🐟 Thurnau Castle Pond – Thurnau Castle loop from Schloss Thurnau

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🐟 Thurnau Castle Pond – Thurnau Castle loop from Schloss Thurnau

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🐟 Thurnau Castle Pond – Thurnau Castle loop from Schloss Thurnau

03:23

12.3km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 29, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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398 m

Covered wooden bridge between the castle and the church

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The wooden church passage is more than 300 years old. The Counts of Giech had it built in 1683 so that they could get from the castle directly to their …

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662 m

🐟 Thurnau Castle Pond

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The idyllic castle pond has a turbulent past. What today invites the most beautiful view of Thurnau Castle was a meadow for over 100 years. Only in 1978 was the …

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787 m

Town Partnership Monument, Rathausplatz Thurnau

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A piece of Positano in Thurnau: The ceramic work was designed by the Positano native Berto Antonicelli and crafted by „Ceramiche Casola“. As a gift from the partner town, it …

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1.33 km

Lake and Castle View in Thurnau

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The marked trail is located in a valley; the photos are not from there.
Furthermore, the trail is currently closed.

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1.37 km

Schwanenweiher Thurnau

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Please do not feed!
But you can look at them here 😉

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2.87 km

Wooden shelter in Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

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The covered rest area is located at the fork in the path. There is also a bench in the open air.

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11.8 km

Thurnau Castle

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Behind the walls of Thurnau Castle lies a turbulent history. Several noble families expanded the original castle over the centuries into an extensive palace complex. Especially nice: You can not …

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12.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.45 km

1.55 km

814 m

735 m

730 m

Surfaces

3.46 km

2.95 km

1.98 km

1.56 km

1.41 km

924 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 6 November

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Comments

May 31, 2024,Thurnau nach Kasndorf

The tour is part of the "Premium Hiking Franconia" trail network.

The signage is excellent, but the trails give the impression that no one has been along them for years. In some places, you just walk along the edge of the field without any kind of trail being visible. So you walk through a lot of tall grass, so long …

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October 9, 2022,Herbst-Wanderung von Thurnau über den Babelsberg nach Kasendorf über den Magnusturm, Neudorf, Menchau und Berndorf zurück.

A beautiful hike, if you weren't out today, you must have been ill.

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July 26, 2025,"Zwei ist mehr als Eins!" - Part One - Schloßpark Thurnau, Neudorfer Kirwa, Ringwallanlage und Magnusturm...🥾😁🤙🍻

Hello and a wonderful evening everyone!

Today we headed to Franconian Switzerland to "complete" two long-planned hikes! :-))

The first tour took us from Thurnau up to Neudorf, where we stumbled upon the Kirwa (fair) society! The people there were so nice that we sat down for a Pilsner early in the morning and chatted a bit! It was great …

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