Hiking in Gefrees

The town of Marktschorgast, where our hike starts, with its Biedermeier-style houses at the market square, is worth seeing. You should also visit the parish church of St. Jacob, a two-aisled fortified church with late medieval art treasures.

Circular route from the Entenmühle (place to eat and park) through the Ölschnitz valley to the spa park of Bad Berneck and back over the heights of the opposite side of the valley.

The Jakobusweg Fichtelgebirge (72 km) is a "bypass" to the main route Hof - Nuremberg. It branches off in Marktschorgast, goes over the Fichtelgebirge, and re-joins before Creußen.

Circular route from Kornbach. On the way to the Eger spring, a detour to the Pestilence Garden. Rest at the Eger spring. Continue on the ridge path over the Hohe Haide with a detour to the Wetzstein rock. Return to the starting point. Dining option in Kornbach.

... the hiking trail leads from Bischofsgrün through the Ölschniz Valley to Bad Berneck on the "Jean-Paul Path".

A circular route from the Entenmühle on sunny heights over Metzlersreuth and Gottmannsberg to Gefrees and back to the starting point in the idyllic valley of the Lübnitzbach.

The Westweg leads for 82 km from Münchberg to Rauher Kulm. From Gefrees to Immenreuth, it opens up the western edge of the Fichtelgebirge.

A circular route from Stammbach to Weißenstein including sections of the paths "Fränkisches Steinreich" and "Rund um Stammbach"

18 circular routes accompany the Jakobusweg Fichtelgebirge. Circular route 4 starts and ends in Kornbach (possibility to stop for refreshments). Through the Torfmoorhölle up to the source of the Eger and back to Kornbach via another path.

The North Route leads in a west-east direction from Kulmbach to the Czech border (71 km). From Kulmbach, it goes through the Upper Main region, overcomes the "Franconian Line" at Wirsberg, and leads over the highest elevations of the northern Fichtelgebirge (Großer Waldstein, Epprechtstein, Großer Kornberg) to Selb and from there further to the Czech border (junction with the East Route).