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Ruins of Tautenburg Castle – View of the Dornburg Castles loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dornburg-Camburg

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Saale-Holzland-Kreis

Dornburg-Camburg

Ruins of Tautenburg Castle – View of the Dornburg Castles loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dornburg-Camburg

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Ruins of Tautenburg Castle – View of the Dornburg Castles loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dornburg-Camburg

05:11

18.1km

420m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: June 17, 2026

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Gleistalhänge

Hohe Lehde

Waypoints

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5.50 km

Viewpoint

7.51 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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8.15 km

View of Tautenburg Church

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from the Tautenburg ruins .... really a great view

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8.28 km

Ruins of Tautenburg Castle

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The castle hill offers a wonderful view of Tautenburg, the old church and the former home of Friedrich Nietzsche.

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9.27 km

St. Peter and St. John Church, Tautenburg

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As early as 1232, a chapel is said to have stood on the site of the Tautenburg, the mansion of the inns. The foundation stone for today's neo-Gothic Petrus-Johannes-Kirche was laid on June 18, 1882. The building looks very imposing and is worth a visit.

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12.3 km

View of the Saale Valley from Hohe Lehde

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Fantastic old oaks can be admired at the Hohe Lehde viewpoint. The view into the Saaletal makes you forget time.

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12.6 km

Hohe Lehde

Nature Reserve

13.6 km

View over the Saale Valley and the city of Jena

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super nice view. As in the core mountains, you can pause here and let the view work on you.

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14.8 km

View of the Dornburg Castles

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Wonderful view of the ensemble of the three Dornburg palaces. They are located on the edge of a limestone rock plateau above the Saale in Dornburg-Camburg.

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15.4 km

View of the Dornburg Castles

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A great look!

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18.1 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.0 km

3.82 km

2.96 km

347 m

Surfaces

8.34 km

4.94 km

3.99 km

469 m

195 m

160 m

Elevation

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Highest point (340 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Saturday 11 July

29°C

12°C

9 %

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Comments

September 29, 2024,Unsere 3. Etappe Saale Horizontale Beutnitz - Dornburger Schlösser

Our stage:
We started from
Beutnitz - Tautenburg - Hohe Lehde (+318 m) - Dorndorf - Dornburg Castles

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April 24, 2025,Etappe 5: Von Beutnitz nach Dornburg

Today the weather forecast predicted rain, and it was right.

The tour was wet, and the paths were slippery in places.

The Tautenburg Castle ruins are along the way.

The later view, a beautiful vista of the valley and the Saale River, is shrouded in fog.

In Dornendorf, the Saale River is crossed over an old arched bridge.

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July 16, 2022,SH Jena_4. Etappe: Beutnitz - Dornburg

Arrival and departure: train and bus

Route:
In Vogelgrund at the former charcoal burner - Tautenburg ruins - Tautenburg village with a section of the planet path - Torbuche rest area - Hohe Lehde rest area - Sophienterasse - Kneip facility - Carl-Alexander Bridge - Dornburg Palaces

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October 5, 2023,SaaleHorizontale Etappe 5

A very nice path mostly through deciduous forest and meadows. In the extensive Tautenburg Forest there is the state observatory, where the hiking trail in the town of Tautenburg meets the planetary path with informative boards. The only path that is not so nice is the path from Porstendorf train station to the starting point in Beutnitz, which leads across …

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April 28, 2022,Etappe 04 SaaleHorizontale: von Beutnitz nach Dornburg

Arrival: Train to Jena, then bus to Beutnitz
Departure: Train from Dornburg

At first the path led past meadow orchards. It went steadily uphill. A botanical highlight are the wild orchids and peonies, which are sure to shine from afar in June. I would have liked to have visited the Thuringian State Observatory Tautenburg. Unfortunately, there is only a guided …

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March 29, 2025,Saalehorizontale - Etappe V "Im Kraftfeld der Planeten"

The fifth stage of the Saale Horizontal Trail was on the agenda today: "In the Force Field of the Planets" from Beutnitz to Dorndorf. My starting point this time was Porstendorf. From there, a well-signposted access trail leads to the Saale Horizontal Trail, approximately 2.5 km long.

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November 5, 2023,Saale-Horizontale 5. Etappe Von Golmsdorf/Beutnitz nach Dorndorf

Good bye,
It's Sunday again and the overnight rain has miraculously dried up on time in the morning. Okay, not quite in the ground, as the condition of our footwear and legwear made clear to us, but at least from above. Even Klarchen occasionally appeared in the sky between the rushing Sunday morning clouds. So great hiking weather!
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May 29, 2025,SH-Wanderung Burgruine Tautenburg-Dornburger Schlösser

Today we set off on a hike along the Saale Horizontale. We started in Beutnitz, where we took the SH Trail. Once you reach the first meadow with peonies, you should continue across the meadow to the upper path, as I did. There you'll find more beautiful flowers, such as the iris. Simply beautiful to look at. Unfortunately, the peonies …

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Ruins of Tautenburg Castle – View of the Dornburg Castles loop from Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Dornburg-Camburg

Vogelgrund Shelter (Touringen Stamp Point No. 403)

View of Tautenburg Church

Ruins of Tautenburg Castle

St. Peter and St. John Church, Tautenburg

View of the Saale Valley from Hohe Lehde

View over the Saale Valley and the city of Jena

View of the Dornburg Castles

View of the Dornburg Castles

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