Rennsteig Meadow – Playhouse at Frauenwald Moor loop from Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

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Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

Rennsteig Meadow – Playhouse at Frauenwald Moor loop from Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

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Rennsteig Meadow – Playhouse at Frauenwald Moor loop from Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

03:03

11.3km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 5, 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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1.72 km

Rennsteig Portal Schmiedefeld on the Rennsteig

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The Rennsteig is the oldest and best-known long-distance hiking trail in Germany. It leads over exactly 169.3 kilometers from Hörschel near Eisenach to Blankenstein.
The path over the ridge of …

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2.54 km

Räuberbahn Playground on the Old Railway Embankment

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Nice destination with a great train station 👍👍🍀

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2.74 km

Railway Carriage Bench on the Rennsteig–Frauenwald Trail

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The railway ran here until the 1960s. The former railway embankment is now a hiking and cycling trail. The break bench is designed as a wagon to match the railway …

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4.41 km

Old Railway Embankment (Rennsteig–Frauenwald)

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Out into the woods. see green. Lubricate desk joints, shake the media boom out of your head. A 3/4 hour, around 3 kilometers. TIP: Well suited for Nordic walking on …

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7.86 km

Playhouse at Frauenwald Moor

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Beautifully situated with a view over the raised moor in Frauenwald

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8.04 km

Frauenwald Raised Bog

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Frauenwald is home to one of the rare raised bogs in the Thuringian Forest.

Due to its climatic, geological and geomorphological conditions, Thuringia has always been one of the low-moor …

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10.4 km

Blackwater Creek

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A small stream babbles along happily here. You can sit down next to it and take a break.

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11.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.26 km

1.18 km

483 m

442 m

Surfaces

6.60 km

2.97 km

1.55 km

151 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 9 November

7°C

-1°C

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Comments

April 30, 2023,Hotel Gastinger-Rennsteig-Frauenwald-Runde

End of April 2023 partly quite muddy paths. Good footwear required.

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August 16, 2022,Rennsteig Eisenbahn Genusswanderung

Today we partly followed a former railway line, whose railway embankment was expanded as a cycle and hiking trail. I was personally impressed by the loving and imaginative design of the path - right up to a kind of open-air museum in which locals have deposited relics from the old days. We also crossed a special hiking trail for children …

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July 9, 2024,Bunker aus DDR Zeiten angeschaut, hoch interessant, selbst CIA wusste es nicht 😄

The destination was the bunker from the GDR era, built between 1979 and 1985.

With an internal temperature of 11 degrees, we looked at the bunker, then we went for a nice walk on the Rennsteig. It was very beautiful there.

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February 4, 2023,Schmiedefeld a Rstg und Frauenwald ist Allzunah 😅❄️🚃

The starting point was the Hotel Gastinger in the direction of the center of Schmiedefeld. This is where the MDR is filming for "Unser Dorf hat Wochenend" at the weekend.
A bit on the Dr.Wald way we went past the Lenkgrund to Frauenwald. There was a little refreshment here with 🌭 and mulled wine 😊
Back on the old railway …

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