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Upper Seifenteich – Frankenwarte Observation Tower loop from Bad Steben

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Upper Seifenteich – Frankenwarte Observation Tower loop from Bad Steben

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Upper Seifenteich – Frankenwarte Observation Tower loop from Bad Steben

01:53

6.91km

110m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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Naturpark Frankenwald

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1.37 km

Rest Area with Arm Kneipp Basin, Station 10 Bad Steben Health Trail

Highlight • Rest Area

Even larger groups of hikers can take a break at the long benches and tables. A Kneipp arm pool is available for cooling off. There's also a sky lounger here, although it doesn't offer shade.

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1.73 km

Upper Seifenteich

Highlight • Lake

Here you can enjoy the tranquility with a view of the pond and the Frankenwarte tower. A bench is also available.

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2.53 km

Mysterious gnomes have built several houses and holiday homes around Bad Steben, as well as a school and a mountain church. A path for explorers. Unfortunately, the small organic market has already been destroyed.

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3.03 km

Frankenwarte Observation Tower

Highlight • Monument

The Frankenwarte (Frankenwarte) stands atop the 679-meter-high Hirschhügel (Hirschhügel). The eight-and-a-half-meter-high, round stone tower offers a panoramic view to the northeast, to the edge of the Höllental valley, to Lichtenberg …

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3.66 km

Gott in Frieden Memorial

Highlight • Monument

5.34 km

Shoe Tree

Highlight • Structure

Boots, slippers, and soccer cleats adorn this tree in the Seifengrund area. There are now over 50 pairs, and the number is growing. No one knows who came up with …

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5.91 km

Seifengrund

Highlight • Natural

The Seifengrund valley boasts a diverse valley landscape with ponds, wooded areas, meadows, and fields. The hike mostly follows meadow paths.

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6.07 km

Seifenteich, Bad Steben

Highlight • Lake

The Seifenteich pond is an idyllic spot for hikers, walkers, and, of course, anglers. The Bad Steben health hiking trail passes by the lake.

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6.91 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.55 km

1.95 km

343 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.48 km

1.89 km

458 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 9 August

29°C

16°C

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Comments

June 4, 2023,Frankenwarte - Schuhbaum - Bad Steben Kurpark ☀️🗼

Today we went on a hike with the kids and my mother to the Frankenwarte with a view of Bad Steben and along the Seifengrund past several ponds and the shoe tree to Bad Steben in the Kurpark. Very suitable for families. We stopped at the snack bar on the way back below the Ködeltalsperre. Was pleasantly surprised by the …

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March 29, 2022,Seifengrund-Nordic Walking, Tour NW4

Today I walked through the Seifengrund “quickly again” before the announced rain and snow starting tomorrow. At the moment all paths, except for 3 very small pieces, can be walked on with dry feet. The modder areas are hardened, so the tour was had. The first time I went through the soap ground a good 2 weeks ago, I almost …

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September 24, 2024,Bad Steben-Frankenwarte 👑

What a beautiful little hike, right behind the rehabilitation clinic it is beautiful... to the Frankenwarte - once again discovered something new🎀🙌... it was very beautiful

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Upper Seifenteich – Frankenwarte Observation Tower loop from Bad Steben

Rest Area with Arm Kneipp Basin, Station 10 Bad Steben Health Trail

Upper Seifenteich

Gnome Trail

Frankenwarte Observation Tower

Gott in Frieden Memorial

Shoe Tree

Seifengrund

Seifenteich, Bad Steben

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