Hikes in Ansbach

The route follows the Palatine Jakobsweg Prague - Tillyschanz - Hohenburg - Rothenburg/T. It leads over varied terrain with interesting cultural highlights.

Start and finish: Thomasstrstrasse Parking options at the Diakonisches Werk Dining opportunity: Gasthof Rangau in Elpersdorf (Mon-Fri no lunch)

100 km across the Frankenhöhe Nature Park with train connections at start and finish. Quality hiking trail through gentle terrain.

Circular trail around the Scherweiher nature reserve

Hiking proposal Franconian Heights Nature Park

​> This hike begins at the parking lot near the "Aquella" recreational pool in Ansbach 01. The green "Gumbertusweg" sign guides us. First, we head east, turning left onto Spitalstraße, then right onto the pedestrian and bike path along Hohenzollernring. Immediately after the railroad bridge, we keep slightly to the right and walk slightly uphill toward Waldheimweg. We follow this path straight ahead through the Bocksberg neighborhood and leave it at a turning circle heading toward the forest. There we come to a wide gravel path, which we first follow to the right and then, after about 150 meters, to the left onto Bocksberg Allee. We’ll now follow this path almost straight across Bocksberg 02, then turn slightly left and exit the forest again at a small parking lot. At the Schalkhausen–Steinersdorf road, we turn right toward Steinersdorf, stay on this road until a right-hand curve, and continue straight ahead on Gumbertusweg, passing a chicken farm. A short time later, we come to another road; we turn slightly left and continue straight ahead until the next fork. At the fork, we turn slightly right onto a paved path, walk past the Naturfreundehaus Gumbertushütte 03 (a place to stop for refreshments on weekends) until we reach the Kreuzeiche 04. The age of this impressive natural monument is estimated at about 800 years. At a hiking sign, we turn left onto a greenway, then immediately right along a field and down through a small wooded area until we reach a gravel cross-path. We turn right onto this path and head slightly uphill into the forest. At a lumber yard at the edge of the forest, we turn left and follow the path into the woods. From here, we’ll also be following the route of the European Watershed Trail for a while; otherwise, the Gumbertus Trail continues to guide us. The path narrows, and just before we begin our descent, we reach the Gumbertus Fountain 05. According to legend, St. Gumbertus performed baptisms here. From the fountain, the trail leads slightly downhill to a gravel cross-path, where we briefly turn left and then immediately right, following the edge of the forest before entering the woods. There, we cross the Onolzbach (after which Ansbach is named), then turn left, briefly emerge from the forest again, and keep to the right at the next fork. The path now climbs slightly to the next fork, where we leave the Wasserscheideweg and turn left to follow the Gumbertusweg again. After just under a kilometer, our trail branches off to the left onto an unpaved forest path. After leaving the forest, we walk along a meadow and then follow the gravel path to the right, past a pond, to the next intersection. We cross this intersection and, after a right-hand curve, turn left at the next fork—just before Neudorf—onto another paved farm road. We pass a pond and, after it, turn right onto the Neudorf–Steinersdorf road. We’ll now walk a short distance through Neudorf and, at the edge of town, keep left toward Neudorfer Mühle. Passing the mill, we stay on the paved path, reach the edge of the forest, and soon come across the first oak trees along the trail. We are now in the Scheerweiher Nature Reserve, which we can see on our right as we continue. Continuing through the nature reserve, we reach the Steinersdorfer Steige at its end. Here, turn right briefly and then immediately left back into the forest. We recommend a short detour to the small observation tower with an information board at Scheerweiher 06. The trail leads through sparse deciduous forest along the railroad tracks to an intersection with an underpass. There, turn left up the gravel path and keep right at the next fork. After about 400 meters, we rejoin the outbound route; we now turn right and, after exiting the forest, return to the Waldheimweg. From here, we follow the Hohenzollernring to the parking lot at the “Aquella” 01 recreational pool.

marked circular trail

Easy hike on a continuously gravelled path around and through the Buhlsberg Forest near Lehrberg. The "Seven Stones" are worth seeing and mysterious. Best starting point near Fritzmühle or Pulvermühle.

Vom Bf Ansbach nach Steinbach und über Wallersdorf wieder zurück

Von AN Bf nach Alberndorf Steinbach und über den Feuchtlachwald wieder zurück zum Bf