Frankenberg Castle – Hohenlandsberg Castle Ruins loop from Schloss Frankenberg

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Middle Franconia

Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim

Weigenheim

Frankenberg Castle – Hohenlandsberg Castle Ruins loop from Schloss Frankenberg

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Frankenberg Castle – Hohenlandsberg Castle Ruins loop from Schloss Frankenberg

03:30

12.7km

200m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

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Naturpark Steigerwald

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273 m

Frankenberg Castle

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Frankenberg Castle is located just a few meters away from the Hinterfrankenberg castle ruins. Originally, a rival castle to Hinterfrankenberg Castle stood here in 1254, with which the Nuremberg burgraves …

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5.01 km

Hohenlandsberg

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A plaque on which the short history of Hohenlandsberg is described.

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5.55 km

Hohenlandsberg Castle Ruins

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The Hohenlandsberg castle ruins are the ruins of a hilltop castle in the southern Steigerwald on the 498 meter high Hohenlandsberg near the municipality of Weigenheim in the Neustadt an der Aisch-Bad Windsheim district in Bavaria.

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6.85 km

Himmelsweiher Seestall

Lake

10.1 km

Taubenloch Hut

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Beautiful vineyard hut - beautifully landscaped garden and small sun terrace.

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10.7 km

View of Schloss Frankenberg

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Frankenberg Castle probably originated from Vorderfrankenberg Castle, which was built in 1254 by the Burgrave of Nuremberg. At the beginning of the 18th century, the castle was converted into a palace in the Baroque style.

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10.9 km

View of Frankenberg Castle from the landscape lake

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This beautifully situated lake, with Frankenberg Castle in the background, was created in 1999 by the municipality of Weigenheim to protect against flooding.

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11.1 km

Frankenberg Lake

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This beautifully situated lake, with Frankenberg Castle in the background, was created in 1999 by the municipality of Weigenheim to protect against flooding.

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11.8 km

Frankenberg Castle

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Frankenberg Castle probably emerged from Vorderfrankenberg Castle, which was built in 1254 by the Burgrave of Nuremberg. At the beginning of the 18th century. The castle was converted into a baroque style palace.

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12.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.73 km

2.51 km

418 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.30 km

3.41 km

808 m

767 m

333 m

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

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Comments

February 4, 2024,Wanderung Hohenlandsberg von Ulsenheim

Hohenlandsberg hike
Circular hike with beautiful highlights. Castles, castle ruins and beautiful landscapes in the vineyards
Conclusion: 4 out of 5 ⭐️

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June 17, 2025,Zur Burgruine Hohenlandsberg, weiter Richtung Schloss Frankenberg 🏰und über die Weinberge 🍇zurück nach Weigenheim ☀️

I followed the tour. There were some very nice trails, except for one section where there was no path in sight, and I had to improvise.

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August 21, 2021,Burgruine Hohenlandsberg – Landschaftsee Frankenberg Runde von Ulsenheim

The way down from Frankenberg ends at a construction fence, this can be excavated and thus bypassed (just don't know how long, since it is apparently now private property) You can take the signposted panorama path up on Frankenberg, which takes a little longer.

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May 1, 2025,1. Mai Wanderung 2025😎🥳🥂

A lovely May Day hike with good friends 😎🥳🥂

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April 16, 2022,Burgruine Hohenlandsberg – Frankenberg Runde

This time we started at the hiking car park in Weigenheim.

Through wonderful wild garlic gorges we went up to the Hohenlanzberg ruins. On the ridge the path led us to Castle Frankenberg with its ruins of the old castle.

Along the Wein-Paradies-Weg we went back to the parking lot.

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