Kleine Wolfsgeistrunde

At the main square, turn west and, after a few meters, turn onto Hainfelderstraße (marked in red). Immediately afterward, you’ll come to the church “Maria Trost im Elend,” and you should also visit the double ossuary (permanent exhibition) located behind the church. The trail continues along Hainfelderstraße, past the courthouse and the “Altes Herrenhaus” (Old Manor House) across the street, until it reaches Wolfsgeiststraße. (Here, you could also continue walking a short distance along Hainfelderstraße to the B 18 and then climb up to the right through the Einsiedlergraben (marked and signposted in blue).)

Turn right onto Wolfsgeiststraße (yellow) and follow it straight ahead to the edge of the forest. Here, follow the paved road leading uphill into the forest (sign: “Zur Wolfsgeist,” yellow) through a steep pine forest. On the left in the meadows, you can take a short detour to visit the “Josefsbrunnen.” Continue along the paved road through a long right-hand curve (here, the trail from the Einsiedlergraben joins from the left, blue) and then continue uphill through a beech forest (yellow) until you reach the edge of the forest shortly after a left-hand curve.

You are now in the meadows of the Wolfsgeist. Continue uphill on a vehicle road until you reach the edge of the forest. Here, cross the gravel path and head directly onto a forest trail (“Loipe”), which leads flat into the forest. Soon you’ll come to a wide forest road, marked in blue (and “Loipe”), which leads through the forest along the slope of the “Hausberg” toward Wolfsföhre. Some sections of the trail here are always damp. Head downhill through the forest—the path eventually flattens out—until you reach the “Wolfsföhre” saddle at an elevation of 435 m, where several trails intersect. Here you’ll also find the “Herrgottskreuz” and a rest area. From here, keep to the right and follow the sign for “Pottenstein and Berndorf” and the red markings. On a wide, often wet forest path, you’ll walk gently downhill for 500 m until you reach a forest road (signpost for Pottenstein), which you follow to the left for just 10 m before immediately turning right onto a path (red) that runs parallel to the forest road for a short distance. After crossing a small hilltop with a rest area and then descending along a clearing, you’ll reach a fork in the trail. To the left, a trail (red) leads to Berndorf; take the forest road leading downhill to the right (sign for “Pottenstein,” red). You now hike through the sparse pine forests until a small hill becomes visible on the left (“Kahlkopf”). Follow the trails up this hill to enjoy the beautiful view from the top (rest area). Back on the trail, follow the forest road (red) through a small valley, continuing downhill until you soon reach an asphalt road. Passing a quarry and rocky slopes, you’ll reach Blumentalgasse (red), which leads to the main street

. The route continues to the right toward the main square, but you should first take a short detour (20 m) to the left to see the “Urlauberkreuz.” Heading west on the main road, you’ll soon reach the starting point at the main square.