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Eichicht Dam and Power Station – Bohlenwand (Saalfeld) loop from Krölpa-Ranis

Eichicht Dam and Power Station – Bohlenwand (Saalfeld) loop from Krölpa-Ranis

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Eichicht Dam and Power Station – Bohlenwand (Saalfeld) loop from Krölpa-Ranis

02:03

42.2km

460m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 16, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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8.95 km

Climb to Bucha with a view of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

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From the reservoir it is short but crisp uphill to Bucha. You make more than 150 vertical meters on this climb. Good that it goes downhill after that first. ;)

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10.8 km

Eichicht Compensation Basin

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13.0 km

Hohenwarte II Pumped Storage Power Plant

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View of the Hohenwarte II pumped storage power plant built between 1956 and 1963, the youngest of the 8 power plants in the Saale Cascade. The Eichicht dam serves as the lower basin, the upper basin consists of an artificial lake with a capacity of approx. 3.3 million cubic meters, surrounded by a reinforced concrete wall up to 29 m high, approx. 300 m above the level of the dam.
Upper basin and machine house are connected by 8 parallel, 672 m long pipes (diameter above = 2.60 m and below = 1.90 m), which lead to 8 machine places - these consisting of a Francis turbine with 40 MW output, one Synchronous machine and on each shaft with a Pelton launch turbine. Total output of the power plant at 320 MW.

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14.9 km

Eichicht Dam and Power Station

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Located directly on the Saale cycle path or on the Baltic Sea-Upper Bavaria cycle path / well-paved (road bike-compatible) cycle path along the dam.
The final structure of the Saale Cascade, completed in 1945, the dam also serves as the lower basin of the Hohenwarte I and II pumped storage power plants.
It is a gravity dam made of concrete with a crown overflow divided into 3 fields and attached weir flaps for the purpose of flood relief. A run-of-river power plant with two machine stations and a total output of 3.4 MW when the working water is delivered to the Saale is integrated.

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16.9 km

Kaulsdorf Castle

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Schloss (Castle) Kaulsdorf was built on a rocky outcrop, the peak of which reaches up to 130 m to the Saale. Two old long-distance paths run on both sides of the spur, which meet below the castle (castle) and cross the river in a ford. It was this ford that prompted the Counts of Orlamünde to construct the building around 1150. Despite several conversions and additions, the medieval character has been preserved. Remnants of the rampart and moat delimit the complex to the north, while a defensive wall encloses the small courtyard to the south.
The castle is now privately owned.

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23.3 km

Bohlenwand (Saalfeld)

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the plank wall is a special geological area natural monument up to 100 m high.

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32.2 km

Kulturpalast Saalfeld

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37.1 km

View of Ranis Castle and Brandenstein Castle

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Simply mega 🦊

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42.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.6 km

7.36 km

5.01 km

3.09 km

1.71 km

409 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

35.8 km

5.77 km

409 m

236 m

Elevation

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (210 m)

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Saturday 30 May

22°C

11°C

92 %

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Eichicht Dam and Power Station – Bohlenwand (Saalfeld) loop from Krölpa-Ranis

Climb to Bucha with a view of the Hohenwarte Reservoir

Eichicht Compensation Basin

Hohenwarte II Pumped Storage Power Plant

Eichicht Dam and Power Station

Kaulsdorf Castle

Bohlenwand (Saalfeld)

Kulturpalast Saalfeld

View of Ranis Castle and Brandenstein Castle

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