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Schulpforta Monastery – Bad Kösen Weir loop from Bad Kösen

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Schulpforta Monastery – Bad Kösen Weir loop from Bad Kösen

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Schulpforta Monastery – Bad Kösen Weir loop from Bad Kösen

02:17

8.86km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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995 m

Wheelhouse with waterwheel for brine extraction at the Borlach Shaft in Bad Kösen

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Always impressively beautiful 🌞👫😊

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2.97 km

Beautiful view

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Definitely nice views to Bad Kösen and Naumburg....

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4.75 km

Gothic House Schulpforte

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There are several beautiful buildings & sculptures here

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4.90 km

Abbot's Chapel, Schulpforta Monastery

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As soon as you open the door you are impressed. Counts and church leaders are here. Their tombstones are very elaborately worked and worth seeing.

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5.16 km

Former Cistercian Abbey Church of St Mary and St John the Baptist, Schulpforte

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former Cistercian monastery church of St. Mary and John the Baptist school gate

construction time
12th Century, 13th Century, 19th Century,
20th century,
1136/1137 (start of construction), 1160 to 1170s (extension),
1240s, 1251 (beginning of choir), 1260s to 1268,
until around 1300 (construction of the west facade),
1854 to 1860 (completion, restoration),
1958 to 1967 (restoration), after 1989 (restoration)
architectural style
Romanesque, Gothic, Historicism, Modern
Builder / Architect
–
Condition
The former monastery church in Schulpforte has been renovated.
Todays use
School
Access
The grounds of the Pforta monastery near Naumburg are accessible. The former monastery church in Schulpforte cannot be visited.

Description
type
The former monastery church in Schulpforte is a cruciform basilica.
structure
Natural stone building, richly decorated west facade (19th century), tracery window
inner space
Ribbed vault, high altar, three kings altar, triumphal cross, wooden sculptures

tombs
Alabaster tomb of Margrave George of Meissen, Landgrave of Thuringia (1401),
Tombstones and Epitaphs:

Knight Reinhard Varch (after 1294),
Knight Thimo von Hagenest (1356),
Citizen and a woman (3rd quarter of the 14th century),
Abbot Balthasar Geier (1515),
Pastor Abraham Milius (1586),
Rector Bartholomäus Walther (1590),
teacher Jonas Ekard (1590),
Pastor Wolfgang Cunad (1625),

Source: architektur-blicklicht.de/kirchen/schulpforte-kloster-pforta

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5.24 km

Schulpforta Monastery

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The facility is a very nice school for gifted children. The monastery and its surroundings have something of the well-known schools in England or as if Harry Potter is just around the corner. The old tree with the bench is said to be around 600 years old. You can certainly sit comfortably in its shadow. The old church is also worth seeing.

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5.34 km

Old Mill and the Kleine Saale

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The small Saale is a tributary of the Saale and was diverted to the monastery grounds by the Schulpforta monks to use hydroelectric power.

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8.13 km

Bad Kösen Weir

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Saale weir 🦊💚

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8.86 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.49 km

2.08 km

1.02 km

924 m

349 m

Surfaces

3.63 km

3.55 km

1.18 km

238 m

128 m

109 m

Elevation

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Weather

Today

Tuesday 14 July

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Comments

December 17, 2024,🏡Bad Kösen🚶‍♀️‍➡️🚶‍♂️‍➡️Schulpforte🏰

Hiking day with Bine and everything went according to plan. Apparently the train troublemakers relied on the viruses to keep me in check. 🚂🚃 Outsmarted!!! Spontaneous miracle cure overnight 🪄✨️🤗
Ever since I hiked the Dornburg castles, this beautiful monastery with the strange name has been on my to-do list. The path from Bad Kösen along the small Saale is …

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Wheelhouse with waterwheel for brine extraction at the Borlach Shaft in Bad Kösen

Beautiful view

Gothic House Schulpforte

Abbot's Chapel, Schulpforta Monastery

Former Cistercian Abbey Church of St Mary and St John the Baptist, Schulpforte

Schulpforta Monastery

Old Mill and the Kleine Saale

Bad Kösen Weir

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