Circular hiking route - Neustadt am Rennsteig/ Schönbrunn reservoir - Thuringian Forest

Start at the Rennsteig information Neustadt am Rennsteig and hike along Rennsteigstrasse, past the Michaelis church, along Kirchgasse towards the Schönbrunn reservoir. At the end of Kirchgasse please turn right and immediately left again. There you have a great view over the flowering mountain meadows down to the Tannengrund. Follow the meadow path to the left and stroll through the Hexenwäldchen. At the end you come to a wide forest path that leads you along the creek into the Tannengrund. When you reach the former construction road (turn left), always follow it until you reach the circular path around the reservoir. There follow the gravel path (circular path around the reservoir) always inside along the reservoir. After about 5 km you come to the fore-reservoir. Please continue straight ahead to the Gabler forester's lodge. Then it goes uphill again, past the Gabler rafting pond to the five-edged stone. At this point continue straight ahead to the Rennsteig and then right across the mountain meadows back to Neustadt am Rennsteig.