Stone Bear Sculpture – The Reader at Gotthard Pond loop from Merseburg Hauptbahnhof

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Stone Bear Sculpture – The Reader at Gotthard Pond loop from Merseburg Hauptbahnhof

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Stone Bear Sculpture – The Reader at Gotthard Pond loop from Merseburg Hauptbahnhof

01:32

5.98km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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154 m

Old Post Office, Merseburg

Highlight • Historical Site

The Prussian architect Carl Schwatlo (1831-1884) became known for his post office buildings. He had lived in Berlin since 1850, where he took the master builder's exam in 1857, taught …

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1.07 km

Hinterer Gotthardteich

Lake

1.89 km

Local Animal Park in Südpark, Merseburg

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the Way of St. James also goes through there

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2.79 km

Labyrinth in Südpark, Merseburg

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A labyrinth describes a system of lines or paths that, through numerous changes in direction, makes following or walking through the pattern a riddle and thus invites you to think and meditate.
(waymarking.com/waymarks/WMR3VV_Labyrinth_im_Sdpark_Merseburg_Sachsen_Anhalt)

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3.02 km

Track Garden

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with information boards & markings on the stones on the footpath

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3.10 km

Stone Bear Sculpture

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Stone sculpture

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3.25 km

Wild Boar Sculpture on the Camino de Santiago

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there is also an empty information board with directions for the pilgrimage route

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3.55 km

Südpark Merseburg Animal Enclosures

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the Way of St. James also goes through there

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4.54 km

The Reader at Gotthard Pond

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Laid out at the end of the 15th century by Bishop Thilo von Trotha as a fishing lake.
Located in the center of Merseburg, it has developed into a very …

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5.98 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.78 km

450 m

418 m

340 m

Surfaces

3.42 km

1.14 km

489 m

416 m

310 m

208 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 31 October

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Comments

February 19, 2025,Merseburg: Tiergarten, Friedhof St. Maximi 🥾🧣🦆🐐🪦

Merseburg is of course not unknown to me, but to my shame I have only ever cycled past the Südpark and therefore did not know the zoo. I changed that today 😄. Some of the animals were hiding a bit, it was probably too cold for them... But it was a beautiful and spacious complex.
We went back via the …

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