Old Saale Bridge, Jena-Burgau – View of the Kernberge loop from Ruttersdorf-Lotschen

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Old Saale Bridge, Jena-Burgau – View of the Kernberge loop from Ruttersdorf-Lotschen

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Old Saale Bridge, Jena-Burgau – View of the Kernberge loop from Ruttersdorf-Lotschen

02:34

40.8km

320m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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106 m

Ruttersdorf Village Center

Highlight • Settlement

The name Rutersdorf is first documented by the mention of a Reinboto de Rothardestorp in 1216. It is very likely that he named himself after the place near Stadtroda where he probably had a liege. The content of the document and another document written in 1227 naming Reinboto de Rutardesdorf make this seem credible. The place itself was first mentioned in 1349/50.

In 1636 the village church in Rutersdorf was built. From 1873 to 1876 a section of the Weimar-Gera railway was built in Zeitzgrund. In 1909 the town received electricity and in 1930 it was connected to the public water supply. On April 13, 1945, at the end of the Second World War, US soldiers moved into Ruttersdorf. After their withdrawal, the place was in the Soviet occupation zone and from 1949 in the GDR. On July 1, 1950, Rutersdorf merged with the smaller neighboring town of Lotschen to form the community of Rutersdorf-Lotschen. 21 farms in the town were collectivized in 1960 to form the LPG “Buntsandstein” with 1442 hectares of usable area. After reunification, a commercial area was developed on the outskirts in 1992. At the beginning of 2017, 271 people lived in the village.

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13.6 km

Roda Creek

Highlight • River

Small stream that later flows into the Saale

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14.7 km

Park above the Lobeda Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

The tunnel was built from 2003 with the six-lane expansion of the A4 as part of the transport project German unit No. 15 as a landscaped enclosure to relieve the adjacent residential area Jena-Lobeda of traffic noise. A park was built on the tunnel (Wikipedia).

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17.5 km

Beer garden at the weir with a view of the Burgauer Bridge

Highlight • Pub

rustic beer garden directly on the Saale with a view of the old Burgauer bridge

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17.6 km

Old Saale Bridge, Jena-Burgau

Highlight • Bridge

The Alte Jena-Burgau bridge is a 142.4 meter long stone arch bridge from 1534, which spans the Saale at the Jena districts Burgau and Lobeda. (also only Wikipedia ;-)

But it is really nice, especially in winter

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18.2 km

Saaleradweg With View of Johannisberg

Highlight • Cycleway

The Johannisberg is a prominent offshoot of the Wöllmisse, a shell limestone plateau east of Jena. The spur of land that drops steeply towards the Saale valley north of the Alt-Lobeda district bears the remains of two important fortifications from the late Bronze Age and the early Middle Ages. As a result of several archaeological excavations and finds being recovered since the 1870s, they are among the few structures from this period in Thuringia that have been examined.

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19.2 km

View of the Kernberge

Highlight • Viewpoint

A wonderful view of the Kernberge.

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20.6 km

ad hoc Arena in the Ernst Abbe Sports Complex

Highlight • Rest Area

The ad hoc Arena in the Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld is Jena's modern football stadium, where you can experience the home games of FC Carl Zeiss Jena. It offers space for more than 15,000 spectators and is also used for events, conferences, and corporate events.

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End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.6 km

11.4 km

6.48 km

5.28 km

2.20 km

Surfaces

35.5 km

2.88 km

1.68 km

537 m

274 m

Elevation

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Highest point (290 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

18°C

4°C

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

November 5, 2024,Tour nach Stadtroda

The sun lured me to go cycling again today. Who knows how long it will stay so nice. The route is always nice to ride

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April 26, 2023,Einer der schönsten fahrradtouren meines lebens Fahrradtour

Reason: bike and I have risen again after corona, foot and total failure of the tire etc. And it is worth completely disassembling, cleaning and assembling a pedal instead of buying something new

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