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Ringberg

2,096 ft

Hohe Heide

2,169 ft

Gr. Buchenberg

2,667 ft

Mittlerer

Höhenberg

2,743 ft

Krämerod

2,507 ft

Rennwegskopf

2,395 ft

Hohe Maas

1,578 ft

Dolmar

2,425 ft

Greifenberg

2,956 ft

Ruppberg

2,838 ft

Steinrücke

1,732 m

Gr. Beerberg

3,222 ft

Schneekopf

3,209 ft

Rumpelsberg

2,618 ft

Kickelhahn

2,825 ft

Gr. Finsterberg

3,097 ft

Ehrenberg

2,159 ft

Schneeberg

2,270 ft

Adlersberg

2,779 ft

Schmiedts-

wiesenkopf

2,569 ft

THÜRINGEN

Schloss

Wachsenburg

Burg Gleichen

Thüringer-Wald

Thüringer

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Talsperre

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WARTBURG

FRIEDRICHRODA

GROSSER-

INSELSBERG

SCHMALKALDEN

MEININGEN

OBERHOF

DREI GLEICHEN

SCHLOSS

FRIEDENSTEIN

Schwarzhausen

Seligenthal

Bonndorf Grumbach

Möckers

Aue

Helba

Welkershausen Wichtshausen

Laucha

Mehmels Wallbach

Ellingshausen

Dillstädt

Marisfeld

Vachdorf

Henfstädt

Weingarten

Gamstädt

Grabsleben

Tüttleben

Zimmernsupra

Remstädt

Metebach

Petriroda

Gossel

Gehlberg

Bermbach

Bischofrod

Ermstedt

Molschleben

Uelleben

Teutleben

Wölfis

Neukirchen

Seebach

Brotterode Finsterbergen Georgenthal

Schwallungen

Wasungen

Walldorf

Rohr

Kühndorf

Schwarza

Wutha-

Farnroda

Hörselgau

Benshausen

Thal

Fischbach

Langenhain

Trusen

Tabarz

Reichenbach

Näherstille

Friemar

Mühlberg

Wechmar

Luisenthal

Crawinkel

Gräfenhain

Schmiedefeld

am Rennsteig

Goldlauter

St. Kilian

Hirschbach

Günthersleben

Siebleben

Krauthausen

Brüheim

Stockhausen Haina

Mechterstädt

Winterstein

Bienstädt

Stützerbach

Frauenwald

Schleusingerneundorf

Utendorf

Lengfeld Ahlstädt

Themar

Oberstadt

Albrechts

Viernau

Floh

Altersbach

Rotterode

Kleinschmalkalden

Bad Liebenstein

Holzhausen

Gräfenroda

Geschwenda

Geraberg

Liebenstein

Waltershausen

Zella-Mehlis

Ruhla

Ohrdruf

Steinbach-

Hallenberg

Gotha

Schleusingen

Tambach-

Dietharz

Breitungen

Eisenach

Suhl

Hilltop Castles and Lush Landscapes

Hilltop ski resorts, spa towns, and the network of hiking trails through the

Thuringian Forest (Thüringer Wald) have transformed the “green heart” of

Germany into a holiday playground. Yet, thanks to its fragmentation into a

patchwork of small duchies in the 16th and 17th centuries, Thuringia (Thüringen)

is just as rich in history and art. References to luminaries such as composer

Johann Sebastian Bach, reformer Martin Luther, and writer and polymath

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe appear regularly on a route that begins at a

fairy-tale castle in Eisenach and winds deep into the Thuringian Forest, a wooded

upland where cozy timber-framed towns and ducal palaces nestle beneath pine-

clad hills. The route emerges from this timeless landscape to veer east toward

its final stop, Weimar, a cradle of culture that appeals to head and heart alike.

ACTIVITIES

Hike into the high country on

the 13-mile (20-km) stretch from

Ilmenau or just take a walk around

Grosser Inselsberg

Go skiing in winter and summer

at Oberhof

Try Thuringian bratwurst,

grilled over hot charcoal,

available throughout the region

Explore Goethe’s house

in Weimar

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