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Frankenwald

Frankenwald - Outside. With us.

As the first region in Bavaria, the Frankenwald was awarded the seal "Quality Region Walkable Germany" by the German Hiking Association. For this, over 40 criteria had to be met regarding hiking trail networks and infrastructure, hosts and (hiking) services for guests. We are also one of the "Best of Hiking" regions. 

Our current 30 FrankenwaldSteigla, half-day and full-day tours ranging between 5 and 18 kilometers (all circular routes), and our 243.5-kilometer long Fern-Rundwanderweg FrankenwaldSteig offer a hiking experience for all senses. "Hear silence", "Breathe space" and "Understand the forest" are the three overarching themes with which hikers can explore the Frankenwald in all its facets. The entire hiking trail network in the Frankenwald covers more than 4,200 kilometers of marked hiking trails, all excellently marked, signposted, and maintained by the Frankenwald Association and its volunteer trail wardens.

There is also a colorful variety of routes for cyclists and mountain bikers in the Frankenwald for all fitness levels. Bike fun trails on the Döbraberg or leisurely family bike tours along the deep valleys with their colorful, species-rich meadows - from the ambitious recreational cyclist to the mountain bike professional, everyone will find something. For multi-day bike tours, the Main Cycle Route, which runs from the confluence of the Main near Kulmbach to Mainz, is ideal.

From May to October, cyclists can also use the "3fmobil," a bus network with bicycle trailers that helps overcome many inclines and allows for easy rolling downhill. Since 2021, the network connects destinations in the Frankenwald, Fichtel Mountains, and Franconian Switzerland.

More and more trail runners are also discovering the varied trails of the uplands, and numerous running events invite participants to start.


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Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Ködeltour
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 17 km
Duration 6:05 h
Ascent 673 m
Descent 673 m

BREATHE WIDE - Along Bavaria's largest drinking water reservoir, the Ködeltalsperre, the route ascends to the Nurner Brocken, a unique stone ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 11.2 km
Duration 3:30 h
Ascent 229 m
Descent 229 m

LISTEN TO SILENCE - the rustling of the Weißer Main accompanies you for part of the route, sometimes gently, sometimes strongly, as a former energy ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 9.9 km
Duration 3:10 h
Ascent 234 m
Descent 234 m

UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST - Surprisingly many different types of forest: whether dense spruce forest or light meadow forest, then mighty commercial ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Wetzsteinmacher Path
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 5.5 km
Duration 1:55 h
Ascent 223 m
Descent 223 m

BREATHE WIDE - Fascinating are the views of the landscape, but also the insights into the history and stories of this region. Additional detours ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 7.5 km
Duration 2:25 h
Ascent 194 m
Descent 194 m

New FrankenwaldSteigla 2025 Along the Green Belt and through the Nordhalben plateau with its species-rich meadows.

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
Franconian Forest trail Arnica Path
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 9.5 km
Duration 3:00 h
Ascent 233 m
Descent 233 m

HEARING SILENCE - Ancient is the knowledge of the healing power of the brightly yellow-flowering Arnica, which grows by the thousands in the ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla In the Coal Forest
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 6.7 km
Duration 2:20 h
Ascent 233 m
Descent 233 m

UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST - Black gold: For over 400 years, the miners in the Haßlachtal have been extracting hard coal and undermined the forest in ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
Franconian ForestSteigla Petersgrat
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 9 km
Duration 2:50 h
Ascent 228 m
Descent 228 m

LISTEN TO SILENCE - along the idyllic Saale, which dreamily winds its loops up to the Petersgrat with its impressive views, the route leads through ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 7.7 km
Duration 2:25 h
Ascent 167 m
Descent 167 m

HEARING SILENCE - Once more than 10 mills clattered along the small and large Rehbach, today you only hear the rushing of the water and the ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Pfaffenbergweg
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 6.4 km
Duration 2:20 h
Ascent 264 m
Descent 264 m

HEARING SILENCE - Water gurgles, rushes, splashes. Don't just hike with your eyes open, but also listen carefully – as an evangelical pastor once did.

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Rehberg Path
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 11.7 km
Duration 3:50 h
Ascent 345 m
Descent 345 m

UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST - The Plassenburg majestically towers over Kulmbach, behind it beech trees reach over 30 meters high, the interactive ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 8.8 km
Duration 3:05 h
Ascent 394 m
Descent 394 m

UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST - "Hello, I am the forest ranger. So if you see a poacher on your way, just tell me, I'll take care of it!"

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Around the Gaaßleitn
recommended route Difficulty T1 difficult
Distance 16.9 km
Duration 5:35 h
Ascent 505 m
Descent 505 m

UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST - There is an almost endless amount of forest here. But what do you do when it is inaccessible? Who manages to get by on ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 7.2 km
Duration 2:30 h
Ascent 274 m
Descent 274 m

UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST - Copper ore has been mined in Wirsberg since the 15th century. Our circular route also leads you to the entrance of the ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
Franconian Forest trail Along the Marter
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 14.7 km
Duration 4:45 h
Ascent 409 m
Descent 409 m

HEARING SILENCE - Step by step, evenly in your own rhythm, the path lets you feel the meditative benefit of the walk. These are old, well-trodden ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Dreierknock
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 12.3 km
Duration 3:55 h
Ascent 329 m
Descent 329 m

BREATHE WIDE - We may not have the highest mountains, often just hills, but we have many of them. And every summit reached means a success and ...

