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Bleiloch Dam – Sparnberg Wooden Bridge loop from Saalburg-Ebersdorf

Bleiloch Dam – Sparnberg Wooden Bridge loop from Saalburg-Ebersdorf

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Bleiloch Dam – Sparnberg Wooden Bridge loop from Saalburg-Ebersdorf

03:36

66.9km

1,090m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 44.2 km for 53 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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1.70 km

View of Bleiloch Reservoir Near Kloster

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The bike path above the reservoir is well developed.

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6.40 km

Bleiloch Dam

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The 65-meter-high and 205-meter-long gravity dam built between 1926 and 1932 near Gräfenwarth and Schleiz dams 215 million cubic meters of water in the Saale. This makes the Bleilochtalsperre the largest reservoir in Germany in terms of volume.

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35.9 km

Rennsteig Hiker Monument

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The "Rennsteigwanderer" monument is directly opposite the train station. The stone wanderer was donated and erected by Anton Wiede in 1903.

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36.2 km

Confluence of the Selbitz and Saale Rivers

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Confluence of the Selbitz and the Saale not far from the starting point of the Rennsteig in Blankenstein; the Selbitz is a 37 km long tributary of the Saale and …

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36.7 km

Selbitz Bridge and Julius von Plänckner Memorial

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Selbitzbrücke (historical starting point of the Rennsteig) between Blankenstein (Thuringia) and Unterreichenstein (Bavaria) - built in the course of German unity on the former inner-German border over the Selbitz; on …

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38.1 km

View of the Saale Valley

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Border region between Thuringia and Bavaria. Quiet streets with good surface on Bavarian side.

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47.8 km

Sparnberg Wooden Bridge

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Between Rudolphstein and Göritz, the road is very low traffic and ideal for cycling. The bridge is a wooden structure on concrete columns over the Saale.

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49.6 km

Sparnberg Ascent

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A fantastic ascent or descent between Sparnberg and Göritz. Pictured is the only serpentine.

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66.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

53.6 km

5.58 km

4.38 km

3.25 km

169 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

54.4 km

11.0 km

1.28 km

306 m

Elevation

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Highest point (600 m)

Lowest point (410 m)

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Tuesday 26 May

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Bleiloch Dam – Sparnberg Wooden Bridge loop from Saalburg-Ebersdorf

View of Bleiloch Reservoir Near Kloster

Bleiloch Dam

Rennsteig Hiker Monument

Confluence of the Selbitz and Saale Rivers

Selbitz Bridge and Julius von Plänckner Memorial

View of the Saale Valley

Sparnberg Wooden Bridge

Sparnberg Ascent

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