Burghof Kyffhäuser – Kyffhäuser Monument loop from Kyffhäuser

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Burghof Kyffhäuser – Kyffhäuser Monument loop from Kyffhäuser

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Burghof Kyffhäuser – Kyffhäuser Monument loop from Kyffhäuser

00:35

1.98km

50m

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Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 1, 2026

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68 m

Burghof Kyffhäuser

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In 1890, when construction of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial began, the Burghof was built to supply the construction workers in the quarry directly below the construction site. It is modeled …

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723 m

Commemorative Stone of the Associations of German Students

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The German Students' Association's embassy memorial stone is a reminder of how enthusiastically the students received the "social message" of Kaiser Wilhelm I on November 17, 1881. The Kaiser had …

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762 m

Built during the period of the "National Monuments", which had its heyday in the 19th century. The Kyffhäuser Monument is one of the largest of its kind in Germany, along with the Walhalla in Regensburg.

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983 m

Erfurter Gate (Kyffhäuser Castle Gate)

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The Erfurt Gate is a historic Romanesque chamber gate in the upper castle of the Kyffhäuser Monument. It is one of the few remaining parts of the original castle complex …

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1.09 km

Spiral staircase at the Kyffhäuser Monument

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1.98 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.11 km

877 m

Surfaces

1.25 km

399 m

261 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (380 m)

Weather

Sunday 8 November

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Comments

June 23, 2025,Kulturrunde Kyffhäuser Denkmal 😃

In 1991, I completed my honorary service for the German Fatherland for a year in Bad Frankenhausen ☝️. The way home always took me over the Kyffhäuser 🚘, which I must have crossed about 130 times this year, if that's enough 😅. But I never managed to admire the Kyffhäuser Monument. I finally did that today, after a little over …

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October 29, 2021,🇩🇪 Kyffhäuser "Barbarossa-Denkmal"

Visit to the third largest monument in Germany.
The 81m high Kyffhäuser or Barbarossa monument was built between 1892 and 1896 in honor of Kaiser Wilhelm I.

kyffhaeuser-denkmal.de

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