Elsterschanze Bad Elster – Bad Elster Natural Swimming Pool loop from Doubrava

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Karlovarský kraj

Elsterschanze Bad Elster – Bad Elster Natural Swimming Pool loop from Doubrava

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Elsterschanze Bad Elster – Bad Elster Natural Swimming Pool loop from Doubrava

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12.3km

200m

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: July 31, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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104 m

Ruins of the Doubrava Paper Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

The mill trail is important evidence of paper production in the Ascher Ländchen. The history of regional paper production goes back to the 16th/17th centuries. century back. The assembled fragments …

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5.95 km

Fred Feuerstein Rest Area

Highlight • Rest Area

The Fred-Feuerstein-Rast offers a lot of variety and a lot to discover. This imaginative forest structure is especially fun for children when hiking.

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6.71 km

Shelter at the Elsterschanze Ski Jump

Highlight • Rest Area

Can be worth the proverbial gold in bad weather.

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6.77 km

Elsterschanze Bad Elster

Highlight • Structure

I didn't even know that Bad Elster has a ski jump. The facility is very idyllic, definitely make a detour from the Ringweg near Bad Elster!

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8.60 km

Bad Elster Rose Garden

Highlight • Natural Monument

The rose garden at the entrance to Paul Schindel Park, which was laid out in 1882/1883, shines again in new splendor. As part of the EU project “Park Adventures Bad …

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8.88 km

Flora Temple at Paul Schindel Park

Highlight • Monument

The Flora Temple on the south side of Lake Louisa, created in 1909 with Flora, the goddess of spring and flowers, is today one of the most romantic places in …

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9.10 km

Weiße Elster

Highlight • River

The White Elster River is 257 km long and originates in the Czech Republic.
It flows through the German cities of Bad Elster, Plauen, Gera, and Leipzig.

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9.65 km

Bad Elster Natural Swimming Pool

Highlight • Rest Area

In Bad Elster there is probably the most beautiful outdoor pool in the Vogtland. The bath is located in the middle of nature. It's very well kept. The facility and …

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12.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.77 km

1.84 km

588 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.42 km

1.43 km

1.34 km

992 m

929 m

171 m

Elevation

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Highest point (610 m)

Lowest point (480 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

11°C

4°C

18 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

August 20, 2024,📸🥾 Doubrava ( CZ ) Pension Magdalena - Elster-Schanze - Gondelteich Bad Elster - Flora-Tempel - u. zurück 🤪

📸🥾 Today we went to Bad Elster, or rather to Doubrava.
My wife 👩‍🦰 by bike 🚴 and I by car.🚙 I started my tour at the Pension Magdalena, walked a long way along the freshly graveled ring road, then the Brandbachweg towards Bad Elster, past the ski jumps ⛷️, then to the Gondola Pond, and back to Doubrava.
I …

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August 20, 2022,Runde um Bad Elster

Turned a nice round around Bad Elster with the Wandersperken.

It was nice to see how nature really absorbs the long-awaited rain, the plants look good again.

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