Circular hiking trail - "Local history hiking trail" - Schönbrunn - Thuringian Forest

Your route starts and ends at the hiking parking lot on Gabler Street between the fire station and the Herbstsonne senior home. From here, you walk to the town center and begin with local history by visiting St. Jacob's Church. To the left past the church is the entrance sign for the local history hiking trail.

! On the local history hiking trail, there are numerous puzzles to solve. Get the puzzle sheet at the Tourist Information or download it from the municipality's website www.schleusegrund.de.

From now on, follow the signs for the local history hiking trail marked with a green diagonal stroke/ hiking figure. The trail goes uphill to the Little Head, where you have many different views of Schönbrunn.

After a short rest under the blockhouse-style shelter, follow the signposts towards the forest. At the fork, keep right; shortly after follows another sign for the local history hiking trail. Continue through the forest along the Tannenleite. At the next fork, go left, and shortly after at the information board, again left towards Zillerstein, at 740 m the highest point of the tour. There you have a wonderful view of the Schönbrunn drinking water reservoir.
After a short rest in the shelter, continue through the forest to the Märters Plain; at the fork, keep left. Shortly after, at the next signpost, the hiking trail becomes a narrow footpath, going steeply downhill left through the forest. Upon reaching the saddle ground, turn left onto the wide hiking path towards the reservoir. After some time, the next signpost is on the right side. From here, leave the main path and take another narrow footpath through the forest leading to the viewpoint at the reservoir. At the seating area, you have a nice view of the Schönbrunn drinking water reservoir.
Now leave the narrow footpath and walk the last kilometers on asphalt towards the dam, turning left. At the dam, with a height of 66m, you have a view over the water to the intake tower and onwards and on the other side to the water treatment plant down in the valley. Continue straight down on the street. At the covered seating area, turn left into the village Schönbrunn back to the hiking parking lot.