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Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Probstzella

Lauenstein Castle – Cook's Grave loop from Probstzella

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Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt
Probstzella

Lauenstein Castle – Cook's Grave loop from Probstzella

Moderate

4.7

(24)

101

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Lauenstein Castle – Cook's Grave loop from Probstzella

04:40

15.5km

480m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Naturpark Frankenwald

Waypoints

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Start point

Train Station

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1

219 m

Haus des Volkes Bauhaus Ensemble

Highlight • Monument

The Thuringian industrial pioneer Franz Itting, who had already built a power plant in Probstzella in 1909, commissioned the "Haus des Volkes" (People's House) in 1925. The socially minded entrepreneur …

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3.03 km

Former Border Tower

Highlight • Monument

The three-story, authentic GDR border tower houses the exhibition "Perpetrators, Victims, Accomplices." Created by journalist and author Roman Grafe ("The Border Through Germany") at this historically authentic location, it is …

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3

5.36 km

Factory outlet Lauensteiner chocolates and café in the old mill building.

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8.43 km

Lauenstein Castle

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This hilltop castle, originally part of the Orlagau region, was built over a thousand years ago in the midst of a clearing on the upper reaches of the Saale River …

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10.2 km

Cook's Grave

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One of the 13 stations on the 5.7-kilometer-long Fairytale Trail features the cook's grave as its theme—albeit not particularly child-friendly. The alleged gravestones are presumably fragments of former boundary stones …

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10.9 km

Thuringian Warte Observation Tower

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The 26.5-meter-high observation tower on the Ratzenberg (678 meters) is only about 200 meters from the state border between Bavaria and Thuringia. The inner-German border strip, now protected as the …

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7

11.1 km

If you come from the tower, you will pass by here quickly, otherwise a very nice foretaste

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13.8 km

This beautiful view results over the beautiful meadow

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15.5 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.86 km

2.94 km

1.38 km

1.08 km

673 m

442 m

109 m

Surfaces

4.82 km

3.25 km

2.62 km

2.22 km

1.92 km

581 m

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

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Monday 29 June

23°C

17°C

75 %

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