Thuringia is not only beautiful, its people are down-to-earth and likeable and its cities are steeped in history. Thuringia also has a high density of large and interesting reservoirs that are many years old and have long since blended positively into the landscape.

Nature has come to terms with man there and so the local recreationist can find beautiful landscapes around the dammed rivers.

Hast Du Dir schon einmal überlegt alle Thüringer Seen zu Fuß zu umrunden? Mach es!…. es wird sich lohnen. So kannst Du Dir die schöne Sammlermedaille der Iron Lake Challenge in der Edition „Thuringia“ verdienten. Es warten ca. 200 Kilometer wunderschöner Uferstrecke auf Dich!

RULES

The rules for the Iron Lake Challenge Thuringia are very simple. Nevertheless, we would like to clarify them again at this point:

• Register for the Iron Lake Challenge Thuringia (Klick auf das Logo weiter unten)!
• To conquer this challenge and get the beautiful collector's medal "Thüringen edition” zu verdienen, musst Du die zehn größten Seen in Thüringens zu Fuß umrunden.
• Bicycles, skates, etc. are not allowed, but you are welcome to hike or run.
• Each lake must be circumnavigated "in one piece". This means that you are welcome to take breaks, but you should complete the lake within one day, unless there is a special regulation. Of course you can divide the 10 lakes into different days. Do only one lake per day, because you want to enjoy this time!
• You have as long as you want for the ten lakes. You don't have to go around them within a year. You should enjoy and not rush!
• We trust you that you have really circumnavigated the lakes. However, if you want to be included in the time ranking, we need a copy of your tracking. We don't care what you use (watch, smartphone or app).

General PLEASE NOTE!

• Please note that the Road Traffic Act applies in public traffic areas and along roads and cycle paths. So move considerately.
• You circumnavigate the lakes at your own risk and at your own risk. The operator of this website assumes no liability.
• Please heed medical advice if necessary or have a medical examination before the start of the Challenge. You are responsible for your own health, equipment and condition. Breaking off a tour is not a disgrace, health always comes first!

A few rules for dealing with nature during your lake tour:

• Please take into account the local instructions for the protection of nature.
• Please do not go off the trails.
• Please do not make noise.
• Please do not collect rocks or minerals.
• Please do not collect mushrooms.
• Please do not leave trash lying around.
• Please do not feed animals.
• Please do not make an open fire.
• Please do not pick plants.

This should be obvious to all of us, but it doesn't hurt to remember it from time to time. 

REGISTRATION AND SCOPE OF SERVICES

The registration for the Iron Lake Challenge Thuringia costs you 24,- EUR.

In this entry fee is our Iron Lake Challenge “Thüringen” Sammlermedaille and the green marble (25mm) of the Timeless Challenge .

However, for this you must first go around the ten largest lakes in Thuringia! Only then we will send you the well-deserved medal and marble! After all, you want to earn them and not get them as a gift.

With your registration fee you support my heart project of the Reforestation of one million trees worldwide!

How to register:

• Please click on the logo and you will be redirected to the registration page of our partner Digistore24
• You will now receive a registration confirmation
• Now you have to walk around the ten largest lakes in Thuringia. As soon as you have completed them, please send us an excerpt of your tracking as proof.
• After we have checked this, you will receive your well-deserved medal and marble. Easy, isn't it?

YOUR MEDAL AND YOUR MARBLE

If you have walked around the ten largest lakes in Thuringia, then you have earned the beautiful Iron Lake Challenge medal in the edition "Thuringia". This can be the first in your upcoming Iron Lake Challenge collection or can be added to your existing collection.

LIFE SCORE POINTS AND THE TIMELESS MARBLE

The Iron Lake Challenge is part of our Timeless Challenge. Therefore, you deserve (in addition to the collector's medal) the marble in green (health/sport). This will also be sent to you. The marble will have a diameter of 20mm.

You earn with your performance approx. 16 Life Score points. Diese werden sowohl der Ehrentafel Thüringen, als auch dem Life Lake Museum credited. This service is free of charge for you.

The ten largest lakes in Thuringia

Finding the ten largest lakes in Thuringia was not that easy. For example, the Straußfurt flood control reservoir should have been included in this list, but it is completely dry for large parts of the year, so it is not interesting. And then there are numerous lakes that are located on the border to neighboring states, so not exclusively on the ground of Thuringia. But we think that the following lakes are exceedingly attractive and a circumnavigation will create many good life moments.

Dam Bleiloch

The Bleiloch reservoir dams the water of the Saale and has the largest capacity of all reservoirs in Germany. It owes its name to the former lead holes that used to stand in the reservoir area. It is the largest reservoir in Thuringia. For a circumnavigation on foot you have to cover about 22 kilometers.

Suggestions for tours around the Bleiloch Dam:

• OutdoorActive – Umrundung der Bleiloch Talsperre
• Umrundung Bleilochstausee etwas weiter gefasst

Hohenwarte Dam

The Saale River is also dammed in the Hohenwarte Reservoir (Hohenwarte Dam). During the construction of this dam, about 250 people had to be resettled at that time (in 1930). It is the fourth largest dam in Germany. Its banks are more than 70 kilometers long, so you have three days to walk around it. By the way.... the circular route has almost 2000 meters of altitude! That is a real challenge.

