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Barop Tower – Baropturm Observation Tower loop from Keilhau

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Germany
Thuringia
Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Rudolstadt

Barop Tower – Baropturm Observation Tower loop from Keilhau

Easy

4.8

(9)

37

hikers

Barop Tower – Baropturm Observation Tower loop from Keilhau

01:27

4.88km

140m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 14, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

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197 m

Keilhau Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Sweet, typical Thuringian church with a slate roof

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2

1.42 km

Fröbel View Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The hut has gotten a bit old now. Cozy is different! But certainly suitable as a refuge

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3

1.43 km

Barop Tower

Highlight • Monument

A detour to the Baropurm is worth it!

This tower was built in honor of the educator Johann Arnold Barop, who worked in Keilhau.

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1.60 km

Alexander-Hübener-Weg

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now and then somewhat steep, but easy to negotiate

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1.84 km

Barop Tower

Highlight (Segment) • Monument

The tower was built in honor of the educator Johann Arnold Barop, who worked in Keilhau.

The tower is open on the last Sunday of the month from May to …

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1.88 km

Baropturm Observation Tower

Highlight • Monument

The Baropturm is a stone-built tower that was inaugurated in 1878. The 17 meter high tower offers an impressive panoramic view of the Thuringian Forest, the slate mountains and the …

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4.09 km

View of Keilhau

Highlight • Monument

Keilhau is a very beautiful place where there was once a speech therapy school.

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4.32 km

Friedrich Fröbel Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Memorial to the pedagogue Friedrich Froebel (* 1782) who founded the first kindergarten in the world in Bad Blankenburg.

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4.88 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.08 km

1.97 km

672 m

115 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.73 km

1.02 km

645 m

447 m

< 100 m

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Friday 10 July

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