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Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Oberhof Winter Sports Center loop from Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

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Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Oberhof Winter Sports Center loop from Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

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Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Oberhof Winter Sports Center loop from Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

02:53

33.3km

600m

Cycling

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

Last updated: June 14, 2026

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

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Start point

Bus stop

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2.36 km

Oberes Nahetal Meadow in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Highlight • Forest

5.08 km

Mordfleck Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

From the weather station / branch Suhler hut the Rennsteig ski trail goes towards Schmücke.

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10.1 km

Plänckner's viewpoint (Großer Beerberg)

Highlight • Viewpoint

Did you know that there were volcanoes in the Thuringian Forest? There was! The Great Beerberg was once one. These are the remnants of it and at 982.9 meters they …

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10.4 km

Highest Point of the Rennsteig

Highlight • Summit

The highest point is a must when you are in the vicinity. An even better view is only a few meters further along the path along the viewing platform.

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15.1 km

The roundabout marks the pass crossing at the traffic artery near Oberhof between Gotha and Suhl, which is also crossed at this point by the Rennsteig, the 168 km long hiking trail leading along the ridge of the Thuringian Forest.

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16.8 km

Oberhof Winter Sports Center

Highlight • Rest Area

Oberhof is known as a German winter sports center. The sports of biathlon, luge or bobsleigh, cross-country skiing and the Nordic combination are particularly popular here. The city lives from tourism (Wikipedia).

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22.3 km

Suhler Ausspanne Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Several trails converge at the Suhler Ausspanne.
From here, you can continue hiking towards Schmücke or into the areas of Goldlauter-Heidersbach, Zella-Mehlis, and Gehlberg.

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29.8 km

Kreuzwege–Bierfleck Trail Junction

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A fork in the road with different directions, whether to Schmiedefeld or Goldlauter, Finsterberg or Oberhof, there are many possibilities here

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33.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.6 km

7.84 km

4.90 km

975 m

Surfaces

16.5 km

12.3 km

2.49 km

941 m

585 m

548 m

Elevation

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Highest point (960 m)

Lowest point (680 m)

Weather

Monday 13 July

22°C

14°C

83 %

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Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

June 20, 2025,🚲 Etappe 4 van de Rennsteig: van Oberhof naar Schmielefeld

🔍 Route information page: thueringer-wald.com/w/der-rennsteig-in-8-tagen -> stage 4

Please note: there is also a cycling version of the Rennsteig, which runs more on the road between this start and end point. I mainly followed the hiking route (a bit more technical challenge) and parts of the cycling route. And I deviated somewhere for a nice single track.

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August 9, 2022,072_03-Rennsteig V1-Von Schmiedefeld nach Oberhof

Short tour to enjoy and time in the afternoon in Oberhof to visit sports facilities. Pure relaxation. At the end of the day I still had 47km on the clock after the 25km route, this only due to the Oberhof tour and the Kanzlersgrund visit with the two jumps.

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July 10, 2021,Der Rennsteig – Thüringens schönster Höhenweg... - Tag 4 - Von Pension Haus am Wegesrand nach Waldhotel Rennsteighöhe

Day 4: After a short, painful walk to the town of Oberhof, we borrowed two bicycles to continue our tour 🚲 Our destination for the day was Masserberg, 35km from Oberhof. Around noon we were finally at the Grenzadler & back on the Rennsteig ®️ I felt an infinite relief of my foot from the bike & regained the desire …

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Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Oberhof Winter Sports Center loop from Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig

Oberes Nahetal Meadow in Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Mordfleck Shelter

Plänckner's viewpoint (Großer Beerberg)

Highest Point of the Rennsteig

Oberhof Rondell Obelisk

Oberhof Winter Sports Center

Suhler Ausspanne Shelter

Kreuzwege–Bierfleck Trail Junction

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