Steinmühlen Weir on the Saale River – Wenzel Cave loop from Hirschberg

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Vogtland

Saale-Orla-Kreis

Hirschberg

Steinmühlen Weir on the Saale River – Wenzel Cave loop from Hirschberg

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Steinmühlen Weir on the Saale River – Wenzel Cave loop from Hirschberg

01:05

3.85km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Schiefergebirge/Obere Saale

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Start point

Bus stop

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532 m

Steinmühlen Weir on the Saale River

Highlight • Structure

Directly at the Saalestau is a small rest area where you can listen to the rush of the water and maybe have a beer roaring :-)

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582 m

Suspension footbridge in the Hag near Hirschberg an der Saale

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

This was a restricted area until reunification. The jetty was only rebuilt in 1991.

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853 m

Saalebank – Longest wooden bench

Highlight • Monument

Actually just a joke for the Guinness book.

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1.32 km

View of Hirschberg Castle from the Kaiserhöhe viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

From the Kaiserhöhe you have impressive views of the Saale and its charming valley, the allotment garden of Tiefengrün and the castle of Hirschberg. Benches invite you to linger and to look.

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2.78 km

Wenzel Cave

Highlight • Cave

A chasm that was probably artificially widened.

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3.44 km

Saale weir in Untertiefengrün

Highlight • Structure

A little further upstream, water hikes are also possible.

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3.51 km

Museum of Tannery and Local History Hirschberg

Highlight • Historical Site

Until the 1990s, the tannery was the main industry in Hirschberg. After the tannery had to declare bankruptcy in 1992, the factory buildings were demolished. The administration building and the archive were, however, taken over by the city together with a number of tools and machines and transformed into a museum. The museum opened in 1997 and in addition to many information on leatherworking, you will also learn a lot about the history of Hirschberg here.

The opening times can be found at museum-hirschberg.de.

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