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Heegkopfsee – Jägervereinshaus loop from Neuwirtshauser Forst

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Germany

Bavaria

Lower Franconia

Heegkopfsee – Jägervereinshaus loop from Neuwirtshauser Forst

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Heegkopfsee – Jägervereinshaus loop from Neuwirtshauser Forst

03:01

11.1km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: May 28, 2026

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Nasswald, Schondra- und Feuerbachtal

Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

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1.78 km

Vier Reviere Pond

Highlight • Lake

This place is called the "four districts" by the knowledgeable.
The name means that at this point four forest districts of the former Hammelburg Forestry Office met one another:
Unterleichtersbach, Schönderling, Neuwirtshaus and Schwärzelbach.

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4.81 km

View of Schondra and Oberleichtersbach from Hegkopf

Highlight • Viewpoint

If you hike from Schönderling towards Hegkopf and look back at the landscape at the edge of the forest, you have a wonderful view of the villages around Schondra and Oberleichtersbach. There is an information board on a panorama stone that provides information about the villages. A new roofed seating area has recently been installed at this point.

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5.02 km

Heegkopfsee

Highlight • Lake

The Heegkopfsee emerged from a former basalt quarry and is now even a geotope succumbs about 1 km south of the village of Schönderling. These are two former basalt quarries in which Rhön basalt was extracted. The western breach is circular and a lake has formed in the mining area. In the eastern break there is one
The dismantling wall in the olivine basalt is still in good condition, but I have to say that there is no longer a lot of water in the lake.

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5.22 km

Heegkopf Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Forest hut or company buildings of the state forests a bit hidden but you can find it. I could imagine that the hut used to belong to the former basalt quarry.

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6.22 km

Medieval Wasteland of Osterrain

Highlight • Historical Site

Site board for the archaeological investigations on the Osterrain on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the village of Schönderling. The information board is intended to convey the results of the magnetometer prospecting and site inspections in spring 2017 to all interested parties and to bring part of the history of the region closer. And you have a wonderful view from the desert.

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9.18 km