Kyffhäuser Monument – Trail through ancient beech forest loop from Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser

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Kyffhäuserkreis

Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser

Kyffhäuser Monument – Trail through ancient beech forest loop from Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser

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Kyffhäuser Monument – Trail through ancient beech forest loop from Bad Frankenhausen/Kyffhäuser

06:31

23.2km

460m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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189 m

Leaning Tower of the Oberkirche, Bad Frankenhausen

Highlight • Monument

With an overhang of 4.6 meters, it is even one meter more inclined than the Leaning Tower in Pisa. Hard to believe! Looks crazy when you stand in front of it.

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1.78 km

Orchard meadows on Schlachtberg near Bad Frankenhausen

Highlight • Natural

Things are idyllic on the gentle mountain ranges of Schlachtberg near Bad Frankenhausen. The beautiful orchards full of apples, pears and plums invite you to snack. The colorful wildflower meadows …

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6.11 km

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Lake

8.67 km

Commemorative Stone of the Associations of German Students

Highlight • Monument

The German Students' Association's embassy memorial stone is a reminder of how enthusiastically the students received the "social message" of Kaiser Wilhelm I on November 17, 1881. The Kaiser had …

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8.71 km

Kyffhäuser Monument

Highlight • Monument

Built during the period of the "National Monuments", which had its heyday in the 19th century. The Kyffhäuser Monument is one of the largest of its kind in Germany, along with the Walhalla in Regensburg.

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15.3 km

Trail through ancient beech forest

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

The closures in Kyffhäuserwalde are due to the risk of trees breaking.
So you walk the fantastic trails at your own risk.

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16.9 km

Gypsum hill in the Kyffhäuser

Highlight • Natural Monument

The South Harz gypsum karst landscape stretches for around 100 kilometers in length but only a few kilometers in width on the southern slope of the Harz Mountains. Here you …

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17.5 km

Barbarossa Cave (Touringen Stamp Point No. 135)

Highlight • Cave

The Barbarossa Cave is one of two accessible anhydrite caves in the world and the only anhydrite show cave in Europe.

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20.4 km

Trail along the Wipper

Highlight • Trail

Great way along the still small Wipper, easy to walk.
A few seats are available and if you are lucky you can see the rare kingfisher.

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23.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.2 km

6.20 km

2.72 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

5.41 km

4.14 km

1.91 km

882 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Tuesday 20 October

11°C

6°C

89 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

May 12, 2026,🏇Kyffhäuserdenkmal 👑 und 👨‍🎨 Panoramamuseum 🖼️

Today we really made the most of the bad weather🌧️‼️ Constant showers 🌧️ and nasty wind 💨 accompanied us all day 👫🌧️💨‼️
Nevertheless, we went for a proper hike, with many beautiful things and the forest🌳 🌳🌳 belonged to us today💪🏼‼️

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May 12, 2026,Kyffhäuserdenkmal, Panoramamuseum und der schiefe Turm

The highlights in brief:
- the Kyffhäuser Monument,
- the Panorama Museum with the round painting,
- the leaning tower of Bad Frankenhausen.

The wildlife really made us work for it today, but of course, with this weather, you wouldn't even chase a dog 🐶 out, except for @💲ℹ️GGℹ️🚴🏃☀️🥾🥢 🙋🏼‍♂️ S🅰️NDR🅰️🚴🏼‍♀️🚶🏼‍♀️📸 🤦🏼‍♀️.
And so it happened that we were completely …

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