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Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Bucha

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Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Unterwellenborn

Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Bucha

Moderate

4.8

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Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Bucha

04:55

16.3km

520m

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: June 10, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

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1.80 km

View of Alter Bay, Hohenwarte Reservoir

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The Saalthal-Alter is a great place at the Hohenwarte. Here you can swim, go boating or eat out. The view of the water is always great!

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3.59 km

View of Alterbucht

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Wonderful view of the Alter Bay, tempting for a swim.

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4.20 km

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5.28 km

Presswitzer Spitze at Hohenwarte Reservoir

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Here and also, if you walk along the shore for a while, you have the opportunity to cool off in the lake.

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6.57 km

View of Hohenwarte Dam

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Very nice view and pleasant rest area to strengthen you for upcoming adventures.

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9.20 km

View of the Hohenwarte Dam from Klinkhardtshöhe

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On the way to Klinkhardshöhe there are several small resting places to linger, most of them with a view of the reservoir.

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12.4 km

Saalesteg Pedestrian Bridge

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Absolutely 😎 Footbridge over the Saale with a view of the dam wall.

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13.3 km

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 of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

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Again and again these hydropower plants are impressive!

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16.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.94 km

4.69 km

1.39 km

1.31 km

Surfaces

9.69 km

2.81 km

1.34 km

1.16 km

829 m

493 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 7 July

23°C

15°C

43 %

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Comments

January 3, 2026,Gruppentour - Hohenwarte Stausee

Today I participated in another group tour. (It's really fun being out with like-minded people) 😃
Organized, planned, and led by @Maik

Thank you so much for the wonderful route and the fantastic viewpoints, it was truly great. 👏🏼👍🏼😄

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July 8, 2024,Klinkhardtshöhe – Blick auf Hohenwarte Stausee Runde von Buchautoren

Beautiful, varied circular tour, mostly along the water and later with a great view of the dam and the countryside. You walk on well-paved and mostly shady forest paths. You should have a certain level of fitness, small heights and the route are worth managing😉...
The tour is very well signposted, there are places to stop for refreshments halfway along …

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May 14, 2023,Muttertagsrunde an der Hohenwarte 🥰 mit Mutti 🤭

Campsite Saalthal/Alter - Waldhotel - Klinkhardtshöhe - Steinhügel vantage point with a gigantic view of the Hohenwartetalsperre - across the Saale bridge - over the dam - Hohenwarte Stauseeweg back

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May 28, 2023,Gustav‘s Ruh - Günter‘s Heil - Saalesteg Runde von Hohenwarte

Hohenwarte - Gustav's Ruh - Klinkhardtshöhe - Baumann's Rast - Garten Hügel - Saalthal Alter - Preßwitzer Spitze - Günter's Heil - Dam Wall - Saalesteg

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October 22, 2022,An der Saale - Hohenwarte Stausee 🏞🍂 | Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge (Obere Saale)

We were already in Thuringia on the Saale at the beginning of April, which we really liked.🏞
So it made sense to come back again for a long weekend in autumn. ... 👏🏼
The plan was to take the ferry from Hohenwarte Sperrmauer to Portenschmiede (€12 per person). And hike back to Hohenwarte from there.
Unfortunately, our plan didn't work …

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February 12, 2022,Blick auf die Staumauer – Staumauer Hohenwarte Runde von Hohenwarte

SUNSHINE ☀️ ☀️☀️☀️
🥳 finally, nice weather again.
So off to the water.....😅 thinking about the swimwear too late. 😉
But there was actually a paddler and 3 crazy people on a SUP on the dam 😳
Otherwise, the weather conditions and the paths were very passable.
A beautiful sunny day 😎🥳

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October 11, 2021,*Staumauer Hohenwarte - Gustav's Ruh'* - Saale-Runde von Bucha

A long and far-sighted round ... if the weather cooperates ... 😅
Unfortunately, the weather today thwarted our plans - but everyone can do nice-weather hiking 😅
The start was the Hohenwarte car park (chargeable, day ticket € 4).
We saved the dam for the last time and are therefore up the H3 for the first time to "Gustav‘s Ruh‘ …

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February 12, 2022,🥾📷 Runde Hohenwarte

Finally three on the road again 🤗
Today's destination was the Hohenwarte reservoir.
There it went up and up so that we could get a good overview.
At Gustav's look we were also rewarded. 😍
There were quite a few vantage points, some with more, some with less good visibility.
And... there was still some ❄️ snow, frozen puddles and …

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Hohenwarte Dam – View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir loop from Bucha

View of Alter Bay, Hohenwarte Reservoir

View of Alterbucht

Presswitzer Spitze at Hohenwarte Reservoir

View of Hohenwarte Dam

View of the Hohenwarte Dam from Klinkhardtshöhe

Saalesteg Pedestrian Bridge

Hohenwarte Dam

View of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

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