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Vogtland
Landkreis Hof
Issigau

View of Eisenbühl – Claussen's Iron Park loop from Issigau

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Germany
Saxony
Vogtland
Landkreis Hof
Issigau

View of Eisenbühl – Claussen's Iron Park loop from Issigau

Moderate

4.5

(71)

240

hikers

View of Eisenbühl – Claussen's Iron Park loop from Issigau

03:04

10.9km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 23, 2026

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Naturpark Frankenwald

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Bus stop

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576 m

Leydelsholz

Forest

2

1.88 km

Former Hadermannsgrün quarry

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From 1942 onwards, the Hadermannsgrün quarry, owned by Johann Spörl KG, produced high-quality building materials such as fine gravel from the volcanic raw material diabase. Due to the poor market …

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3

3.64 km

Further view of the country. No seating

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4

5.25 km

The steigla is nice to walk on. But there are more attractive ways of the series

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5.58 km

View of Eisenbühl

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You pass this area on the Frankenwaldsteigla Iron Park Trail. The Iron Park in Eisenbühl is a freely accessible open-air exhibition of iron and steel sculptures, often with a mythological background.

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6.56 km

Claussen's Iron Park

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Since 1997, physician, researcher, and artist Claus-Frenz Claussen, known as the "Iron Sculptor of Eisenbühl," ran the Iron Park, a freely accessible open-air exhibition of 222 iron and steel sculptures, …

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7.05 km

The path offers beautiful views of the Franconian Forest. You can rest on a bench to enjoy the view.

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7.19 km

At this quaint rest stop, hikers, cyclists, and chimney sweeps receive a free beer.

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8.06 km

Lohwiese

Forest

10

10.1 km

Typical forest path. There are more attractive

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10.9 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

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6.18 km

2.55 km

1.18 km

934 m

Surfaces

4.63 km

3.34 km

1.31 km

1.09 km

273 m

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Lowest point (490 m)

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Friday 7 August

26°C

9°C

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Comments

May 1, 2022,FrankenwaldSteigla - Eisenpark-Weg
Frankenwald-Steigla - Eisenpark-Weg
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The actual starting point is the center of Hadermannsgrün, which cannot be reached due to a construction site. Unfortunately, there is not the usual Steigla Tour sign at the starting point.
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frankenwald-tourismus.de/draussen/wandern/frankenwaldsteig-und-frankenwaldsteigla/frankenwaldsteigla

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Hike on the Frankenwaldsteigla Eisenpark-Weg. Great views and a varied circular route.

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It was Good Friday morning in 2024, and since we got out of bed quite early we decided to run a Steigla. We started at the beautifully designed starting point in Hadermannsgrün, which has few parking spaces.
And because we apparently weren't quite awake yet, we immediately started running in the other direction. We only noticed this after about 1/3 …

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BREATHE WIDE - it's an open country, your eyes can wander far over the busy fields. Slate dumps and iron sculptures are formative stops.

This is how you can briefly describe the tour. Always great views. A lot of nature. You can hardly hear the highway. The iron park is impressive. Different sculptures in shape and color. Invite you to …

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Highly recommended hike even if the temperatures are not exactly friendly today. There was afterwards first. Warm up announced. 😉

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After a long time we were able to start a little tour again. The Eisenpark-Weg is an open tour without a great deal of altitude. Right at the beginning you come to the iron sculpture park in Eisenbühl. You have to like this very abstract curious art but it is always worth seeing and you need a little bit to …

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So once set off as a trio and Ida attached-🐕💕-started in Hardermanns green😁-never heard of -We went to Reitzenstein for a short tour of the outside of the castle and further up the hill with a distant view, the weather was absolutely okay and after 4 km we had a super nice picnic, everyone had something that the other person …

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Unfortunately the path between Eisenbühl and Issigau through the forest was broken. Luckily the paths weren't muddy

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