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Villa Falkenstein – Lauenstein Castle loop from Probstzella

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Landkreis Saalfeld-Rudolstadt

Probstzella

Villa Falkenstein – Lauenstein Castle loop from Probstzella

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Villa Falkenstein – Lauenstein Castle loop from Probstzella

04:52

16.8km

410m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 18, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

Naturpark Frankenwald

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.17 km

Villa Falkenstein

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The villa, originally built as a restaurant for the Karl Schreider Export Brewery in Falkenstein (founded in 1709 and closed in 1968), which was once located here but has since …

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2.96 km

Fischbachsmühle - Confiserie Lauenstein

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Factory outlet Lauensteiner chocolates and café in the old mill building.

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4.91 km

Kneipp Facility at Fischbachmühlenweg

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Nice area with foot and arm bath and barefoot path. Invites you to linger.

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6.03 km

Lauenstein Castle

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This hilltop castle, originally part of the Orlagau region, was built over a thousand years ago in the midst of a clearing on the upper reaches of the Saale River …

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7.86 km

Rest area with a view of Lauenstein Castle

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A newly renovated rest area with sky loungers. The view extends to the medieval Lauenstein Castle, built almost 900 years ago. Part of the Fairytale Trail is located here.

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8.33 km

View of the valley in Naturpark Frankenwald

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If you come from the tower, you will pass by here quickly, otherwise a very nice foretaste

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8.48 km

Thuringian Warte Observation Tower

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The 26.5-meter-high observation tower on the Ratzenberg (678 meters) is only about 200 meters from the state border between Bavaria and Thuringia. The inner-German border strip, now protected as the …

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16.5 km

Haus des Volkes Bauhaus Ensemble

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The Thuringian industrial pioneer Franz Itting, who had already built a power plant in Probstzella in 1909, commissioned the "Haus des Volkes" (People's House) in 1925. The socially minded entrepreneur …

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16.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.77 km

2.41 km

2.25 km

673 m

642 m

560 m

442 m

Surfaces

5.99 km

5.07 km

2.29 km

1.57 km

1.29 km

527 m

Elevation

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (330 m)

Weather

Wednesday 8 July

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

November 26, 2022,Probstzella: ⭕️ Lauenstein, Thüringer Warte

We really crossed a line with this hike today. But we had imagined it to be worse.
It was only between Thuringia and Bay..., of course I mean Upper Franconia. I hope I just got the curve like this.

All the train spotters who are currently standing at the Frankenwald ramp and waiting for the pusher locomotive are sure to …

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Villa Falkenstein – Lauenstein Castle loop from Probstzella

Villa Falkenstein

Fischbachsmühle - Confiserie Lauenstein

Kneipp Facility at Fischbachmühlenweg

Lauenstein Castle

Rest area with a view of Lauenstein Castle

View of the valley in Naturpark Frankenwald

Thuringian Warte Observation Tower

Haus des Volkes Bauhaus Ensemble

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