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Fairy grotto – Knöpfelsteiche loop from Eisenach

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Fairy grotto – Knöpfelsteiche loop from Eisenach

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Fairy grotto – Knöpfelsteiche loop from Eisenach

02:52

22.8km

670m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 18, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.29 km

Roesesches Hölzchen

Forest

3.65 km

Viewpoint

4.42 km

Wartburg View

Viewpoint

5.68 km

Elias Cave

Highlight • Cave

Between Sängerwiese and Wartburg lies this small fissure cave.

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6.58 km

Sängerwiese Forest House

Highlight • Restaurant

The Sängerwiese forest restaurant is a real institution. It was set up as a forester's lodge over 100 years ago and even then guests were welcomed in the guest room. …

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7.70 km

Fairy grotto

Highlight • Waterfall

A highlight that you should treat yourself to, the way to the 2nd floor requires surefootedness.

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8.10 km

Knöpfelsteiche

Highlight • Lake

Very nicely situated. Unfortunately there is also little water, but you can still take a break here on one of the benches.

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8.50 km

Dragon Gorge

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Sturdy shoes are mandatory as it is usually damp and slippery. A walking stick can be helpful.
Very varied gorge. In more difficult places there are also tethers. The narrowest …

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9.37 km

Königstein

Peak

13.7 km

Great Drachenstein Oak and Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

The view is breathtaking! Especially beautiful in combination with the Dragon Gorge and the Landgrave Gorge!

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17.1 km

Burschenschaft Monument, Eisenach

Highlight • Monument

The Burschenschaftsdenkmal was built between 1900 and 1902 under the responsibility of the Eisenach master mason Gustav Stein. The 33-meter-high monument, dedicated to the students who fell in the anti-Napoleonic Wars of Liberation, was solemnly inaugurated on May 22, 1902.

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19.9 km

Carolinenblick

Highlight • Viewpoint

Fantastic view of the Wartburg. 👍

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22.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.9 km

9.18 km

1.88 km

671 m

136 m

Surfaces

10.8 km

8.54 km

1.54 km

1.36 km

382 m

205 m

Elevation

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Sunday 12 July

29°C

14°C

0 %

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Fairy grotto – Knöpfelsteiche loop from Eisenach

Elias Cave

Sängerwiese Forest House

Fairy grotto

Knöpfelsteiche

Dragon Gorge

Great Drachenstein Oak and Viewpoint

Burschenschaft Monument, Eisenach

Carolinenblick

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