Küllstedt Tunnel – Küllstedter Tunnel loop from Silberhausen

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Küllstedt Tunnel – Küllstedter Tunnel loop from Silberhausen

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Küllstedt Tunnel – Küllstedter Tunnel loop from Silberhausen

04:46

71.8km

900m

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: October 9, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.38 km

Ruins

9.34 km

Küllstedt Tunnel

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Good light and a warm jacket can be an advantage. An eventful passage is guaranteed.

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10.9 km

Küllstedter Tunnel

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The Küllstedt tunnel is 1530 meters long, and a few meters before you enter the draft lets you feel where the path leads: into cold darkness. But there is an …

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13.4 km

Kanonenbahn Rail Trail Tunnels

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This section is awesome. The quality of the bike path is great. Very often there are benches to rest. The 5 tunnels are an experience. The signs are perfect. It's just fun.

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17.8 km

Entenberg Tunnel

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It is one of five tunnels on the way to Küllstedt station

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18.1 km

Entenberg Tunnel

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Easy-to-ride cycle path for the whole family

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18.2 km

Rest area at the Kanonenbahn Tunnel

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Several seating options 😉

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67.2 km

Kefferhausen Viaduct

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Great building monument, the former "Kanonenbahn", a great bike path.

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67.2 km

Viaduct View

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You can enjoy many views here

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71.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

29.0 km

14.9 km

14.4 km

11.8 km

1.69 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

57.1 km

7.00 km

3.54 km

3.27 km

659 m

247 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

14°C

8°C

20 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

July 14, 2024,Lengenfeld unterm Stein - Heiligenstadt - Dingelstädt und zurück

Today it was Eichsfeld🚵‍♂️. I started in Lengenfeld unterm Stein on the Kanonenbahn cycle path, which I followed to Geismar, then onto the Südeichsfeld cycle path towards Heilbad Heiligenstadt. Once through the city center, then on the Unstruth-Leine cycle path towards Dingelstädt. I also visited the Unstruth spring in Keffhausen, only to confuse left and right 😱 in Dingelstädt (picture …

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March 2, 2026,Fahrradtour

It took a little longer than planned. But with weather like this, it was meant to be 😊🌤😊🚴‍♀️🚴‍♀️

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June 19, 2025,Heute im Eichsfeld

Today I was out and about in the Eichsfeld region of western Thuringia. I started in Heilbad Heiligenstadt and cycled through Gesieden and Heuthen to Keffershausen. There I joined the Kanonenbahn cycle path, which runs parallel to a disused railway line. You cycle through several tunnels, the longest of which is about 1.5 km long. In Geismar I joined the …

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October 17, 2024,Dingelstädt - Heiligenstadt - Kanonenbahnradweg

Autumn gives us the colorful trees and the low sun makes the pictures beautiful. The best time to cycle through the Eichsfeld with its many deciduous trees.

A cycle path that we "owe" to military rearmament:

de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanonenbahn-Radweg

So we started on the Kanonenbahn cycle path, but soon left it again in the direction of Heiligenstadt. This is where the Eichsfeld …

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April 30, 2023,Tour 30.04.2023: 1862/MP: Heilbad-Heiligenstadt Bodenrode Wingerode Beuren Kallmerode Dingelstädt (➡️Kanonenbahn-Radweg) Lengenfeld Geismar Ershausen Krombach Fürstenhagen-Bahnhof Kalteneber Heilbad-Heiligenstadt

breakfast in the hotel

Bike tour from/to our hotel - only blue sky and sun today

Looked at many beautiful churches

Wonderful great cycle paths (especially Kanonenbahn cycle path and Kalteneber to Heiligenstadt) ... you should probably have ridden both once in your life

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