Bode Valley Gondola Lift, Gondola lift in Thale, Germany.

The Bode Valley Gondola Lift runs 728 metres from a valley station at 183 metres above sea level in Thale to the Hexentanzplatz plateau at 428 metres. Since 2012 it has operated as a single-cable gondola with 21 cabins for up to six people; ten have glass floors. The line has five pylons and climbs gradients of up to 75 percent.

The lift was built in 1969–1970 by the Czechoslovak combine Transporta Chrudim with PGH Elektrotherm Quedlinburg, and opened on 7 October 1970; it had originally been intended for the Dresden television tower. Its three pylons carried a 721 m twin-cable circuit with 38 four-person cabins. After 36 million passengers, it closed on 3 October 2011 and was replaced by a new single-cable lift opened on 21 April 2012 at a cost of 4.7 million euros.

The name Hexentanzplatz comes from local legends about witches gathering on the mountain. Today visitors find festivals and events that connect them with regional mountain traditions and folklore.

The lift runs from January to October and is out of service in November. The valley station sits at 183 m above sea level, the top station on the Hexentanzplatz plateau at 428 m; the 728 m ride takes four to eight minutes. The 198 kW drive is housed in the valley station.

Of the 21 cabins on the 2012 lift, ten have a floor of armoured glass, while the other eleven are painted the bordeaux red of the 1990s gondolas. The first lift, opened on 7 October 1970, had been planned for the Dresden television tower, where it would have run from the Elbe bank up to the tower.