New Pond – Plothen Ponds loop from Plothen

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Vogtland

Saale-Orla-Kreis

Plothen

New Pond – Plothen Ponds loop from Plothen

Easy

4.7

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276

hikers

New Pond – Plothen Ponds loop from Plothen

01:03

4.07km

20m

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: September 25, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

89 m

Small Ponds Near the Youth Hostel

Highlight • Lake

Small pond next to the big one with the house on stilts. A youth hostel with beautiful outdoor facilities is right next to it.

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525 m

New Pond

Highlight • Lake

A beautiful place where you can find peace and relaxation!

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696 m

Stilt House on Hausteich (Touringen Stamp Point No. 352)

Highlight • Monument

This house on the pond is a very nice museum. Also suitable for children. Take a look.

Open from April to October on Sundays and public holidays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., in October also on Saturdays.

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997 m

Plothen Ponds

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wonderful pond landscape, unique to Thuringia
you can swim in some ponds (e.g. Hausteich)
very nice for bird watching

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1.08 km

Hausteich Lake

Highlight • Lake

A walk around the Hausteich in the Land of a Thousand Ponds is worth a trip at any time of year

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1.36 km

Land of a Thousand Ponds

Highlight • Lake

Small parking lot for hikers, very good starting point for hikes in the land of 1000 ponds

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2.72 km

Prince's Pond

Highlight • Lake

With adjacent campsite

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3.64 km

View of Hausteich (Plothen Ponds)

Highlight • Lake

Watch from minute 1.00

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4.07 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.62 km

1.53 km

517 m

383 m

Surfaces

1.56 km

1.23 km

1.00 km

172 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

12°C

6°C

13 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

April 3, 2022,Kleiner Rundweg um die Plothener Teiche

Today according to the motto...." in Plothen you freeze on your paws" 🤭🤣... we set out for a small tour (unfortunately it didn't get any more because we weren't dressed warm enough ❄) around the Plothener Turning ponds .... wonderful natural landscape, many birds 🦢🦆🐦 in the air, on water and on land could be observed... and the best thing …

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February 5, 2022,Land der 1000 Teiche

The Hausteich or Plothenteich, first mentioned in 1511, is the largest pond in Thuringia with over 30 hectares and a circumference of 4 km. In 1611 the stilt house served as an emergency church during the plague epidemic, later as a hunting lodge for Prince Reuss and then the manor of Knau came into his possession with false claims. In …

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