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Thuringia

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Leutenberg

Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Leutenberg

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Germany

Thuringia

Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Leutenberg

Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Leutenberg

Moderate

3.8

(4)

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Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Leutenberg

01:39

22.8km

370m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 4.87 km for 82 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.49 km

Scenic Railway Path in Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Highlight • Cycleway

7.47 km

Marienkirche Eichicht

Highlight • Religious Site

A chapel was mentioned for the first time in 1200 as a branch of the pilgrimage church of the Benedictine monastery of St. Jacob on the road over the Thuringian Forest.
"In 1464 the brothers Heinrich and Dietrich von Beulwitz donated a vicareye (representative office) in the church of our dear women in the village and in the Capellen zum Eichicht at the castle." This is the first mention of the Eichich church and a castle chapel.

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8.70 km

Eichicht Dam

Highlight • Monument

From the Eichicht dam you have a fantastic view of the Saale, which is dammed here. The dam itself is the final structure of the Saale cascade in the Obere Saale dam system.

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10.5 km

Stausee Eichicht

Lake

11.4 km

Pumped Storage Power Plant Hohenwarte II

Highlight • Monument

With eight machine sets and an installed capacity of 320 megawatts (MW), the Hohenwarte II pumped storage plant is the largest hydropower plant on the Saale in Thuringia. It has been in operation since 1966. The upper basin is an artificially created lake with a capacity of around three million cubic meters of water, sufficient for seven hours of full-load turbine operation. The Eichicht dam, with a capacity of around five million cubic meters of water, serves as a lower basin. It is also the lower basin for the Hohenwarte I pumped storage plant.

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13.8 km

Hohenwarte Dam

Highlight • Monument

This 75 meter high and 412 meter long dam was built between 1936 and 1942. This required 250 people to give up their homes - an entire village was flooded for construction. Today she gives you a wonderful view of the lake.

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13.8 km

View From the Dam of the Turbine House

Highlight • Viewpoint

13.9 km

Passenger shipping Hohenwarte

Highlight • Structure

An inviting rest stop not only before and after the boat trip but also for cyclists. 😄

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14.7 km

View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

Highlight • Viewpoint

A great place with a very nice view of the dammed Saale.
It just makes me sad when places are or have been wiped out because of mining or, as here, a dam.

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22.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.53 km

5.63 km

5.03 km

4.56 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

18.3 km

2.62 km

762 m

617 m

466 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (230 m)

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Saturday 22 August

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Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Leutenberg

Scenic Railway Path in Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Marienkirche Eichicht

Eichicht Dam

Pumped Storage Power Plant Hohenwarte II

Hohenwarte Dam

View From the Dam of the Turbine House

Passenger shipping Hohenwarte

View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

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