Duke's Seat – Rieseneck Hunting Grounds loop from Lenzborn

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Saale-Holzland-Kreis

Hummelshain

Duke's Seat – Rieseneck Hunting Grounds loop from Lenzborn

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Duke's Seat – Rieseneck Hunting Grounds loop from Lenzborn

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3.61km

70m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

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533 m

Duke's Seat

Highlight • Historical Site

This enthroned half-timbered building stands on the edge of the Rieseneck hunting grounds near Hummelshain. The Herzogstuhl is a hunting lodge built between 1915 and 1917 by Duke Ernst II …

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788 m

Bench with a partial view of the Herzogstuhl

Highlight • Viewpoint

Possibility to rest in the forest, but no view from there.

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1.08 km

Rieseneck Hunting Grounds

Highlight • Historical Site

A hide and seek adventure for children.

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1.13 km

Rieseneck Hunting Complex (Touringen Stamp Point No. 53)

Highlight • Historical Site

The Rieseneck hunting grounds are a cultural monument to hunting techniques and history of the 18th and 19th centuries in the Saale-Holzland district of Thuringia.

There are also two underground passages on the site that you can walk through

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1.69 km

Green House (Rieseneck Hunting Lodge)

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The "Green House", built in 1727 as a hunting lodge, was used by the dukes as bad weather accommodation and "dining room". It is located in a forest clearing near …

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1.69 km

Rieseneck Carriage House

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Built in 1716 according to built coat of arms stone. This open building was mainly used to store wagons, carriages and horses. There is a large hayloft under the roof.

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1.75 km

Poem at the Green House Clearing

Highlight • Monument

This poem is in the clearing at the Green House next to the giant corner bench. It reminds day trippers and hikers to behave respectfully and appropriately in pure nature. We are only guests here!

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1.76 km

Rieseneck bench at the Old Oak

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An old oak tree at the hunting facility with a bench around its trunk. It is good to sit here.

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3.61 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.67 km

925 m

Surfaces

2.49 km

1.05 km

< 100 m

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

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December 20, 2024,Auf dem Jagdfieber zur Jagdanlage Rieseneck

The original hunting grounds were built in the second half of the 16th century; the current appearance only came about after the Thirty Years' War. Until the second half of the 18th century, the dukes of Gotha and their guests used the hunting grounds intensively to hunt game kept in a pen. The grounds were continually expanded with the construction …

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July 11, 2026,Auf dem Jagdfieber zur Jagdanlage Rieseneck Touringen ♟️53

A short tour between the night shift on the weekend for the weekly series. With the temperatures it was very pleasant through the forest. A tour stamp 53 was included at the Jagdanlage Rieseneck.

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