Best wheelchair-friendly trails in Thuringia

Barrier-free nature trail in the Hainich National Park. Enchanted forest giants. Talking ravens. Root dwarves. White women in the mist. Whispering branches. Good fairies. The jungle is deep and dark, and suddenly a wonderful clearing opens up unexpectedly. A fairytale forest. Anyone who enters the Hainich Forest is transformed - one way or another. The fact that the Hainich Forest is so unique also makes it a place of beautiful memories: of childhood, of carefree times in nature and of fairy...

Temporary hiking trail in the Hainich National Park This hiking trail offers entertainment for young and old. It shows the natural habitat of the wildcat and is a wonderful addition to a visit to the wildcat village of Hütscheroda. The route begins above the show enclosure in Hütscheroda, the so-called wildcat clearing, not far from the wildcat barn and follows the hiking symbol "Wildcat Tracks". There is a slight incline between the wildcat barn and the wildcat clearing at the beginning of...

Popular circular hike around the Riedelmühle Vorsperre This hike runs in the immediate vicinity of the banks of the Riedelmühle Vorsperre. Here you can explore the world of water and forest birds. Fish can also be observed again and again. If you are looking for an oasis of calm and want to experience nature, this is the place for you. This path is barrier-free and can therefore be used by wheelchair users and prams without any problems.

Barrier-free nature trail in the Hainich National Park There are a few teaching stations along the way where you can put your knowledge of the "treasures" of the national park to the test. The route begins at the Mallinde hiking car park near Berka vd Hainich on the western edge of the national park. Halfway the path leads into a forest meadow, at the edge of which you can already hear the rippling of the Silberborn spring, which gives it its name. There has always been a linden tree above...

Barrier-free nature trail in the Hainich National Park The "Path of Encounter" in Brunstal is one of a total of four "Thuringian Primeval Forest Paths" in the Hainich National Park, a project of WWF Germany. The aim of the Thuringian primeval forest trails is to promote acceptance and ecological understanding of forests that are not used for forestry through experiencing them. This route starts at the "Fuchsfarm" hiking parking lot, two kilometers southwest of Mülverstedt, right next to the...

Relaxed nature trail in the Thuringian Forest Nature Park. This beautiful nature trail starts at the nature park gate at the Wuhlheide in Viernau. It is interesting and easy to walk on for families with children and even pushchairs. It passes through the so-called "Viernau fault zone", in which various other sediments such as shell limestone and Zechstein can also be found due to the fracture of the large sandstone floe. This special feature naturally also has an effect on the vegetation and...