The route along the former inner-German border leads from Travemünde to Hof. Not always directly along the 1,378 kilometre long border strip, but mostly close to the "anti-fascist protective wall", as the bigwigs in the GDR called the wall. You pass through a total of eight federal states (Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Hesse and Bavaria). We have opted for the north-south passage in eight stages, but you can also start in the south. Everyone should decide on the length of the daily sections according to their mood or training form.
You can find these routes below as a PDF download:
- Day 1: Travemünde - Lauenburg
112 kilometres, 520 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of five per cent
- Day 2: Lauenburg - Wittenberge
119 kilometres, 630 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of nine per cent
- Day 3: Wittenberge - Helmstedt
143 kilometres, 650 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of four per cent
- Day 4: Helmstedt - Bad Sachsa
123 kilometres, 1,330 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of ten per cent
- Day 5: Bad Sachsa - Creuzburg
107 kilometres, 1,470 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of 15 per cent
- Day 6: Creuzburg - Mellrichstadt
129 kilometres, 1,900 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of 12 per cent
- Day 7: Mellrichstadt - Steinach
123 kilometres, 1,700 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of nine per cent
- Day 8: Journey: 3 premium tours on Lake Forggensee Steinach - Hof
106 kilometres, 1,600 metres in altitude, maximum gradient of 16 per cent
GPS DATATOUR offers the tour data for free download. You can download the tracks in GPX format directly onto a GPS device or view them on your computer in Google Earth or Google Maps.
