Kyffhäuser

Harz

Circular walk, 9 km

Route: Kyffhäuser

From the parking lot you walk around the ruins of the Reichsburg Kyffhausen, which was destroyed in 1118.
Then you walk through the forest via Langetal and the Kaiserweg. After you have crossed the B85 you walk towards the ruin of Rothenburg (not open to the public).
You continue on the Kyffhäuserwanderweg through the beautiful forest. You pass a shelter and the Mutterliebe-Denkmal, a stone bench. Then the Kyffhäuserwanderweg takes you back to the parking lot.

shape
loop
length
8 km 595
location
Thuringia, Germany
start / arrival
parking area Kyffhäuser monument
path
path:92%  road:7%  stairs:1% 
elevation
rise: 363m / fall: -363m
lowest: 357m / highest: 458m
 
Photo: Reichsburg Kyffhausen
Reichsburg Kyffhausen
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Route "Kyffhäuser" is recorded on 8th September 2020 and placed on 27th September 2020. The route has been viewed 2791 times.

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Points of interest

  • Reichsburg Kyffhausen Unterburg
  • Kaiser-Wilhelm-Denkmal (1896)
  • Reichsburg Kyffhausen
  • Mutterliebe-Denkmal
  • Kulpenberg (473m)

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References

Source

We found this trail in publication ‘Rother Wanderführer: Harz’ of Bernhard Pollmann, published by Bergverlag Rother Gmbh in 2020.

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