Keltenwall Külmitzberg – Friedenslinde at Krappenberg loop from Hochstadt-Marktzeuln

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Keltenwall Külmitzberg – Friedenslinde at Krappenberg loop from Hochstadt-Marktzeuln

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Keltenwall Külmitzberg – Friedenslinde at Krappenberg loop from Hochstadt-Marktzeuln

04:14

46.8km

1,000m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 6.99 km for 86 m

After 21.5 km for 168 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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7.26 km

Keltenwall Külmitzberg

Highlight • Historical Site

Uphill from the north probably only feasible with E-MTB. A bit technical as a downhill at first, but overall quite fun.

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7.89 km

Singletrack in Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Easy trail without demanding passages.

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12.5 km

Bottle house in the forest near Spiesberg

Highlight • Structure

The Bottle House was built in the 1970s by a quirky loner, a man named Rudi (his last name is unknown), in a remote wooded area – without official permission. Thousands of wine bottles, jars, and liquor bottles, bound together by mortar, form the basic building material for the walls of this building, which has been abandoned for about a quarter of a century.
Rudi was evidently a skilled craftsman; everything is meticulously crafted, the walls are straight, and the structural integrity is sound. The two-story, low-rise building – apart from damage caused by vandalism – still stands quite solidly in the forest and attracts many lost placers.
The builder, who reportedly even the nearest neighbors a kilometer away weren't aware of, lived quite comfortably in the never-completed cottage, had running water for the shower and toilet, and even electricity thanks to a solar panel on the roof and a generator, which he distributed throughout the house via professionally installed wiring.
One day, when excavators arrived to demolish the illegal building, Rudi is said to have stood on the roof with a rifle to defend his life's work. He apparently didn't fire, though some legends claim otherwise.
Rudi, who suffered from dementia and was placed in a nursing home, has since passed away. The forest, including the bottle house, changed hands around the turn of the millennium. The new owner has allowed the bottle house to fall into disrepair. All attempts by the authorities to have the illegal building, considered an eyesore, demolished have so far been unsuccessful.
The bottle house is the unusual life's work of an equally unusual person. It is sad that so much has already been destroyed here through vandalism.

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29.6 km

Gretchenbrunnen

Highlight • Natural Monument

ensured a successful cooling down on the tour

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30.9 km

Friedenslinde at Krappenberg

Highlight • Natural Monument

with a nice rest area below

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34.6 km

Forest Trail to Eiserne Hand

Highlight • Trail

Very nice trail to ride, it's really fun.

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35.8 km

Klosterlangheim Forest Singletrail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

great singletrack, not too difficult, in wet weather, however, due to the many roots caution.

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46.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.2 km

6.70 km

1.92 km

1.63 km

1.51 km

931 m

Surfaces

18.0 km

17.5 km

5.88 km

3.45 km

1.69 km

315 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 7 October

18°C

6°C

98 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Comments

June 16, 2024,Franken Bike Marathon mittel Distanz

Great round, but the battery was empty on the last climb🫣

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June 1, 2025,44/25 26. Franken-Bike-Marathon Mountainbike-Race

First participation in a mountain bike marathon and thus the first mountain bike race ever, successfully completed without a crash and without injury!
The AMFLOW passed its baptism of fire with flying colors. 😊

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June 21, 2026,Franken Bike Marathon 2026

What a great route with super nice single trails. Unfortunately, at 35 degrees today, I hit a wall for 10 km. So I went into "emergency mode" until the last refreshment stop. With a cool-down and a small snack, I then managed to get back into it for the last 10 km. Unfortunately, my time for the route is abysmal …

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June 1, 2025,Franken Bike Marathon

I treated myself to the 50 km with its steep climb today and took photos along the way for the event organizer, VRC Trieb. My goal was to take cool photos and arrive safely.

It was a great event, held for the 26th time.

But slowly but surely, I'm getting too old for such challenges!

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June 1, 2025,MTB_Rennen_Frankenberg_50/1350 Mitteldistanz

Trails, trails, trails 💯 - my toughest and most beautiful MTB experience so far. 😃 26th Frankenberg MTB Marathon. Among the top 10 most beautiful in Europe. Technically demanding. 🏅Constantly: on point. 🚴🏼‍♀️ At some point, I wished for 300 meters of asphalt to catch my breath. Instead, it was up trail, down trail, cross forest road, next trail. 🪨🪵🌳🍃 …

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June 18, 2023,Frankenbike Marathon in Trieb!

Something different and for me as an over 70 biker very crazy. I was supposed to photograph the MTB race in Trieb for the "Franconian Day Lichtenfels" and write the report. The race manager Herrmannn Steinbach suggested that I drive myself. Since I had actually already toyed with the idea, I put it into practice. I started in the 1 …

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June 26, 2022,Podrace in Trieb - 23. Franken Bike Marathon

what happened so far: komoot.de/tour/820751368

After yesterday's DNF of the Votec Outer Rim Orbit, a race today. The registration from 2020 could finally be redeemed. Uhhh.... wait, not so factual. After a short sleep out and this time pushed the nightshade (Enduropod) into the hangar and take off with the mother ship. Arrival in 3 hours, administration and departure at …

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