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Kyffhäuser Mountain Road

L1172 (ex-B85) · Kelbra → Bad Frankenhausen · Germany

Length
10 miles
Drive time
30 min
Type
Technical road
Region
Europe

Before you go: ⚠ Bike-heavy at summer weekends; the hairpins ice over quickly in winter

Thirty-six numbered hairpins stacked into one small mountain make this Germany's most concentrated driving test — carmakers and tyre firms have used it as a proving road for decades. The Barbarossa monument at the summit is the obligatory halfway stop.

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