Best rails trails in Thuringian Slate Mountains/Upper Saale Nature Park

This circular hike at Bleiloch leads extensively around the southern tip of the bleaching reservoir and even reaches the height of the Rennsteig. The hiker stays on the Saale until Lemnitzhammer, then it goes through the romantic Sieglitztal up to the Rennsteig. Via Seibis you reach the Marienberg lookout point and then descend into the valley of the Thuringian Muschwitz. There you follow the Kolonnenweg down the valley. After crossing the connecting road from Lichtenbrunn to Lichtenberg, the...