Goethe Way

Following a northeastern curve over the Quitschenberg it circles the Brockenfeld Moor, the source of the rivers Abbe and Cold Bode.

Until the closure of the former border region by East Germany in 1961, the Goethe Way next ran on a straight line to the northeast over the Königsberg, past the Hirschhornklippen crags, and up to the summit of the Brocken.

From July 2008 to October 2009 the New Goethe Way, parts of which had previously formed a board walk, was upgraded into a three-metre-wide (9.8 ft) path.

Weimar–Saalborn–Hochdorf bei Weimar–Neckeroda–Großkochberg The Thuringian Goethe Way begins in the centre of Weimar, and runs past Blankenhain as a light footpath to Großkochberg.

In Buchfart the Goethe Way crosses a wooden through-truss bridge (Holzkastenbrücke) and runs past limestone rocks in which artificial caves were once hollowed out as a refuge.

The Luisa Tower (Luisenturm) near Großkochberg offers a fine view of the Weimar Land just before the end of the walk.