Tautenburger Circular Hiking Trail – Ascent to Tautenburg Castle Tower loop from Tautenburg

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Tautenburger Circular Hiking Trail – Ascent to Tautenburg Castle Tower loop from Tautenburg

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Tautenburger Circular Hiking Trail – Ascent to Tautenburg Castle Tower loop from Tautenburg

02:11

8.02km

120m

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: August 17, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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21 m

Tautenburger Circular Hiking Trail

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The almost 6 km long circular hiking trail leads through the beautiful beech forest of the Tautenburger Forest and can be combined with the Planet Trail.

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431 m

Ascent to Tautenburg Castle Tower

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The ascent and descent are quite strenuous and you take this route at your own risk - you could also take a longer route... it is definitely worth it.

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1.02 km

Vogelgrund Shelter (Touringen Stamp Point No. 403)

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Great rest area with stamp station in the shelter.

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1.85 km

What is what in space? – Tautenburger Planet Trail

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Explanation of stars, galaxies and galaxy clusters.

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3.24 km

Shelter An den Kastanien (Touringen Stamp Point No. 404)

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Beautiful refuge in the forest 🌳🌲.
Stamp office No. 404 is also located here.

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4.94 km

What is what in space? (2) - Tautenburg Planet Trail

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Interesting information about the objects in space is available on specially erected steles

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5.78 km

Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg (Karl Schwarzschild Observatory)

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The Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg (TLS) is a non-university research facility in the Free State of Thuringia. It conducts basic research in astrophysics. The astronomers
search for and characterize extrasolar …

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6.39 km

Trebenstein Boundary Stone

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The hiking and cycling trails meet on the Trebenstein. There is a small shelter with the Touringen stamp nearby.

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8.02 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.09 km

1.55 km

1.40 km

Surfaces

5.00 km

2.62 km

350 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 21 October

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6°C

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Comments

February 9, 2025,Tautenburger Planetenpfad (Touringen Stempel 403, 404, 405)

A relatively short round trip for three hiking stamps. But with the journey there and back, it takes six hours. On the way, you can learn a lot of interesting things about our solar system from the information boards set up along the way. The topic is no surprise: on the hike you pass the Thuringian State Observatory "Karl Schwarzschild …

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May 4, 2025,Tautenburg – Burgruine - Planetenpfad - Kirche Tautenburg

A long-standing plan, and today it was completed 👍🏻 A very nice loop. It started in a beautiful little village, climbed up to the castle ruins, and then continued along the Planet Trail toward the observatory (unfortunately closed; see the pictures for opening hours) and back again. I also got three stamps ☺️

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April 12, 2024,Tautenburg(ruine) und Planetenpfad

What a beautiful route... I love it when nature awakens in spring... and I was looking for stamps again 😆. This flat stage mostly leads through the forest on paved paths and if you only stay on the planet path, this route is even suitable for strollers and barrier-free. You can also cycle here very well and find out useful …

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October 23, 2022,Planetenpfad Tautenburg 🌞🪐🌝🌎🛸

We started today's "space tour" in the sun. From here you hike, at a scaled distance of
1 : 1,000,000,000, the most important celestial bodies: the planets, the asteroid belt, the dwarf planets and the Kuiper belt.
Boards at the locations provide interesting information about the objects in space.
The path is very easy to walk on because it is …

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May 31, 2025,Tautenburger Planetenpfad (Touringen Stempel 403, 404, 405)

After two days of touring with children, grandchildren and great-grandmothers, finally enjoy the untouched nature together.

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January 14, 2024,Tautenburger Planetenpfad 🪐🌘☀️❄️(Touringen Stempel 403, 404, 405) leider ohne ♟️ 405

First of all, thanks to @Andrea and @Andre.....a meise✌️ for your inspiration for today's hike 😃 We almost hiked afterwards 😉
Shortly before the end of our tour, Komoot canceled 🙄
That's why there's a short second tour.

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January 1, 2022,2022_01_01 Tautenburg Planetenpfad (TPP)

What is there on 01.01. better than hiking when the night was very, very short?
The planet path is therefore a recommendation because the distance between the planets and their proportions in our solar system can be so convincingly imagined.
If available, also take children with you who can develop a certain idea of the topic.

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