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Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Fichtenkopf (944 m) loop from Kernzone Schneekopfmoor

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Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Fichtenkopf (944 m) loop from Kernzone Schneekopfmoor

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Highest Point of the Rennsteig – Fichtenkopf (944 m) loop from Kernzone Schneekopfmoor

07:24

26.2km

510m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 1, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Thüringer Wald

Waypoints

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430 m

Rosenkopf (938 m) – Boundary Stones on the Rennsteig

Highlight • Historical Site

Here you can find a lot of information about the history of the boundary stones and thus also about the origins of the Rennsteig.

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2

1.77 km

Plänckner's viewpoint (Großer Beerberg)

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The highest and at the same time one of the most beautiful vantage points directly on the Rennsteig. Above the town of Suhl, where the Rennsteig reaches its highest point, …

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2.02 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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4

3.48 km

Rennsteig Trail

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The Rennsteig is an approximately 170 km long ridge trail and a historic border trail in the Thuringian Forest, Thuringian Slate Mountains and Franconian Forest.
It is also the oldest …

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6.70 km

Forest Workers' Memorial (Stamp Station No. 193)

Highlight • Monument

The monument was created in 1981 by the GDR sculptor Gerd Ullmann on behalf of the state and was "as a monument dedicated to all construction workers to remove the windbreak and bark beetle damage 1946-1949 ...".
-Wikipedia (de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldarbeiterdenkmal)

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6.89 km

Rondell Stamp Station

Highlight • Rest Area

Superbly located directly at the large parking lot and a direct entrance to the Rennsteig

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7.44 km

Rennsteig tunnel crossing

Highlight • Monument

Under the feet, traffic flows. A madness ....

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14.7 km

Fichtenkopf (944 m)

Highlight • Summit

One of the 7,900 m peaks in the Thuringian Forest. Not so busy. Therefore a little insider tip.

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26.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

20.4 km

3.45 km

2.31 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.9 km

6.75 km

1.20 km

1.13 km

217 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (960 m)

Lowest point (810 m)

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