Hikes in Lisberg

Varied hiking route through the Aurach valley and the Lorenz valley. Signage: Yellow square marked L3.

Hiking route right through the heart of Franconia – over more than 160 km from Bamberg to Bad Windsheim

Churches, views and the wonderful Bamberg at the end of the route!!  

A beautiful circular route from Schönbrunn in the Steigerwald via Lisberg, where you can visit the impressive castle

207 kilometer route, 7 rivers, 3 nature parks and a unique hiking experience

The complete Hölderlinweg with the trail marker HL5 starts at the town hall, the former castle, on the street "Am Schloss". Here you will also find the first information board about the circular hiking trail. However, we started our hike on the Hölderlinweg with the trail marker HL5 at the bathing lake on the "Seeleite" street in Trabelsdorf. First, we passed fields, later steadily uphill on a forest road within the woods. Once you reach an open area, you find an information board about the poet Hölderlin and a bench to rest. From here you can also see the roofs of the village Grub. A signpost leaves no doubt that we had to turn right into the forest. At the edge of the forest road, one could see the mosquito-hand orchid and the branching grass lily. Soon the Main-Danube Trail joined us and accompanied us up to Dankenfeld. Always paying attention to the HL5 marker, we turned right, later walked a short distance along the border between Upper and Lower Franconia and finally reached the approximately 110-year-old Luitpold oak. Then we continued gently downhill and a sign later showed us the way to the Kesselgrund with the Friedleinsbrunnen. At this idyllic place are resting facilities and information boards. From here we had to climb uphill again over the Friedleinskopf, and after leaving the forest, we saw our intermediate goal Dankenfeld ahead of us. Following the HL5 marker and the Main-Danube Trail, we passed the church Maria Himmelfahrt and stopped for a meal at the inn Böllner on "Von-Ostheim-Strasse." After we had refreshed ourselves, we went back the same way but turned left after about 200 meters into the forest, following only the HL5 sign. First in the forest, later in the open, it went through Kesselgrund to Neuhausen. Here we turned into the narrow, little-used Mittelgrundstrasse, which led us back to the starting point at the bathing lake. (6.2017)

Circular hike. From the Trabelsdorf bathing lake at the "Seeleite," we followed the trail marker L2 on the narrow, little-trafficked road, heading southeast. Soon Lisberg with its namesake castle appears on the right side at higher elevation. After crossing St2262 (road to Lisberg), we later did not follow the L2 sign left towards Feigendorf, but continued straight ahead without markings, more or less far from the Aurach. Water buffalo and horses watched us with curious looks. Shortly before Kolmsdorf, we turned right into the lonely Lorenzital and followed the unmarked path below the weekend settlement. Later, we proceeded on the little-used, somewhat overgrown, gravel path along the forest edge gently uphill. We passed a memorial stone somewhat hidden by grass. After passing through a piece of forest, we turned right onto a field path, still uphill, then at the next one turned left again. By now, we already saw the keep of Lisberg Castle. At a bush area with a wooden crucifix and bench, the highest point of the hike was reached at 343 m. From here, we turned right again, and soon Lisberg was reached. At the main road, we stopped at the beer garden of the Gasthaus Riemer (closed on Thursdays). Afterwards, we walked past the church and visited the courtyard of the castle (private property). Next, we followed the "Burgberg" (-path) marked L3 downhill, then along a short stretch on the main road, before turning left onto "Am Pfaffenberg" (-street). Now there was a good climb again past the cemetery and then downhill again into the forest. At the bottom, the hotel "Altes Kurhaus" could be seen, and soon we had reached the starting point. (6/2017)

Hike to the Friedleinsbrunnen, a historic rest stop. The path partly follows the Hölderlinweg.

Franconian circular route

Circular hike. From the Trabelsdorf bathing lake at the "Seeleite" we followed the trail marker L2 on the narrow, little trafficked road, heading southeast. Soon, Lisberg with its namesake castle appears on the right side at a height. After crossing the St2262 (road to Lisberg), we followed the L2 sign to the left to Feigendorf, more or less far from the Aurach. Water buffaloes and horses watched us with curious looks. In Feigendorf, we left the L2 trail marker and turned left onto the meadow path. Passing a spring under linden trees and a bus stop, we crossed the main road and then followed the mountain path on the opposite side of the road. At the last house, it went left and then immediately right again heading north onto a field path. Mostly along the edge of the forest, we then reached Triefenbach. Passing the village pond, we walked along a later somewhat overgrown field path between forest and pasture until a path led uphill into the forest on the left. At the height, again in the open and on a rural road, it then went right. After crossing the narrow road Trabelsdorf - Stückbrunn, we walked on a road paved with interlocking stones to Trabelsdorf. Arriving here, we followed the Lochgasse to the left up to the main road. On this, we then made a sharp left towards Trabelsdorf and then immediately right again on Weißbergstrasse to Neuhausen. At Mittelgrundstrasse, we then turned left and followed the two trail markers L4 and HL5 (Hölderlinweg), which led us on the little trafficked, narrow road back to the starting point at the bathing lake. (6.2017)