Glück Auf Rest Area – Mönchhof Inn loop from Elgersburg

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Glück Auf Rest Area – Mönchhof Inn loop from Elgersburg

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Glück Auf Rest Area – Mönchhof Inn loop from Elgersburg

03:31

12.0km

340m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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64 m

Wooden Thermometer Sculpture at the Roundabout

Highlight • Monument

Forty years ago (in East Germany), this area was home to the largest thermometer factory in Europe. The thermometer at the roundabout serves as a reminder of this.

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843 m

Glück Auf Rest Area

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautifully laid out rest area with a mill café very close by. ;-)

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2.97 km

View of Gehlberg and Schneekopf

Highlight • Viewpoint

A few meters away from Spitzbubenweg you have this great view of Gehlberg.

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5.02 km

Himmelreichskopf Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Stable protection

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6.21 km

Mönchhof Inn

Highlight • Restaurant

Fine excursion restaurant idyllically situated in the middle of the forest. Homemade cake.

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9.38 km

Old mine entrance Found fir

Highlight • Historical Site

Old tunnel entrance

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10.3 km

Entrance sculpture of the Urwaldpfad Jüchnitzgrund

Highlight • Monument

Starting point for the "Jüchnitzgrund Primeval Forest Path" with information board.
Recommended parking space: Am Mühlencafe / Geraberg

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10.7 km

Jüchnitztal entrance, Geraberg

Highlight • Forest

12.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.17 km

2.61 km

165 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.85 km

2.78 km

1.26 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 16 October

14°C

3°C

84 %

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Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

September 4, 2025,Natur pur: "Spitzbubenweg und Urwaldpfad"

Forest so quiet and deep
Coffee, warm and sweet afterward
Nature, new strength

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Glück Auf Rest Area – Mönchhof Inn loop from Elgersburg

Wooden Thermometer Sculpture at the Roundabout

Glück Auf Rest Area

View of Gehlberg and Schneekopf

Himmelreichskopf Shelter

Mönchhof Inn

Old mine entrance Found fir

Entrance sculpture of the Urwaldpfad Jüchnitzgrund

Jüchnitztal entrance, Geraberg

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