Circular hike - Frauensee - Thuringian Forest

After a turbulent history, the community was awarded the lake, the Renaissance castle dominating the village view built on the monastery’s foundations, and the surrounding beech forest after World War II.  The round route around Frauensee starts at the castle and leads above the lake through the Tännertal valley to Josupeit's Ruh, a shelter in the middle of the forest. After a short break, you hike from the Karlsbuche along the ridge path until you meet the Ecumenical Pilgrim Way at the Lehnhaus. From here, it goes downhill over Alma's beech halls, the Miesgraben, and the Sautelle to the Gansbergblick viewpoint. Here the hiker is surprised by the view of the idyllic village and beyond to the Krayenberg in the Rhön. From Gansbergblick, you reach the Taubenlöchern - several collapse holes giving insights into the geological structure of the abundant karst rocks. At the Wiesendreieck, you enjoy the view over Frauensee once more before the descent back to the castle begins.