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Saale Cycle Path – View of the Dornburg Palaces loop from Großschwabhausen

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Saale Cycle Path – View of the Dornburg Palaces loop from Großschwabhausen

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Saale Cycle Path – View of the Dornburg Palaces loop from Großschwabhausen

08:58

144km

1,090m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 29, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 61.6 km for 87 m

After 77.4 km for 172 m

After 80.0 km for 88 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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36.1 km

Stadtschloss Ludwigsburg

Castle

36.8 km

Rudolstadt Market Square

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Beautiful location with many treasures to discover - history and appropriate architecture! de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolstadt

In the ice cream parlor in the square you can feel the flair with a delicious ice …

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39.2 km

Porzellanfabrik Karl Ens

Ruins

45.2 km

Saale Cycle Path

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One of the most beautiful sections of the cycle path

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49.0 km

Saalfeld

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The Saalfeld town hall is an early Renaissance building on the market square in Saalfeld in the Saalfeld-Rudolstadt district in Thuringia. It is the seat of the Saalfeld city administration …

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50.3 km

Saale River at Saalfeld

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The Saale is always an eye-catcher. Most of it is simply beautiful in its natural state.

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71.2 km

Weißenburg

Castle

97.7 km

Saale River at Maua

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The Saale flows leisurely through the landscape near Maua. From the bridge you have a nice view and with a bit of luck you can wave to a few boaters.

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103 km

Seilbahnanlage Pennickental

Ruins

110 km

Ehemalige Fäkalienfelder am Talstein

Nature Reserve

121 km

Carl Alexander Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The renovation was successful. If you come from Jena you drive over and then up to the Dornburger castles. There is also a good view of the castles from the bridge.

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122 km

View of the Dornburg Palaces

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Nice view of the Dornburg castles 🦊🙏

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130 km

Kunitz House Bridge

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The Kunitz House Bridge, newly built in 2012, is beautifully restored. Inside, there's an information panel about the bridge's history. The square in front of the bridge is a lovely place to take a break.

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144 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

45.2 km

33.0 km

32.0 km

27.6 km

4.78 km

1.07 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

125 km

5.69 km

5.58 km

4.06 km

2.75 km

576 m

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (130 m)

Weather

Friday 3 July

21°C

9°C

26 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

September 5, 2023,Radtour Tag 7: Saalfeld - Camburg

Today we started at 8:30 a.m.... with a flat front tire. At 9 a.m. we were able to cycle off in beautiful summer weather. We are now cycling on the Saale cycle path.

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June 17, 2024,Von Saalfeld nach Camburg ( 2.Tag ) 17.6.2024

After almost a year, the bike tour along the Saale continues. Saalfeld is also known for its magical fairy grottoes.
The Saale cycle paths lead through varied nature and sights.
In Schwarza, my route led through an old/new industrial area.
In Volkstedt, the Gondelstadion restaurant and the Schillershöhe on the Saale invite you to take a little detour.
The Heidecksburg …

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August 8, 2024,Saaleradweg 3.Tag Saalfeld - Kleinheringen.

Today was a pretty relaxed tour, apart from one sudden push and a rapid descent. Not that warm either, just right, and there was no rain in sight.
Unfortunately there was nothing to eat in the evening due to a lack of staff.🤨 But you could get something a little way back.

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September 9, 2023,Fahrradtour von Saalfeld- Großheringen

That's enough for today, now the last kilometer to Weimar by train and tomorrow to Leipzig.

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April 30, 2023,Von Hof nach Halle (Saale-Radweg) - Tag 3 - Von Saalfeld nach Bad Kösen

That was a cool tour, very nice view and a pleasure to cycle there

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July 4, 2023,Saaleradweg von Saalfeld bis Bad Sulza

The signposting of the Saale cycle path from Saalfeld upstream was really for an Ar...

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August 3, 2021,Entlang der Saale Tag 3

From today it will only go downhill, the operator of the campsite had said the day before. So it would be a little more relaxed than the last few days. The weather was kind to me again and I followed my route along the Saale, again and again through small towns and villages. Towards evening thunderstorms were announced again and …

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July 1, 2024,Istanbul Tag 75 Saalfeld/Saale - Bad Kösen

A day with 2 longer breaks in the rain. With Komoot and the rain radar from Wetteronline we didn't get seriously wet despite the heavy rain and instead found shelter in the cafe and beer garden (almost) in time.
Due to the long breaks, the touristy part of the day was a little short. The Saale valley is quite "mild" …

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Saale Cycle Path – View of the Dornburg Palaces loop from Großschwabhausen

Rudolstadt Market Square

Saale Cycle Path

Saalfeld

Saale River at Saalfeld

Saale River at Maua

Carl Alexander Bridge

View of the Dornburg Palaces

Kunitz House Bridge

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