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Berka vor dem Hainich

Thick Oak (Kindel) – Hainichblick Observation Tower loop from Berka vor dem Hainich

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Berka vor dem Hainich

Thick Oak (Kindel) – Hainichblick Observation Tower loop from Berka vor dem Hainich

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Thick Oak (Kindel) – Hainichblick Observation Tower loop from Berka vor dem Hainich

01:41

5.95km

120m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 9, 2026

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Schutzzone 1 Nationalpark Hainich

Nationalpark Hainich

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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18 m

Mittelweg Trailhead and View of Lautertal and Hainich

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The parking lot is easy to reach. From here you can comfortably start your hike or bike tour.
In addition, you have a beautiful view of the Lautertal and the Hainich.

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2.58 km

Old Hollow Oak (Dicke Eiche)

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The oak is several hundred years old. It stands on the former military training area "Kindel". A special feature is its deformed crown and hollow trunk. It was probably used …

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2.60 km

Thick Oak (Kindel)

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One of the many bizarre tree shapes that are allowed because the forest in the national park is allowed to be as nature wants.

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2.90 km

Toilet Near the Observation Tower

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As the title suggests, there is a clean toilet in the middle of nature so that you don't have to use nature to go to the toilet.

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2.98 km

Hainichblick Observation Tower

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Great vantage point and the photos impressively document how the renaturation is progressing.

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2.99 km

Generalsblick (viewpoint)

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Nice viewpoint over the Hainich

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5.23 km

Rest Area at Am Mittelweg

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Great tree nearby.

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5.30 km

View of the Hainich National Park Countryside

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5.95 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.94 km

Surfaces

5.28 km

652 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Thursday 9 July

26°C

11°C

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Comments

October 18, 2024,20241018 „Hainichblick“ und zurück

A short but always beautiful hike into the area of the former military training area.
Called "General's View" by the locals, there was originally an artificially created hill here in the middle of a wide, bare landscape so that the gentlemen could observe what was going on.
After the friends of that time left, nature recovered within a few years …

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Thick Oak (Kindel) – Hainichblick Observation Tower loop from Berka vor dem Hainich

Mittelweg Trailhead and View of Lautertal and Hainich

Old Hollow Oak (Dicke Eiche)

Thick Oak (Kindel)

Toilet Near the Observation Tower

Hainichblick Observation Tower

Generalsblick (viewpoint)

Rest Area at Am Mittelweg

View of the Hainich National Park Countryside

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