Schönbrunn Reservoir – Schönbrunn Reservoir loop from Frauenwald

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Schönbrunn Reservoir – Schönbrunn Reservoir loop from Frauenwald

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Schönbrunn Reservoir – Schönbrunn Reservoir loop from Frauenwald

03:27

12.2km

250m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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12 m

Frauenwald Monument with Red Deer Sculpture

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Some photos to the townscape of the resort Frauenwald.

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2.07 km

Panorama Loop

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Foresight with foresight, that's what this 10.4-kilometer, rather easy hiking trail promises.
It runs through the changing landscapes of dense mixed mountain and spruce forest as well as wide open land.

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2.58 km

View of the Thuringian Forest

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The Thuringian Forest Nature Park extends over the area around the Rennsteig in the Thuringian Forest, in the High Thuringian Slate Mountains with the Schwarzatal valley and on the western flank of the Franconian Forest between Eisenach in the northwest and Sonneberg in the southeast.
He includes, among other things, the so-called dam region around the Alte Gothaer Talsperre (also called Talsperre Tambach-Dietharz), the Schmalwasser, the Ohra and the Lütsche dams, the Erletor dam, the Schönbrunn dam at the transition from the Thuringian Forest to the Slate Mountains, but also the Schwarzatal valley with the Scheibe-Alsbach dam and the Goldisthal pumped-storage power station and the Lichtetal valley with the Leibis-Lichte drinking water dam.
The 170 km² large Vessertal-Thuringian Forest Biosphere Reserve is enclosed by the nature park.
The highest elevations in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park are the Großer Beerberg (982 m above sea level) and the Schneekopf (978 m above sea level) in the Thuringian Forest.
The Großer Farmdenkopf in the Thuringian Slate Mountains reaches 869 m above sea level, the mountain peaks Kieferle (867 m above sea level) and Bleßberg (865 m above sea level) are almost the same height.
The Thuringian Forest Nature Park directly adjoins the Franconian Forest and Thuringian Slate Mountains-Upper Saale Nature Parks.
Together, the three nature parks form a contiguous nature park area of approx. 4000 km².

(Source: Wikipedia)

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5.04 km

Schönbrunn Reservoir

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Deeply embedded between valleys, streams fill the pre-dam and the main basin of the Schönbrunn dam.

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5.17 km

View of the Vorsperre in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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Beautiful paths through the forest and a great view from the forelock

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6.59 km

Schönbrunn Reservoir

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Just chill, clear your head, hike around a small reservoir.
And for sporty ones with the MTB.🙂

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8.39 km

Lakeside Picnic Area at Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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10.2 km

Schönbrunn Dam Loop Trail

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Super nice and worthwhile circumnavigation of the dam.
Also suitable for a gravel bike tour. Don't forget water and granola bars.

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12.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.53 km

2.07 km

372 m

211 m

Surfaces

5.91 km

3.26 km

1.25 km

1.17 km

588 m

Elevation

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Highest point (770 m)

Lowest point (550 m)

Weather

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Comments

August 4, 2022,Runde Frauenwald -Talsperre Schönbrunn (Vorsperre Schleusegrund)

Beautiful circular hike not far from the Rennsteig. Start in Frauenwald at the church. The dam is beautifully embedded in the Thuringian Forest and you walk around the Vorsperre Schleusegrund before heading back to the starting point in Frauenwald via a wonderful forest path.
Then we stopped at the Rennsteig train station, where the first two photos were taken.
There …

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August 11, 2021,Natur pur – Stausee Schönbrunn Runde von Nordstraße

Sopho, Micha and Bella followed up with a hike in the Thuringian Forest. In the best hiking weather in beautiful nature.

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April 22, 2023,Rastplatz Mühlkopfquelle – Stausee Schönbrunn Runde von Frauenwald

Get out... get out of the house and into nature when the weather is nice. The trees are all in bud and will probably unfurl their foliage in the next few days.. wonderful.

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