Gräfenthal Railway Viaduct – Schlossblick Viewpoint loop from Gräfenthal

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Gräfenthal

Gräfenthal Railway Viaduct – Schlossblick Viewpoint loop from Gräfenthal

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Gräfenthal Railway Viaduct – Schlossblick Viewpoint loop from Gräfenthal

04:52

16.2km

450m

Hiking

Hard hike. Good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 8.48 km for 751 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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60 m

Gräfenthal Town Hall

Highlight • Monument

Very nicely prepared town hall in the city center.

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424 m

Gräfenthal Railway Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

Beautiful old viaduct. I'm cautious about it. I can't enjoy the high-altitude excursions.

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4.70 km

Eichberg

Peak

8.27 km

Schlossblick Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Perfect for resting and relaxing

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8.43 km

99 Steps to the Arnsbach Valley

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Nice S02 Trail (driving skills required!) Direction Arnsbachtal Stairs are also built in here as a nice gimmick

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12.2 km

Picnic spot with a view of Creunitz

Highlight • Viewpoint

beautiful view of the idyllic Creunitz

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16.0 km

St. Mary's Town Church (Stadtkirche St. Marien)

Highlight • Religious Site

Sebastian von Pappenheim, the imperial hereditary marshal of his time and lord of Wespenstein Castle, personally introduced the Reformation in 1525. Five years later, the forefather of the Reformation, Martin …

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16.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.18 km

4.33 km

1.09 km

796 m

725 m

108 m

Surfaces

6.37 km

5.40 km

2.37 km

1.09 km

801 m

187 m

Elevation

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Highest point (730 m)

Lowest point (400 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

12°C

3°C

19 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

April 13, 2024,Schlossblick – Teufelskanzel bei Spechtsbrunn Runde von Gräfenthal☀️🥾🌲🌳👍

Very nice route, not necessarily to run if you are afraid of heights. Very narrow paths.🥾🌲🌳☀️🏰

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August 27, 2024,Schloss Wespenstein 🐝🪨- Teufelskanzel 😈- Wedelshöhe- Runde von Gräfenthal

A really great tour, Komoot didn't record the first few meters (maybe the 😈 was already at work 😉) and the route should have been closed right at the start.
Baghira and I fought our way through as best we could. Over tree trunks and under until we definitely couldn't go any further.
Then we found another way and suddenly …

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September 22, 2024,Berg und Tal durch den Sonntag 🏞️

Today we started from the hiking car park at Spechtsbrunn. On beautiful paths past Creunitz to Gräfenthal. Then up to the Winterberg and on the Verschönerungssteig back to Schlossblick, small and large Teufelskanzel. It was a very beautiful tour except for the last part above the Teufelskanzel where the forest still has lots of trees. We then moved to the …

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May 13, 2023,Gräfenthal -Arnsbachtaler Panoramaweg

Went to Gräfenthal today. Planned route changed spontaneously and then partly on the Arnsbachthal Panoramaweg to the Teufelskanzel. In between missed the branch 🤭🤣... which was good. We didn't walk the beautification trail (yes, that's what the signposts say) to the Teufelskanzel, but the original (I assume) way; this enabled us to enjoy the slate steps at the waterfall up …

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