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World Heritage Trail - Thuringia's Primeval Forests of Tomorrow

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World Heritage Trail - Thuringia's Primeval Forests of Tomorrow

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World Heritage Trail - Thuringia's Primeval Forests of Tomorrow

02:43

9.83km

170m

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The World Heritage Trail leads through a particularly valuable part of the Hainich National Park. The circular route is marked with the UNESCO diamond and winds through ancient beech forests, which have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011.

On tranquil paths, you'll hike through impressive beech forests and…

by Nationalpark Hainich

Last updated: February 13, 2026

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Schutzzone 1 Nationalpark Hainich

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44 m

The Hainichbaude

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A rustic hut with charm, nice service and delicious home cooking.

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590 m

Natural hiking trail

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There are great and interesting hiking trails here. Especially in autumn the colors of the leaves are enormous and in combination with the sun 🌞 nature shows its most beautiful …

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4.49 km

Memorial Stone Rudi Maurer (Forester)

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A dreamy spot in the valley with rest areas for relaxing, some even with shelter. Here and there along the way, we commemorate the fates of those connected to the …

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7.67 km

View of Wartburg Castle

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Even though Wartburg Castle is only visible in the distance. It's only 15 kilometers away. The view is unobstructed across the old military training area.

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8.86 km

Grill and Rest Area with Panoramic View

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An idyllic rest area, right next to a spacious meadow. From here, there is a fantastic panoramic view across the countryside.

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9.83 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.02 km

3.70 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.23 km

2.93 km

2.44 km

215 m

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (350 m)

Weather

Monday 13 July

27°C

17°C

68 %

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Comments

March 11, 2025,Wanderung von gestern umgekehrt mit Freundin

My girlfriend also really wanted to see the snowdrops and so I did the tour again, just the other way around.

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June 8, 2024,Rundweg Weltnaturerbepfad

In beautiful sunshine, in the Hainich UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The circular hiking trail starts at the Craulaer Kreuz, which is an old stone cross.
The well-developed, shady path winds through beech forests. Everything looks very well maintained, there are places to sit every now and then. The whole forest looks like it has fallen into another time. Old and …

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November 13, 2022,Welterbepfad Nationalpark Thüringen

Along with the Carpathians (Ukraine), the national park is one of the largest contiguous deciduous forest areas in Europe and consists mainly of primeval beeches. The hiking trails are great. After the hike you can relax wonderfully on the Alm hainichbaude.de 🍻. It was worth it 😊

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August 30, 2023,Welterbepfad im Nationalpark Hainich

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April 23, 2022,Tour

world heritage trail
A beautiful circular route through the Hainich
In spring you can see a sea of wild garlic here.

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August 12, 2023,Thüringen - Hainich-Urwald auf dem Weltnaturerbepfad genießen

I deliberately scheduled the start of today's tour for the late afternoon.
The weather was announced with a change of clouds ☁️ and sun ☀️ and together with the later dawn 🌅 this should ensure a great mystical atmosphere in the jungle of the Hainich for the entire tour.

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May 30, 2023,Welterbepfad

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Just use the Whit Tuesday and a round of forest bathing in beautiful Hainich.

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May 10, 2024,Rundwanderung ab Craulaer Kreuz, Sperbersgrundweg mit Welterbepfad

My friend Barbara from Hamburg is visiting and we went for a lovely walk in the east of the national park today.
We took our time and had plenty of breaks.
I saw the first orchid and Barbara was delighted by our sea of wild garlic. There wasn't much going on despite it being a bridge day and the weather …

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May 30, 2022

The World Heritage Trail leads through a particularly valuable part of the Hainich National Park. The circular route is marked with the UNESCO diamond and winds through ancient beech forests, which have been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011.
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On tranquil paths, you'll hike through impressive beech

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World Heritage Trail - Thuringia's Primeval Forests of Tomorrow

The Hainichbaude

Natural hiking trail

Memorial Stone Rudi Maurer (Forester)

View of Wartburg Castle

Grill and Rest Area with Panoramic View

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