬️

New day, new luck🍀After yesterday's nasty rainy day, it started to snow this morning🌨️. Oh how lovely, I was really happy about it😊 and before I head south again today, I'm going for a little walk via the Gabelbach hunting lodge to the Kickelhahn, a bit on the Goethe hiking trail without the beautiful panoramic views. It's snowing ❄️❄️ and …

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January 15, 2022,Kleine Runde zum Kickelhahn

Kickelhahn is always nice, unfortunately the paths were pretty icy today.

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June 27, 2024,Wanderung im Kickelhahn- Revier

Today after the rain a nice tour towards Kickelhahn in the evening ✨ great views at the Kickelhahn and also on the panorama path.

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September 4, 2021,Rund um den Kickelhahn (5 Kilometer A-Wurf Tour)

Maybe not the big round, but enough for a litter meeting with five Eurasier dogs + accompaniment (a total of around 18 people present!) By the families present. With such a large group, the broad paths, which weren't too steep, were easy to walk. However, there was nothing to think about of a panoramic view of Ilmenau, as the tall …

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