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Staffelberg loop from Basilika Vierzehnheiligen

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Staffelberg loop from Basilika Vierzehnheiligen

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Staffelberg loop from Basilika Vierzehnheiligen

03:14

11.1km

280m

Mountaineering

Moderate mountaineering route. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

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Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

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4.17 km

View of Staffelberg and Veitsberg

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Great view of the Vitusberg.

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4.37 km

On the high plateau at Staffelberg

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The landscape between Staffelberg, Spitzberg and Lerchenberg is always worth a detour. Because every season the flora offers a completely new picture: from flowering meadows and fields with bright sunflowers to short grasses and individual bushes. The plateau is a feast for the eyes in both summer and winter.

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4.80 km

View of the Staffelberg and the Adelgundis Chapel

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Located exactly between Staffelberg and Spitzberg.

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5.28 km

Adelgundis Chapel on the Staffelberg

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The first Adelgundis chapel on the Staffelberg was destroyed during the Peasant Wars; today's chapel was consecrated in 1654. A hermit's hermitage was then built, which was replaced by a new building at the end of the 19th century. Today the hermitage, which was a hermit accommodation until the beginning of the 20th century, serves as a restaurant. One of the residents, the hermit Ivo Hennemann, became famous through Victor von Scheffel's "Frankenlied". Adelgundis, the namesake of the chapel, is regarded in the Catholic Church as an emergency helper in the event of serious illness and danger; she died at the end of the seventh century as the abbess of one Monastery in France.

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5.57 km

Querkeles Cave

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Tiny scramble down to the small cave with a collapsed ceiling. Beautiful play of light and shadow in the sun with a wonderful view.

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5.67 km

Staffelberg

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Great view over large parts of the Bad Staffelsteiner and Lichtenfelser area. With a small hospitality hut and sufficient seating outside. Several great paths up and down and connection to the surrounding forests.

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5.70 km

Patriarch's Cross on the Staffelberg

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On the Staffelberg there are four so-called "patriarchal crosses" or weather crosses, one in each direction. From the Staffelberg you have a wonderful all-round view, because with its 539 m it towers over the Obermaintal below by more than 250 m, which gives it an impressive impression. The name of the elevation is derived from the distinctive terrain levels ("seasons"). The Franconian flag flies on the north side of the Staffelberg, the mountain of the Franks.

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10.5 km

Vierzehnheiligen Biodiversity Tower

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The transformer house in Vierzehnheiligen has been officially recognized as a "stele of federal German biodiversity" as a project of the UN Decade "Biological Diversity".

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11.1 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.64 km

957 m

764 m

531 m

243 m

Surfaces

5.39 km

2.19 km

1.78 km

1.15 km

449 m

173 m

Elevation

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Highest point (520 m)

Lowest point (310 m)

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Staffelberg loop from Basilika Vierzehnheiligen

View of Staffelberg and Veitsberg

On the high plateau at Staffelberg

View of the Staffelberg and the Adelgundis Chapel

Adelgundis Chapel on the Staffelberg

Querkeles Cave

Staffelberg

Patriarch's Cross on the Staffelberg

Vierzehnheiligen Biodiversity Tower

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