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The 104 mile Rennsteig ridgeway leads across the Thuringian Forest and the Schiefer Mountains, past the Biosphere Reserve Vessertal, from West to East, from the Werra river to the Saale river.
You start at Hoerschel near Eisenach, pass the Wartburg Castle, and continue via Oberhof, Stuetzerbach near Ilmenau, to Blankenstein.
Walking along the watershed of the rivers Elbe and Rhine, the spoken German you hear will change from Thuringian to Franconian dialect, you will pass medieval boundary stones and stone crosses, and you will cross the once much feared East and West German border that fell in 1989.
The Rennsteig used to be a short-cut: On your hike you will walk in the footsteps of Celtic and Germanic tribes, of Roman legionaries, of missionaries, of Martin Luther, of Goethe and of Napoleon on his way to the battle at Jena and Auerstedt.
Depending on your physical fitness, you will need six to ten days for all stages of the Rennsteig hiking trail.
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