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Finsteres Loch Gorge – Knöpfelstaler Pond loop from Stützerbach

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Stützerbach

Finsteres Loch Gorge – Knöpfelstaler Pond loop from Stützerbach

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Finsteres Loch Gorge – Knöpfelstaler Pond loop from Stützerbach

01:06

3.71km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

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Parking

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826 m

Forest Trail in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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Beautiful hiking trail, easy to walk.

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1.04 km

Finsteres Loch Gorge

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great spot to hike

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1.31 km

Finsteres Loch Wooden Bridge and Waterfall (Touringen Stamp Station 145)

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Shortly before Stuetzerbach you will find a fairy-tale gorge, which gained notoriety through Goethe's poem "Ilmenau". In 1783 a large, nocturnal hunting camp took place here. Today there is a …

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1.50 km

Stamp 145 — Dark Hole

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Here you feel like you're in a jungle. A great place.

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1.89 km

Knöpfelstaler Pond

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Before continuing on the romantic part of the Goetheweg in the Ilmkreis, this place offers a place full of peace and harmony.

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1.92 km

Forest pond in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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Beautiful pond and certainly a good place for a little break.

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3.06 km

Ochsenwiese on the Goethe Trail

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The section of the Goethe hiking trail on the edge of the Ochsenwiese is very idyllic.

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3.71 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.67 km

950 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.95 km

636 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (710 m)

Lowest point (600 m)

Weather

Friday 3 July

19°C

9°C

28 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

August 16, 2023,Finsteres Loch vom Auerhahn 💦🐓

As a final tour, we went into an almost fairytale gorge that became famous through Goethe's poem "Ilmenau". In 1783 a large nightly hunting camp took place here. Today a wooden bridge leads over a small waterfall. If you stand there and look up, you can almost see trolls and goblins rampaging between the moss-covered rocks. Goethe's handwritten poem can …

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October 1, 2023,2023_10_01 Wanderung Ab Auerhahn > Finsteres Loch > Knöpfelstaler Teich

A mini hike to relax and prepare for something big. That was actually a reminder of the old Ilmenau times.

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March 27, 2025,Finsteres Loch – Knöpfelstaler Teich Runde von Stützerbach ST 146

The trail is easy and very quiet. The forest, however, looks terrible; many deforested areas and everything is left lying around. But there are plenty of places to sit along the trail.

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Finsteres Loch Gorge – Knöpfelstaler Pond loop from Stützerbach

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Finsteres Loch Gorge

Finsteres Loch Wooden Bridge and Waterfall (Touringen Stamp Station 145)

Stamp 145 — Dark Hole

Knöpfelstaler Pond

Forest pond in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Ochsenwiese on the Goethe Trail

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