Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint – Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation loop from Illschwang

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Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint – Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation loop from Illschwang

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Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint – Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation loop from Illschwang

01:24

4.87km

120m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: November 5, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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120 m

St. Vitus Simultaneous Parish Church (Illschwang Fortified Church)

Highlight • Religious Site

Protestant and Catholic masses are held here

The fortified church Illschwang is a largely preserved defensive
church (cemetery fortification) and today's simultaneous parish church St. Veit in Illschwang (house no. 30) in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria.

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1.32 km

Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

On top of the Kalmusfelsen is a beautiful viewpoint with a bench. The 20 to 30 meter high rock wall with an upstream rock tower lies on a wooded slope. …

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1.37 km

Kalmusfels

Highlight • Natural Monument

On top of the Kalmusfelsen is a beautiful viewpoint with a bench. The 20 to 30 meter high rock wall with an upstream rock tower lies on a wooded slope. …

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1.96 km

Summit cross on Osterlochfelsen

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The summit cross belongs to the Osterlochfelsen and this to the rock massif Hainsburg, which drops steeply up to 20 meters. There are several small karst openings as well as …

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2.02 km

Osterloch Cave

Highlight • Cave

Nice small and accessible cave in the elongated rock ridge, on which a well-developed hiking trail runs. In any case, it is classified as an “important” cave for its geoscientific …

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2.56 km

Reichertslohe

Forest

3.41 km

Rock Cave in Upper Palatinate Forest

Highlight • Cave

The Bettelküche is located a little off the circular route 8, the detour "B" through the beautiful forest is worth it

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3.41 km

Bettelküche Cave

Highlight • Cave

The Better's Kitchen is a cave entrance in the middle of a shadowed rockfall. Here you have a dry place even in the rain 🙂.

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4.18 km

Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

The pulpit-like rock tower from Frankendolomit stands, together with two other rock towers, overgrown with trees, in a mixed forest. The Devil's Pulpit is signposted from the trail (# 8).

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4.87 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.69 km

1.72 km

256 m

194 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.02 km

303 m

274 m

248 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

Weather

Wednesday 11 November

11°C

3°C

47 %

Additional weather tips

There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

April 12, 2024,Illschwang Wanderweg Nr 8: Teufelskanzel Bettelküche Osterloch Kalmusfels ( Korrektur, Zusammenfassung)

corrected tour, tried to put the two parts together. Unfortunately the pictures are mixed up 🤔🧐

Original tour:
Part 1
komoot.de/tour/1509499872?ref=aso
Part 2
komoot.de/tour/1509743079?ref=aso

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February 2, 2025,Osterloch – Naturdenkmal "Teufelskanzel" Runde von Illschwang

Today we drove a little further.
Thought it was just a hike in the forest. No such luck. Great forest path in a climbing area. Of course we looked and tried. And the little witch climbed up the Devil's Rock 🤣

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February 11, 2022,Kulturhistorische 🕷 Höhlenwanderung 🦇 - Illschwanger 🎱 – Kalmusfelsen ⛰ – Osterloch 🕸 – Bettelküche 🍽 – Teufelskanzel 👹 11.02.2022

Finally out again! It went on a beautiful rock hike in Illschwang, the round had been on my list for a long time and today it finally worked out. The Illschwanger 🎱 leads to the Kalmusfelsen, the Osterloch, the begging kitchen and the Teufelskanzel, I modified the route slightly. Today everything was really there, sun, sleet, clouds, wind and nothing …

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