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Burgk Castle – Ziemestal Viaduct loop from Burgk

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Burgk Castle – Ziemestal Viaduct loop from Burgk

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4.7

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Burgk Castle – Ziemestal Viaduct loop from Burgk

02:59

35.7km

590m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a very steep uphill segment

You may need to push your bike.

After 30.5 km for 351 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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610 m

Burgk Castle

Highlight • Castle

The fairy tale “The Golden Goose” was filmed at Burgk Castle.

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1.97 km

Wooden bridge with views of Burgk Castle

Highlight • Bridge

Very nice building with a wonderful view of Burgk Castle from below. After the bridge turn left and you will get to the Jägersteig. Nice hiking trail.

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2.11 km

View of Burgk Castle at the confluence of the Sormitz

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great view of Burgk Castle

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15.7 km

Simply amazing! A great destination for a railway embankment hike from Ziegenrück. 1 viaduct and 3 tunnels and then this bridge! The hike on the railway tracks with the dark tunnels is also great for the kids.

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16.3 km

Otterbach Wooden Bridge Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

short section over the wooden bridge on the Otterbach to get out below the Ziemestalbrücke and then the best way to continue on the trail through the creek bed (komoot.de/highlight/3498586) 👌🏻

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20.1 km

Saale Singletrail Below Hemmkoppe

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Beautiful, narrow, partly rooty and stony single trail, best as a downhill ride from the direction of Drognitz/Liebschütz. 👌🏻 Please be considerate of hikers! For me more S1 than S0, …

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24.8 km

Paved Cycle Path Ziegenrück–Walsburg Along the Saale

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Beautiful piece of nature. Splendid

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30.5 km

An der Bretmühle

Forest

32.9 km

Ruhholz

Forest

33.1 km

View of the Walsburg Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful, very quiet in the middle of nature. Directly at the Saale RWW

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35.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.3 km

6.76 km

2.43 km

1.85 km

265 m

145 m

Surfaces

14.0 km

9.53 km

7.45 km

3.96 km

553 m

316 m

Elevation

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Highest point (580 m)

Lowest point (310 m)

Weather

Wednesday 15 July

27°C

12°C

16 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

June 9, 2023,Kleine Saalerunde

I also got the round from the "mountain bike".
The section to Walsburg is relaxed along the Saale, then up to Dörflas and on brilliant trails to Burgk Castle! After that, unfortunately, eternal gravel follows, and unfortunately it has just been brought in, so I switched to the street!
The great trail along the Oberlandbahn is partly overgrown with grass …

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August 17, 2024,2. Aktivtour DIMB IG Thüringer Meer🚵🏼‍♂️🚵🏼‍♂️

The second active tour was also a complete success. We were able to spend a few hours with great people and the good mood was not spoiled by the blackberries or trees on the trails😅 Many thanks to all participants. See you next time 👋🏽

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September 1, 2024,Mountainbike-Tour: Bike und Draisine

The starting point today was Ziegenrück, from there we did a lap before going up to the starting point of the draisine, the bikes were loaded onto trailers so that they could be taken down on the draisine.

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Burgk Castle – Ziemestal Viaduct loop from Burgk

Burgk Castle

Wooden bridge with views of Burgk Castle

View of Burgk Castle at the confluence of the Sormitz

Ziemestal Viaduct

Otterbach Wooden Bridge Trail

Saale Singletrail Below Hemmkoppe

Paved Cycle Path Ziegenrück–Walsburg Along the Saale

View of the Walsburg Reservoir

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