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View from Görauer Anger – View from the ruins of Niesten Castle loop from Zultenberg

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View from Görauer Anger – View from the ruins of Niesten Castle loop from Zultenberg

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View from Görauer Anger – View from the ruins of Niesten Castle loop from Zultenberg

04:00

14.5km

240m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

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View from Görauer Anger

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Wonderful view over the Main valley! There is a bench with a table to enjoy the view.

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Görauer Anger Hang-Glider Launch Site

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The Görauer Anger is a popular area for kite and paragliding. It offers a distinct terrain edge with a wide view. There is a natural launch ramp above the former ski slope near Zultenberg.

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Summit cross at Görauer Anger

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Here at the summit cross, you'll find one of the most beautiful resting places in the region. The massive wooden bench with a table invites you to enjoy a cozy …

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Felsensteig Rock Passage

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Beautiful path, occasionally secured with iron chains as a climbing aid. Nice rock climb.

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5.27 km

View from the ruins of Niesten Castle

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Not much remains of the once mighty castle complex. Niesten Castle was first documented in 1127. In 1190, it passed into the hands of the noble Andechs-Meranier family.
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8.39 km

Wayside Chapel at Herbstmühle

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Plastered sandstone ashlar building with gabled roof, 18th/19th c. century

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8.41 km

The Bärental near Wunkendorf is a quiet, shady and idyllic valley through which the Krassach flows. There are beautiful, large climbing rocks everywhere, for example the “Juraturm” or the “Geierstein”. …

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12.9 km

View of the Kulmbach Valley from Görauer Anger

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Always beautiful and a highlight of the Görauer Anger

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14.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.35 km

3.47 km

1.80 km

923 m

Surfaces

6.44 km

5.83 km

900 m

872 m

508 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

Weather

Tuesday 28 July

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Comments

June 11, 2023,Frankenwald Görauer Anger

So what a wonderful route that was today!!!!👍👍

Start was on the hiking car park above Zultenberg. The Görauer Anger hiking area begins right there. The Görauer Anger is a high plateau, a dry grassland steppe.

Right at the beginning we were offered fabulous far and wide views. A panoramic view to Thuringian and Franconian Switzerland. What an amazing sight.

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June 11, 2025,Görauer Anger – Burgruine Niesten - Runde von Zultenberg

I'm driving almost a hundred kilometers
(with Sonja, Gabi, and Peter)
to Franconia, to the Zulten mountain,
because we wanted to go hiking there.
"Görauer Anger" - that's where we start
(sounds old-fashioned, but it's fantastic)!
We're really enjoying hiking the high-altitude trail in Franconia today!
It's still a quick one today -
because the heat wave is coming tomorrow! …

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June 11, 2023,Burgruine Niesten – Bärental Runde von Zultenberg

I had seen a similar tour at @Söhni 🏃 , so I took advantage of the great weather today and explored this beautiful corner. My highlight: the many great flowers, especially the Turk's cap lilies have done it to me

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May 8, 2022,Wandern auf dem Frankenweg: Görauer Anger⛰️-Burgruine Niesten🛡️-Bärental🐻🌳-Görauer Anger⛰️

With such beautiful spring weather, Sunday is a day of hiking. The Stübengrabenweg in the Franconian Forest was actually planned today. This should be expanded a bit. But the nice weather this morning messed up the plans a bit and so we spontaneously went to the Görauer Anger. At 9.00 a.m. the parking lot was still empty and so we …

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September 13, 2025,Tour um Niesten - Burgruine

We parked our RV in the hikers' parking lot below the Niestern ruins. We then hiked through the beautiful Bärental valley up to the Gorauer Anger, then back over the castle ruins and down a steep path to the parking lot. We spent the night at the Obernsees Thermal Spa. It is being modernized while the spa is still open …

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July 26, 2025,"Zwei ist mehr als Eins!" - Part Two - Krassachquelle, Bärental, Felsentor, Görauer Anger und Burgruine Niesten...🥾😁🤙🍻

I wish you a wonderful Sunday afternoon! Now for the second hike from yesterday's Saturday!

Strengthened by good food at the Schloßbräu restaurant, we set off from Thurnau and drove to Niesten to the hiking car park!

Here we first descended into the village, then further down to Krassach! In Krassach, the beautiful Bärental valley begins, as it turned out! …

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October 18, 2021,Görauer Anger / Niesten / Bärental

Start at Zultenberg with thick fog to Görau. Then the sun slowly worked its way through. On the castle ruins of Niesten there is a very good view. Krassach, Herbstmühle, Krassachquelle, through Bärental, today a bit fresh due to the lack of sun. Back to the Görauer Anger, where the view had meanwhile improved a little.

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June 7, 2025,Kulmbach, Görauer Anger, Burgruine Niesten, Bärental = eine Traumwanderung 🍀☀️🥾🤩👍

If we had believed the weather forecast today, we probably wouldn't have set foot outside and missed our crowning achievement here in Upper Franconia. But today, the weather is once again much better than forecast.

The tour begins spectacularly with the 552 m high Görauer Anger. We hike along the approximately 5 km ridge on rocky cliffs that drop steeply …

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View from Görauer Anger – View from the ruins of Niesten Castle loop from Zultenberg

View from Görauer Anger

Görauer Anger Hang-Glider Launch Site

Summit cross at Görauer Anger

Felsensteig Rock Passage

View from the ruins of Niesten Castle

Wayside Chapel at Herbstmühle

Bärental (Krassach Valley)

View of the Kulmbach Valley from Görauer Anger

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