The hike around the Frießnitzer See is perfect for all nature lovers.
The small pond in front of the Frießnitzer garden area opposite the Frießnitzer See was built by French prisoners of war during World War I.
In 1791, the then Frießnitzer pastor drowned on the way from Großebersdorf to Frießnitz (current hiking path, the B 175 did not exist at the time) – after a celebration in Großebersdorf – in the Frießnitzer See. The legend speaks of a "deep pond" southeast of Großebersdorf where people and animals disappeared without a trace.
The Renthendorf pastor Christian Ludwig Brehm – called the bird pastor – a founder of German ornithology and father of Alfred Brehm, became the brother-in-law in 1819 of the later supreme Prussian forester Carl August von Reuss, born in Großebersdorf. He often stayed at the Frießnitzer See to study the local birdlife.
The Reuss family birth house is well preserved in Großebersdorf.
The path leading from Großebersdorf to Hohe Reuth through the "Finsteren Grund" bore the almost forgotten name "Preußenweg" for a long time. The reason for the name: after the lost battles against Napoleonic troops at Saalfeld and Schleiz in 1806, Prussian troops partly retreated over this path towards Jena - Auerstätt.
North of Großebersdorf at the entrance to the women's avenue of the Eicherts is the "Frauenstein", erected in 1835 by the then Großebersdorf forester Hagemann – an illegitimate nephew of the Weimar grand duke Carl August – in memory of his three daughters.
The main avenue – leading from Münchenbernsdorf to Hohe Reuth – was formerly called the advocate’s path or footbridge. Why? An official from the Weida office attended a court hearing in Münchenbernsdorf. The judgment was said to have been well celebrated afterwards. The official rode on a white horse to Münchenbernsdorf but went missing on the way back to Weida via Hohe Reuth; the horse reached Weida alone. Occasionally, one can still see the horse searching for its rider today.
On the way from Großebersdorf to Struth stood a small castle (roughly opposite today's Struth mill). It is said to be the grave of the wild hunter.
On the way to Birkhausen is a small pond. There was once a tavern called "Süße Tränke", which belonged to the long-gone village of Albersdorf. There are interesting legends about it, and in the Weimar main state archive, there is an application from 1743 to establish a rest and inn place. The village of Albersdorf is believed to have been near today's Kirchberg.