4.7
from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Frenchmen's Path
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 9.3 km
Duration 3:00 h
Ascent 259 m
Descent 259 m

HEAR SILENCE - Experience the typical landscape triad of wooded slopes, cleared plateaus, and narrow valleys. No place is traversed, only nature is ...

4.5
from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Border Guard Path
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 17.3 km
Duration 5:25 h
Ascent 391 m
Descent 391 m

UNDERSTAND THE FOREST - Hike where it was impossible for 40 years. Instead of barbed wire and minefields, now the Green Belt and a unique biotope ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 14.8 km
Duration 4:45 h
Ascent 383 m
Descent 383 m

BREATHE WIDE - You can see almost 120 kilometers from the Prinz-Luitpold Tower on the Döbraberg. Besides the wide view, you will repeatedly ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Long Distance Cycling
Franconian Forest cycling route
recommended route Difficulty moderate Multi-day route
Distance 238.6 km
Duration 17:32 h
Ascent 2,326 m
Descent 2,326 m

Seven-day bike route through the picturesque landscape of the Franconian Forest with many cultural-historical and geological waypoints and culinary ...

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from Markus Franz,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 13.3 km
Duration 4:00 h
Ascent 242 m
Descent 242 m

HEAR THE SILENCE - A castle in the middle of the water, calming and peaceful. Hiking over lonely paths up to Häusles with a magnificent view and ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
Franconian Forest Trail The Churchgoer
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 15.3 km
Duration 5:20 h
Ascent 544 m
Descent 544 m

UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST - Faith is said to move mountains. But praying did not help our churchgoers; the mountains remained, along with the ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
Franconian Forest Trail Dörnach Steig
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 7.6 km
Duration 2:40 h
Ascent 264 m
Descent 264 m

BREATHE FREELY - On paths up to Herrgottswinkel and views into the Leutnitztal or the valley of the Wilde Rodach, where the tradition of rafting ...

3.3
from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Green Belt
recommended route Difficulty T1 moderate
Distance 9.9 km
Duration 2:50 h
Ascent 123 m
Descent 123 m

NEW FrankenwaldSteigla 2025 The Steigla "Green Belt" lets you experience and explore the former death strip, now the national natural monument.

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from Markus Franz,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 8.7 km
Duration 2:55 h
Ascent 271 m
Descent 271 m

BREATHE WIDE - You are hiking in the highest village of the Franconian Forest: Döbra and the associated Döbraberg at 794m is literally the ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Muschelkalkweg
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 12.4 km
Duration 4:15 h
Ascent 414 m
Descent 414 m

BREATHE FREELY - Rarely can you see two faces of the Frankenwald so clearly. This route leads you half on forested slopes and half through wide ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 11.5 km
Duration 3:25 h
Ascent 205 m
Descent 205 m

HEARING SILENCE - Here you encounter many signs of centuries-old piety: mighty sandstone shrines, tall wooden crosses, even an entire Stations of ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Map / FrankenwaldSteig Stage 1: Bad Steben - Nordhalben
recommended route Difficulty moderate Open
Distance 12.8 km
Duration 3:40 h
Ascent 362 m
Descent 371 m

The first stage of the long-distance circular hiking trail FrankenwaldSteig leads from Bad Steben via Langenbach and the 12 Apostles to Nordhalben ...

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from Julia Rubsch,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 11.6 km
Duration 3:40 h
Ascent 299 m
Descent 299 m

BREATHE WIDE - On treeless high plains with wide views or through vast forests that reveal huge timber dimensions, the route leads, including the ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Stübengrabenweg
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 12.9 km
Duration 4:15 h
Ascent 367 m
Descent 367 m

HEARING SILENCE - The gentle sound of the water will accompany you on your hike "in the Stübengraben", as the names of the stations already indicate.

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Süßengut-Weg
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 13.3 km
Duration 4:40 h
Ascent 489 m
Descent 489 m

UNDERSTANDING THE FOREST - The yew tree is 900 years old and tells a lot about what it has experienced. Whether rafting, geotope, or scattered ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Flaserkalk path
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 16.2 km
Duration 5:05 h
Ascent 385 m
Descent 385 m

BREATHING WIDE - Accompanied by meadows and farmers tending their fields, our FrankenwaldSteigla Flaserkalk path leads you for long stretches ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla 12-Apostles Route
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 17 km
Duration 5:35 h
Ascent 503 m
Descent 503 m

HEAR THE SILENCE Come with us across the sunlit plateau, into the Ölsnitz valley, through dreamlike forest areas and over impressive slate heaps...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Bicycle Rides · Frankenwald
Frankenwald cycling route – Stage 1
recommended route Difficulty moderate Stage 1
Distance 32.6 km
Duration 2:15 h
Ascent 169 m
Descent 169 m

The first stage of the Frankenwald cycling route leads over a distance of 32 km from Kulmbach via a section of the Main Cycle Path and several ...