Suggested tours around the Hohenwarte Dam:

• Umrundung auf dem Hohenwarte Stausee Weg
• Komoot – Hohenwarte Stausee Weg

Zeulenroda dam

The Zeulenroda Dam is one of two drinking water dams in the Thuringian Slate Mountains. Unfortunately, this dam also has a sad history. When the bridge over the reservoir to Quingenberg, which was under construction, collapsed in 1973, four workers lost their lives. For a circumnavigation you have to cover about 19 kilometers.

Suggestions for tours around the dam Zeulenroda

• Talsperrenweg Zeulenroda
• Rundweg Zeulenrodaer Meer

Windischleuba Dam

The Windischleuba Dam impounds the Pleiße River in the Altenburger Land district. Visitors are in a colorful bird world that is worth seeing. The path around the dam is about seven kilometers long and passes among other things between reservoirs of the dam, so that you have quite a lot of water around you.

Suggested tours around the Windischleuba Dam:

• Komoot – Staumauer Windischleuba
• Windischleuba von Fockendorf

Leibis-Lichte Dam

The Leibis-Lichte dam was built to secure the drinking water supply for the population of eastern Thuringia. At that time, about 100 people had to be resettled from Lichte to the new village Neu-Lichte. The dam is still relatively new, because it was inaugurated only in 2006. A walk around the dam offers you about 20 kilometers of enjoyment.

Suggestions for tours around the dam Leibis-Lichte:

• Schöne Aussicht zur Talsperre Leibis-Lichte
• AllTrails – Rund um die Talsperre Leibis-Lichte

Seebach dam

The Seebach dam is located in the Unstrut-Hainich district. The Singelbach is dammed with the barrage. The dam provides most of the water for vegetable crops (cucumbers and cabbage) in the Unstrut region. You are in for between seven and ten kilometers (depending on the tour you choose).

Suggested tours around the Seebach Dam:

• Umrundung Talsperre Seebach

Dachwig dam

Die Talsperre Dachwig liegt zwischen nordwestlich von Erfurt in Thüringen. Sie wurde zur Bewässerung von landwirtschaftlichen Flächen gebaut und und hat heute zusätzlich eine wichtige Naturschutzfunktion als Rast- und Brutplatz für Wasser- und Singvögel. Gestaut wird der Jordan (der Bach „Jordan“). Bei einer Umrundung musst Du ca 6 bis 10 Kilometer Uferstrecke zurücklegen (je nach gewählter Tour)

Suggested tours around the Dachwig dam:

• Talsperre Dachwig Kirschplantage und Umrundung
• Talsperre Dachwig Runde von Großfahner

Dam Heyda

The Heyda Dam impounds the Wipfra River in southern Thuringia. It was built for irrigation purposes, but now also enjoys a high recreational value for local recreationists and anglers. In the south it borders on a nature reserve. Its circular trail (approx. 7.6 km) is well-known and popular.

Suggestions for tours around the Heyda Dam:

• Rundwanderweg – Rund um die Talsperre Heyda
• Rund um die Talsperre Heyda

Schönbrunn Dam

The Schönbrunn Dam is located about 20 kilometers south of Ilmenau and dams the river Schleuse. The Schönbrunn dam supplies 230,000 consumers in southern Thuringia with drinking water. There is a circular trail around the dam with a length of about 15 km, which is excellent for walking or hiking. 

Suggestions for tours around the Schönbrunn Dam:

• Rundwanderung – Um die Talsperre Schönbrunn
• Natur Pur Stausee Schönbrunn

Weidatal dam

Die Weidatalsperre ist eine von zwei Talsperren an der Weida, im Thüringer Schiefergebirge. Die oberhalb von ihr liegende zweite Talsperre ist die Talsperre Zeulenroda (ebenfalls in unserer „Top10 Thüringen“). Die Talsperre dient dem Hochwasserschutz und der Niedrigwasseraufhöhung. Eine Umrundung erfordert ca. 14 Kilometer.

Suggested tours around the Weide Dam:

• Rundweg Weidetalsperre
• bergfex – Rundweg Weidetalsperre

THE IRON LAKE CHALLENGE IN SOCIAL MEDIA

HASHTAGS OF THE IRON LAKE CHALLENGE

We would be happy if you share pictures, videos and your experiences around the Iron Lake Challenge with others. For this purpose we provide you with the following hashtags:

• #ironlakechallenge
• #ironlakechallengethueringen
• #timelesschallenge

The IRON LAKE CHALLENGE ON FACEBOOK

Of course we also invite you to join our Facebook group "Iron Lake Challenge Discussion Board".

IRON LAKE CHALLENGE Thuringia HONORARY

Here you can quickly and easily enter your results and upload the evidence (e.g. screen copy of your tracking). We check them and then release them. Then your result is saved and appears in the honor roll. Be proud of what you have already achieved!

Instructions for the Challenge Tool

This is how our honor board works

• Register on our site
• Select the lake you are circumnavigating under "Summit/Lake
• Enter the distance you have covered (in meters) under "Length / Mountain height (in m)"
• Enter the required time (in minutes) under "Time needed (in min).
• Enter the date of your circumnavigation under "date"
• Now you can upload the evidence (e.g. a screenshot of your tracking) under "Upload proof (optional)"
• Now all you have to do is SAVE!
• We check your round and release it. Then you will see your result in the ranking.

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