Summit of Großer Gleichberg – Steinsburg Museum loop from Römhild
Summit of Großer Gleichberg – Steinsburg Museum loop from Römhild
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Summit of Großer Gleichberg – Steinsburg Museum loop from Römhild
02:21
7.53km
300m
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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 23, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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1.14 km
Naturschutzgebiet Gleichberge
Nature Reserve
1.94 km
Römhild Labor Education Camp Memorial
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The Große Gleichberg is 679 meters above sea level. NN the higher of the two singular equal mountains east of Römhilds in the Grabfeld landscape in the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia.
Basalt was mined in two quarries on the Großer Gleichberg, the Gleichamberger Steinbruch and the Römhilder Steinbruch.
There was a cable car with which the basalt was transported in Loren to the basalt works in Römhild at the station and to Gleichamberg.
The stones were used to build paved Chausseestrassen, then so-called artificial streets, and cobblestone streets, but also to build buildings.
Basalt from the quarries of the Großer Gleichberg can still be found on cobblestone streets all over Germany today.
During the time of National Socialism, from August 1943 to March 1945, there was a labor education camp in the Römhild quarry in which a maximum of about 400 "foreign nationals who were in breach of contract" were interned.
The prisoners had to work in the basalt quarry or in the basalt works at Römhild Bahnhof.
It must be assumed that at least 500 prisoners died in the camp or on the evacuation march in 1945.
During the Cold War, from 1968 to 1991, there was a restricted military area on the summit of the Großer Gleichberg with a radio and radar station of the Soviet armed forces, who left their autographs in the crushing plant.
In 1942, the Große Gleichberg was declared a nature reserve and is now a nature reserve.
(Source: fotowiesel.de)
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2.58 km
View of the Rhön from Kleiner Gleichberg
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2.95 km
Summit of Großer Gleichberg
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3.74 km
Abandoned Gleichamberg Quarry Buildings
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In 1975 the basalt works were assigned to the combine STK (road and civil engineering
Combined) Suhl assigned.
One of the reasons for the permanent closure in 1981 was the fact
that since 1967/68 the Russian army claimed part of the summit plateau for radio surveillance.
The noise and dust during the blasting disrupted this activity. After the closure of the fracture
the Soviet Army took over the entire summit area.
It was a restricted military area until the Soviet troops withdrew in mid-1991.
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3.74 km
Remains of Basalt Mining Facilities
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4.74 km
View of the Kleiner Gleichberg from the Großer Gleichberg
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You can find more pictures under the Thuringian View highlight.
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7.31 km
Steinsburg Museum
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All important information can be found at the following link:
Source: steinsburgmuseum.de
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7.53 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
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5.35 km
1.01 km
739 m
400 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
3.95 km
2.16 km
815 m
313 m
274 m
< 100 m
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