Hikes in Plothen

The "Land of a Thousand Ponds", as the Dreba-Plothen pond area is also called, was created 900 years ago by Benedictine monks. Over the centuries, there were sometimes more than a thousand ponds. After 1970, larger bodies of water were created by merging small ponds.

In the land of 1000 ponds, there are also 1000 things to discover … What a beautiful landscape.

In addition to birdwatching at the partially renatured pond basins at the Finkenmühle, the large group of swans on the middle pond, which seemed to float over the water as a synchronized flock, was particularly impressive.

Hike to the Plothener Ponds & to the Thuringian Sea - with the Hohenwarte Reservoir Trail

Plothener Teichgebiet - a pond landscape unlike any other in Thuringia.

Easy day hike in the area of the Plothen ponds

Route hike at the Thuringian Sea: Route: Pößneck – Baroque Castle Brandenstein - Ranis Castle - Ratsholz - Seebach - Peuschen - Laskau - Ponds near the Bankschenke inn - Knau with manor park - Plothen pond area. Accommodation in Plothen.

Hike to the Thuringian Sea: Route: Plothen - Plothengrund - Eßbach - on the Saale-Orla-Weg - Teufelsberg - Burgk Castle - Burgkhammer Dam - Bleilochtalsperre.

Alternative route of the Thuringian Lutherweg from Moßbach through the Plothener pond area to Neustadt/Orla

Hiking on the Thuringian Luther Trail from Schmölln via Gera, Weida, Auma to Neustadt/O. - with a detour in the Plothen pond area