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Gompertshausen Border Monument – Leitenhausen Memorial Site loop from Schlechtsart

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Gompertshausen Border Monument – Leitenhausen Memorial Site loop from Schlechtsart

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Gompertshausen Border Monument – Leitenhausen Memorial Site loop from Schlechtsart

02:27

8.91km

150m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Haßberge

Schlechtsarter Schweiz

Waypoints

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2 m

Selfie Point Grenzgängerweg Trappstadt

Highlight • Viewpoint

Using QR codes, you can learn interesting facts about the individual stations along the Border Crossing Trail at the selfie points.

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2

1.11 km

View from Spanshügel

Highlight • Viewpoint

Wonderful view far into the Grabfeld ... but brutally steep ascent and possibly. damp underground extremely slippery .. to be enjoyed with care ... but the view compensates for everything .... 👍

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3

1.75 km

Former Border Fence

Highlight • Historical Site

a rare piece of German history

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4

1.81 km

Former Inner German Border Fence at Schlechtsarter Schweiz

Highlight • Historical Site

At this point there are still remains of the old border fortifications. After the fall of the Wall, NVA soldiers simply forgot to dismantle the 300-meter-long barriers. So a piece of the border fortification simply remained standing.

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5

5.06 km

Gompertshausen Border Tower and Command Bunker

Highlight • Historical Site

From Gompertshausen you drive across the Thuringian-Bavarian border. The former border tower with bunker complex is particularly well preserved and is a reminder of the former separation.

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5.10 km

Gompertshausen Border Monument

Highlight • Monument

Located directly on the former border strip, it was only a few meters to the former Federal Republic of Germany. The border tower on the outskirts of Gompertshausen can be …

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7.39 km

Leitenhausen Memorial Site

Highlight • Historical Site

Polished village on the former border.

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8

8.91 km

Grenzgänger Trail Border Point

Highlight • Historical Site

On the road from Schlechtsart to Trappstadt is this variedly designed border point with a selfie point, a game idea (telephone to Bavaria), a memorial stone with a linden tree …

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8.91 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.25 km

638 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.88 km

2.27 km

1.31 km

827 m

638 m

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Highest point (420 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

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