Ascent to the Brückenklippe – View of Wolkenstein Castle loop from Wolkenstein

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Wolkenstein

Ascent to the Brückenklippe – View of Wolkenstein Castle loop from Wolkenstein

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Ascent to the Brückenklippe – View of Wolkenstein Castle loop from Wolkenstein

02:42

9.23km

230m

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 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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267 m

Ascent to the Brückenklippe

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Beautiful path, marked as an alpine hiking trail, but still feasible with the whole family.

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444 m

Wolkensteiner Schweiz Viewpoint

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The sign is located at the access point to the impressive bridge cliff.

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825 m

View of Wolkenstein Castle

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From here you have a really beautiful view

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1.13 km

Ore Mountains Landscape

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Wide, well-frequented dirt road with a panoramic view of the Ore Mountains on the way to the Anton-Günther-Höhe or to the Wolkensteiner Schweiz.

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5.01 km

View of the Zschopau Valley from the Zeisigstein

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Lovely view

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7.40 km

Wolfsschlucht and View of the Zschopau Valley

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the via ferrata is freely accessible to everyone

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7.61 km

Wolf Gorge (Wolkenstein Gorge)

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There is also a family-friendly via ferrata here. Great backdrop.

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9.19 km

Zschopau Bridge

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New stone arch bridge with a view of the "Selva Switzerland"

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9.23 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.83 km

1.72 km

1.17 km

432 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.32 km

2.19 km

2.18 km

1.53 km

915 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (390 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

19°C

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Comments

August 24, 2024,Wolkenstein 🏰 Zeisigstein 🌞

The repeat in (too) nice weather 😅

We have already run the round in veeeerrrry unpleasant weather ⛈️ but still found it so nice that we wanted to repeat it again 😊

Conclusion ☝️ today it was too warm 🥵😅 but again a great little varied round in the beautiful Erzgebirge 🫶

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May 29, 2022,Mal kurz zum Burgfest 🏰 🫅👰🧛 Wolkenstein und danach zum Zeisigstein 🏞️🥾

Today on the last day of the castle festival in Selva Val Gardena I stopped by again, it wasn't too busy, after a cool bratwurst I went on after I looked on the map where I could walk that long, I liked that the old mining site Kohlau, which is on private property (the committed owner probably works for the …

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