Broad Rennsteig

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The Breiter Rennsteig is a 16-kilometer hiking trail in Thuringia. It is a branch of the Rennsteig and connects the Thuringian Forest with Breitungen / Werra on the banks of the Werra . The Breiter Rennsteig is also known as the Ur- or Brücknerscher Rennsteig. This commemorates the Meiningen regional historian Georg Brückner (1800–1881), who considered it to be a continuation of the Rennsteig because of its border location and purpose.

course

Breiter Rennsteig, ascent to Vogelsberg near Trusetal
At the Breiter Castle

The Breiter Rennsteig begins at Dreiherrenstein on the Großer Weißenberg ( 746.5  m above sea level ) near Ruhla , crosses Brotteroder Straße and runs through Unteren Beerberg ( 710.7  m above sea level ), lookout point on Questenstein ( 724.4  m above sea level). NN ), Rennwegskopf ( 729.6  m above sea level ), Judenkopf ( 712  m above sea level ) and rest area opposite Hohe Klinge ( 531.2  m above sea level ) to the valley. Along the Bairodaer Landwehr (signposted ground monument ) you come to a meadow that ends in Bairoda . The path divides here. The western branch leads as an unpaved footpath to the Wolfsberg homestead ( 300.7  m above sea level ) and then climbs up to the Kleiner Wolfskuppe ( 446.3  m above sea level ). The eastern branch runs for about two kilometers on state road 1126 in the direction of Trusetal and then turns south (follow the signs). After another 1.5 km, both sections meet again on the Kleiner Wolfsberg. In the open landscape, the ridge trail leads over the Saarkopf ( 426.2  m above sea level ), the Klausberg ( 398.9  m above sea level ) and the Vogelsberg ( 360.4  m above sea level ) to the north-western outskirts of Breitungen, the is reached after passing an underpass on federal road 19 at Breiter Schloss.

Labelling

Analogous to the white "R" of the Rennsteig, the Breiter Rennsteig is marked with a white "B".

literature

  • Roland Geißler : hiking guide to Bad Liebenstein and the Inselsberg. Hikes and bike tours between Bad Salzungen, Ruhla, Eisenach, Trusetal, Brotterode and the Rennsteig. Rockstuhl, Bad Langensalza 2007, ISBN 978-3-938997-79-6 .

Web links

Commons : Breitener Rennsteig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Salzmann among others between Ruhla, Bad Liebenstein and Schmalkalden. Berlin 1977, ISBN 3-05-000378-2 , Breitener Rennsteig, p. 73.
  2. ↑ Official topographic maps of Thuringia 1: 10,000. District of Gotha, Wartburg district, district-free city of Eisenach . In: Thuringian Land Survey Office (Hrsg.): CD-ROM series Top10 . CD 2. Erfurt 1999.

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 12.6 ″  N , 10 ° 24 ′ 24.3 ″  E