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Thieves' Crag landslide – Prince's Spring loop from Kernberge und Wöllmisse bei Jena

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Thieves' Crag landslide – Prince's Spring loop from Kernberge und Wöllmisse bei Jena

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Thieves' Crag landslide – Prince's Spring loop from Kernberge und Wöllmisse bei Jena

05:48

19.3km

400m

Hiking

Hard hike. 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: July 8, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 7.63 km for 78 m

After 12.0 km for 24 m

After 14.4 km for 314 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.75 km

Viewpoint

4.44 km

View of Jena

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Bench to rest with a wonderful view directly on the edge of the rock, protected from the wind

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4.53 km

View of Jena and the Saale Valley from the Saalehorizontale

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From the narrow path you have wonderful views of Jena, just beautiful!

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6.62 km

Thieves' Crag landslide

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Fascinating rock formations. Here the legend of the Wegebager hid.

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6.71 km

SaaleHorizontale: Trail with Views over Jena

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A hiking trail that you wouldn't actually expect in the German low mountain ranges. Rather, alpine character prevails here. Narrow, stony paths that hug the rocks - fun to hike here!

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7.26 km

Kernberge Cliff Trail with views of Jena

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Great hiking trail with a great view, but be careful: you should be sure-footed and free from giddiness.

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9.19 km

The detour to the Fürstenbrunnen is always a must for us - at the start of the tour to fill up the fresh spring water and at the end to give your feet a refreshment just like Kneipp. It is a place of rest to gather and pause.

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12.9 km

View of Jena

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The paths are a single panoramic balcony.

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14.2 km

Lobdeburg Castle Ruins

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The Lobdeburg was already a ruin in Goethe's time and was lyrically featured in his poem "Bergschloss" (Mountain Castle). Below the ruins is the Lobdeburgklause, a tavern with a lovely beer garden.

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18.3 km

Kernberge und Wöllmisse bei Jena

Nature Reserve

19.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.39 km

6.06 km

4.69 km

106 m

Surfaces

11.8 km

6.25 km

723 m

373 m

106 m

Elevation

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Highest point (400 m)

Lowest point (270 m)

Weather

Friday 10 July

26°C

14°C

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Max wind speed: 13.0 km/h

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Comments

August 21, 2021,Rundwanderung Jena Parkplatz Steinkreuz Fürstenbrunnen Saalehorizontale Studentenrutsche Lobdeburg Jena Steinkreuz

Our circular hike begins at the Steinkreuz Jena car park. We hike in the direction of the Fürstenbrunnen, Saalehorizontale, student slide, to the ruins of Lobdeburg Castle (from the 12th century) 317 m. From the Lobdeburgklause restaurant you have a beautiful view of the Saale valley and Jena Lobeda. Throughout the tour there are always fantastic views of the city …

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September 23, 2023,Wanderung auf der Saalehorizontale Jena

Went with dear hiking friends from Saxony Anhalt and Thuringia in the core mountains of Jena. A great, challenging tour.
Many thanks to everyone who was there and made this day a very special highlight.

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July 11, 2025,Jena 🔬 SaaleHorizontale 1/5

This trail is simply wonderful! I'm looking forward to the rest!
The pictures are a bit jumbled up, but whatever 😊

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April 19, 2025,SH 1 - Von Lobeda Ost nach Ziegenhain

Hiking the Saale horizon around Jena is another item on my wish list. Today, I set off with a hiking friend on the first stage from Lobeda Ost to Ziegenhain. First, from the Platanenweg stop, the route continues uphill to the ruins of Lobedaburg Castle and then continues to the Sommerlinde tree. From there, the hike continues downhill to the …

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April 29, 2024,MalwiederaufDieSAALEHORiZONTALEeineNeueRundevonAnfangAnEtappe1bisJenaOST:Tour-Tour

Hello,

When I was looking through the movement statistics for April the other day, I saw, oh, I have a chance to do 200km of hiking.

Doesn't happen that often.

I just need to get up and move my butt and lace up my hiking boots.
Match point on Sunday.
Missed.

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September 20, 2024,Saale-Horizontale Etappe 1

Today we took the tram to Lobeda to start the first stage. We divided the stages individually; the official 9 didn't fit into our five days. Today we went to Ziegenhain, over steep paths on limestone slopes through beech forests, across meadows and past sights such as the Lobdeburg, the Fürstenquelle, the Diebeskrippe and the Kupferplatte. At the latter you …

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May 20, 2023,Jena: SaaleHorizontale von Jena-Ost nach Lobeda

A new, small hiking project: After completing part of the Saale Horizontale around Jena as part of a virtual komoot relay hike during the Corona lockdown, I want to complete the missing sections this year.

I had already hiked part of this hike around the Kernberge (at that time as a circular route).

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April 23, 2024,SH Saale Horizontale 1. Etappe bei 🌞🦋zum🦊Turm

A beautiful hike after a frosty morning. Since it was uphill right after the start, we quickly warmed up. There were numerous vantage points offering beautiful views of Jena and the surrounding villages. We particularly liked the sections on the shell limestone slopes in the Pennikental. Beautiful information boards provide lots of useful information.
A totally varied hiking trail and …

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Thieves' Crag landslide – Prince's Spring loop from Kernberge und Wöllmisse bei Jena

View of Jena

View of Jena and the Saale Valley from the Saalehorizontale

Thieves' Crag landslide

SaaleHorizontale: Trail with Views over Jena

Kernberge Cliff Trail with views of Jena

Prince's Spring

View of Jena

Lobdeburg Castle Ruins

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