Goethe's Garden House – Park on the Ilm (Weimar) loop from Mellingen (Thür)

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Goethe's Garden House – Park on the Ilm (Weimar) loop from Mellingen (Thür)

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Goethe's Garden House – Park on the Ilm (Weimar) loop from Mellingen (Thür)

01:53

29.2km

170m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 10.9 km for 276 m

After 18.0 km for 276 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.66 km

Taubach Watermill

Highlight • Monument

Right at the beginning of the floodplain and park landscape before Weimar, you pass the beautifully situated water mill in Taubach.

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4.72 km

Weir at Oberweimar on the River Ilm

Highlight • Structure

Great rest area

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6.28 km

Goethe's Garden House

Highlight • Historical Site

Goethe's garden house in the park on the Ilm River near Weimar was the poet's first residence in Weimar. Here you can see original furnishings from all phases of Goethe's …

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8.22 km

Six-arch Bridge (Weimar Viaduct)

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The six-arch bridge is Weimar's largest bridge. The viaduct is 38 meters high and 152 meters long. For over 130 years, it spans the valley and is an important part of the railway line from Weimar to Jena.

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11.8 km

Maria Pawlowna Promenadenweg

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13.9 km

View of Denstedt Castle and the Claudermühle

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful view of the two historic buildings. Be careful, here you can turn off to the Mühlencafe.

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19.9 km

Ilmtal Cycle Path Between Weimar and Tiefurt

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

A very nice, shady bike path between Weimar and Tiefurt. It's easy to cycle, but it's sometimes a bit crowded.

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23.8 km

Park on the Ilm (Weimar)

Highlight • Natural

Wonderful park with many paths, large meadows and shady places to stay. Part of the Ilm Valley Cycle Route, Feininger Cycle Route and the Thuringian Cities Bicycle Trail.

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29.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.6 km

6.93 km

5.13 km

2.20 km

1.19 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.0 km

2.20 km

1.78 km

1.61 km

488 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

6°C

94 %

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Max wind speed: 28.0 km/h

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Comments

June 20, 2024,20.06.-Tiefurt-Weimar

Weimar, what a wonderful city steeped in history. Goethe, Schiller, List, Wieland, Herder, Brentano and of course Duchess Anna-Amalia were at home here. We only got to know this enchanting city to a limited extent and will certainly come back.
We are staying at the 🏰 park Tiefurt
camping-weimar-tiefurt.de. Simply fantastic, we felt very comfortable.

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February 10, 2024,Erste Radtour (2024) bei frühlingshaften 13 Grad

Man, that was “global warming” today. At times I thought: it doesn't need to be much warmer to cycle.

First bike ride after winter,
Mud splashes on my leg.
I drive fast and cheerfully
and let the worries be worries.
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October 31, 2025,Goldener Herbst 🍁🍁🍁 5 Schlösser Blick 🍁🍁 🍁 Brückentag

I didn't believe it, but autumn still has its beautiful sides. Right now it's golden.

To prove my theory to @ApoldaerW and others that the new Apolda-AltSchöndorf connection really exists, today was the perfect opportunity, so I beamed myself down to AltSchöndorf on my e-bike, past the Five Castles Viewpoint 👌🏼, and then along the high-level path 👌🏼👌🏼 to the …

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May 25, 2026,Runde vor dem Frühstück

Everyone is still sleeping, only the birds, rabbits and deer are not.
Peace and fresh air!!!

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October 19, 2024,Bunt sind schon die Wälder 🍂 8-Schlösser Mittelthüringen

Visited 8 castles. 2 from the inside:

Kromsdorf Castle
Denstedt Castle
Tiefurt Castle
Weimar City Palace
Green, yellow, red castle - Weimar
Belvedere Castle - Weimar

46 years ago I came to Belvedere for the first time, to the boarding school. That's exactly when Belvedere Castle was closed for years. Today I was finally inside.

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September 24, 2024,🚴🏻‍♂️⭕️zum Schloss Tiefurt & Schloss Kromsdorf🏰 Weimar📚

weimarer-land.travel/project/schloss-kromsdorf

klassik-stiftung.de/schloss-und-park-tiefurt

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“The country that does not protect foreigners will soon perish.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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November 2, 2024,Noch eine vorletzte Runde übers Land gedreht 🍂🍁

This morning at 8 a.m. the wind blew the rain across the land like curtains, well then not, I thought. I'll lie down again. At 9:11 a.m. nothing could stop me, the weather report said no more curtains - the plan was clear, so off we went.

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