Kyffhausen Lower Castle – Kyffhäuser Monument loop from Naturschutzgebiet Rothenburg

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Kyffhausen Lower Castle – Kyffhäuser Monument loop from Naturschutzgebiet Rothenburg

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Kyffhausen Lower Castle – Kyffhäuser Monument loop from Naturschutzgebiet Rothenburg

07:00

23.8km

620m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.72 km

Kyffhausen Lower Castle

Highlight • Castle

My absolute highlight. The Kyffhäuser Monument is impressive, but the Lower Castle is charming and not overcrowded, at least outside of the holidays. Very romantic.

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2.73 km

Ascent to the Kyffhäuser Monument

Highlight • Trail

Stamp office Touringen stamp 139

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3.05 km

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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3.09 km

Commemorative Stone of the Associations of German Students

Highlight • Monument

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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5.27 km

Naturschutzgebiet Rothenburg

Nature Reserve

6.92 km

Kyffhäuser forest trail

Highlight • Trail

A beautiful hiking trail, especially for families with children. You can learn a lot about the animals living in the Kyffhäuser Mountains and, of course, encounter Barbarossa if you look closely to the left and right of the path. 😁

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7.85 km

Viewpoint

15.6 km

Barbarossa Cave (Touringen Stamp Point No. 135)

Highlight • Cave

The Barbarossa Cave is one of two accessible anhydrite caves in the world and the only anhydrite show cave in Europe.

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16.2 km

Gypsum hill in the Kyffhäuser

Highlight • Natural Monument

The South Harz gypsum karst landscape stretches for around 100 kilometers in length but only a few kilometers in width on the southern slope of the Harz Mountains. Here you …

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16.6 km

Trail through ancient beech forest

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

The closures in Kyffhäuserwalde are due to the risk of trees breaking.
So you walk the fantastic trails at your own risk.

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23.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.8 km

5.98 km

1.46 km

869 m

659 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.9 km

7.13 km

2.46 km

1.64 km

667 m

107 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (450 m)

Lowest point (160 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

12°C

4°C

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

March 22, 2026,𝖅𝖚𝖒 𝕭𝖆𝖗𝖇𝖆𝖗𝖔𝖘𝖘𝖆 𝕶𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊𝖗 𝖎𝖒 𝕶𝖞𝖋𝖋𝖍ä𝖚𝖘𝖊𝖗 (28km)

Once upon a time....

Once upon a time there was a peace emperor named Barbarossa. He fell asleep as Emperor Frederick I in the Holy Land and has been sleeping enchanted ever since with his entire retinue in a cave deep in the Kyffhäuser. While he sleeps, his red beard grows around a stone table. So far it has gone …

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