Steinmühlen Weir on the Saale River – Kaiserhöhe Slate Cliffs loop from Hirschberg

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Vogtland

Saale-Orla-Kreis

Hirschberg

Steinmühlen Weir on the Saale River – Kaiserhöhe Slate Cliffs loop from Hirschberg

Easy

4.8

(13)

hikers

Steinmühlen Weir on the Saale River – Kaiserhöhe Slate Cliffs loop from Hirschberg

00:55

3.23km

70m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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301 m

Hirschberg Saale Bridge — Former Inner German Border

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The border between the FRG and the GDR used to be here

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338 m

Museum of Tannery and Local History Hirschberg

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Until the 1990s, the tannery was the main industry in Hirschberg. After the tannery had to declare bankruptcy in 1992, the factory buildings were demolished. The administration building and the …

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408 m

Saale weir in Untertiefengrün

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A little further upstream, water hikes are also possible.

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1.01 km

Steinmühlen Weir on the Saale River

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Directly at the Saalestau is a small rest area where you can listen to the rush of the water and maybe have a beer roaring :-)

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1.07 km

Wenzel Cave

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A chasm that was probably artificially widened.

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1.68 km

Bench with panoramic view of the River Saale

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2.42 km

Saalebank – Longest wooden bench

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Actually just a joke for the Guinness book.

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3.23 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

1.53 km

1.00 km

348 m

295 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

1.28 km

683 m

604 m

241 m

226 m

205 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 17 October

12°C

7°C

12 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

March 19, 2024,Thüringen (Thüringer Schiefergebirge): Urwaldpfad Hirschberg; 190324

After the beautiful tour recently in the Plothen pond landscape, I was back in Thuringia today, in Hirschberg. There has recently been a circular hiking trail there under the collective title “Thüringer Urwaldpfade”. Behind this lies a new path concept that clearly shows the gradual conversion of the forest from a plantation economy into a useful and, above all, climate-resistant …

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