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Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Lamitz Trail
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 5.7 km
Duration 2:00 h
Ascent 213 m
Descent 213 m

NEW FrankenwaldSteigla 2025 Along the trail through the idyllic Lamitz valley near Wallenfels, numerous information boards invite you to ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Höllentour
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 7.4 km
Duration 2:30 h
Ascent 243 m
Descent 243 m

New FrankenwaldSteigla 2025 Focus: the wild-romantic Höllental – a true natural gem with roaring water, steep rock walls, and pristine flora

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Eisenpark-Weg
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 10.6 km
Duration 3:25 h
Ascent 259 m
Descent 259 m

BREATHE WIDE - It is an open land, your gaze can wander far over the diligently cultivated farmland. Slate heaps and iron sculptures are formative ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Güldenstein Trail
recommended route Difficulty easy
Distance 8.2 km
Duration 2:50 h
Ascent 291 m
Descent 291 m

New FrankenwaldSteigla 2025 Tracing the past with the Güldenstein Trail.

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 12.5 km
Duration 3:45 h
Ascent 251 m
Descent 251 m

New FrankenwaldSteigla 2025 The idyllic Lehsten valley invites you to a route near Helmbrechts.

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Burgstein Path
recommended route Difficulty difficult
Distance 13.5 km
Duration 4:40 h
Ascent 458 m
Descent 458 m

New FrankenwaldSteigla 2025 On hunter paths in the Geroldsgrün Forest to one of the probably most beautiful viewpoints of the Frankenwald - the ...

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from Markus Franz,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 8.1 km
Duration 2:50 h
Ascent 306 m
Descent 306 m

New FrankenwaldSteigle 2025 A remote valley at the former inner German border and a village on the heights where community is valued highly.

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Hiking Trail · Frankenwald
FrankenwaldSteigla Dober Valley Path
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 14.7 km
Duration 4:35 h
Ascent 327 m
Descent 327 m

New FrankenwaldSteigla 2025 This path leads through two of the most untouched valleys of the Frankenwald. There, the streams Dober and Grümpel ...

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate
Distance 17.3 km
Duration 4:45 h
Ascent 319 m
Descent 420 m

The sixth stage on the FrankenwaldSteig leads from Gössersdorf via the Kirchleuser Platte and the Patersberg to Kulmbach and is 17 km long.

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from Julia Rubsch,   Frankenwald
recommended route Difficulty moderate Open
Distance 17.2 km
Duration 4:47 h
Ascent 367 m
Descent 328 m

The seventh stage of the FrankenwaldSteig leads from Kulmbach via Oberpurbach and Baumgarten to Stadtsteinach and is 17 km long.

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from Julia Rubsch,   Frankenwald
Bicycle Rides · Frankenwald
Frankenwald cycling route – Stage 6
recommended route Difficulty difficult Stage 6
Distance 54.1 km
Duration 4:02 h
Ascent 698 m
Descent 747 m

The sixth stage of the Frankenwald cycling route covers a distance of just under 55 km from Bad Steben through the Hölltal and via Naila, Selbitz ...

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Frankenwald
Bicycle Rides · Frankenwald
Frankenwald cycling route – stage 5
recommended route Difficulty moderate Stage 5
Distance 23.3 km
Duration 2:09 h
Ascent 494 m
Descent 273 m

The fifth stage of the Frankenwald cycling route leads from Steinwiesen through extensive forests and several towns to Bad Steben.

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Frankenwald
Mountain Bike · Frankenwald
Mountainbike 4 Rodachtal NORTH
recommended route Difficulty S4 difficult
Distance 50.3 km
Duration 7:00 h
Ascent 1,383 m
Descent 1,322 m

Starting point of the long and demanding MTB route is the rafting village Wallenfels in the valley of the Wilde Rodach.

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from Sandra Löffler,   Frankenwald
Bicycle Rides · Frankenwald
Frankenwald cycling route – Stage 2
recommended route Difficulty moderate Stage 2
Distance 35.2 km
Duration 2:38 h
Ascent 306 m
Descent 264 m

The second stage of the Frankenwald cycling route leads in a large arc from Kronach via sections of the Burgenstraße cycling and hiking trail and ...

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Frankenwald
Bicycle Rides · Frankenwald
Frankenwald cycling route – stage 4
recommended route Difficulty moderate Stage 4
Distance 39.4 km
Duration 3:26 h
Ascent 450 m
Descent 708 m

The fourth stage of the Frankenwald cycling route leads from Steinbach am Wald along sections of the Rennsteig cycle path past the Mauthaus ...

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Frankenwald
Bicycle Rides · Frankenwald
Frankenwald cycle route – Stage 3
recommended route Difficulty moderate Stage 3
Distance 29.9 km
Duration 2:19 h
Ascent 409 m
Descent 148 m

The third stage of the Frankenwald cycle route leads from Neukenroth via sections of the Rennsteig-Main-Lions cycle path and the Rennsteig cycle ...

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Frankenwald

FRANKENWALD TOURISMUS Service Center

Address
Adolf-Kolping-Str. 1
96317 Kronach
Bayern
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