Upper Mill Hetschburg – Pfeiffer's Mill loop from Kahla (Thür)

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Upper Mill Hetschburg – Pfeiffer's Mill loop from Kahla (Thür)

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Upper Mill Hetschburg – Pfeiffer's Mill loop from Kahla (Thür)

04:57

81.3km

700m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 14, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 60.5 km for 58 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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36.9 km

Upper Mill Hetschburg

Highlight • Monument

The upper mill was built around 1750 with stones from the Berka castle. Today there are private apartments here.

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38.2 km

Below the Felsenburg

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

A unique cultural monument near Weimar!
"Do you know the castle, dug in mountainous rock, which rises from the valley towering to the sky? Waves of the foot around her, …

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40.2 km

Pfeiffer's Mill

Highlight • Monument

...a working watermill on the Ilm River, right next to a covered wooden bridge. Rebuilt in 1613, it operated commercially until 1968, and the iron waterwheel was reconstructed in 1982.

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40.3 km

Covered Wooden Bridge in Buchfart

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The landmarked covered house bridge from 1816 crosses the Ilm in Buchfart over a length of 43 meters and offers a track width of 3.20 meters. On both sides are …

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60.5 km

Oldest Tree in Jena (Summer Linden at the Papiermühle Brewery Beer Garden)

Highlight • Natural Monument

Quaint pub with home-brewed delicious beer. You can also join a guided tour of the brewery. In summer you sit comfortably in the beer garden around an ancient linden around it

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66.5 km

Seilbahnanlage Pennickental

Ruins

67.2 km

Burgau Stone Bridge (Burgauer Brücke)

Highlight • Bridge

67.3 km

The Alte Jena-Burgau bridge is a 142.4 meter long stone arch bridge from 1534, which spans the Saale at the Jena districts Burgau and Lobeda. (also only Wikipedia ;-)

But it is really nice, especially in winter

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