Hörschbach Gorge – Felsenmeer, Murrhardt loop from Hörschbachschlucht
Hörschbach Gorge – Felsenmeer, Murrhardt loop from Hörschbachschlucht
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Hörschbach Gorge – Felsenmeer, Murrhardt loop from Hörschbachschlucht
06:43
22.6km
650m
Hiking
Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: May 13, 2026
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Naturpark Schwäbisch-Fränkischer Wald
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1.02 km
Hörschbach Gorge
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1.52 km
Path to the Hörschbach Waterfalls
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6.29 km
Riesbergturm Observation Tower
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7.33 km
Felsenmeer, Murrhardt
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... beech fir forest
... huge boulders lie along the way (lower Stubensandstein / Fleinsstein)
... surefootedness and sturdy footwear required
... on a hike from the "Römersee" through the "Felsenmeer" in the direction of "Riesberg tower" (view) please note the steeper ascent in the section "Felsenmeer"
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7.54 km
Roman Lake
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Not far from the lake, 100m away, is the associated resting and barbecue area Römersee. It can be reached in about 20 minutes from downtown Murrhardt and in 10 minutes from the Römersee car park on Riesbergstrasse.
The lake was not created by the Romans, as one might assume. It got its name when the "Roman Festival", which was very popular at the time, took place here from the 1920s until the Great Depression in 1929. The festival thematized the life and conflicts of Romans and Teutons at the time of the Limes in the 2nd century.
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7.64 km
⭐️🐷 Rast- und Grillplatz am Römersee
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Please dear fellow human beings and nature lovers: Please ALWAYS throw your rubbish in a trash can or ALWAYS take your rubbish with you when you leave the site.
The same also applies in general. As a hiker nowadays you always come across rubbish lying around. Almost everything is carelessly thrown away. Tempo, trash, paper, plastic bottles, etc., etc.
=> Therefore our appeal: Please don't leave any rubbish in nature, no matter where you are!
Many thanks to everyone who thinks and participates :-)
Then we'll all benefit from it. In fact, an intact and clean nature in which we all like to be and do not have to constantly worry about carelessly thrown away or left garbage.
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11.6 km
Roman Watchtower Ruins, Watchpost 9/96 Heidenbühl
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After more than 1,800 years, only the remains of the foundation remain today. Many towers have completely disappeared because their building materials were used for other purposes. Nevertheless, we know from archaeological findings and images on stone reliefs, such as Trajan's Column in Rome, what the towers looked like: three-story and around eight to ten meters high with a floor plan of around four by four meters. A ladder was used to reach the entrance to the room on the first floor. If the crew pulled it up, it was protected from attackers. The windowless ground floor probably served only as a pantry and was accessible via a ladder inside. The guard room was on the second floor, some with a wooden circulation, some without. From here, the surrounding area was monitored and communication with neighboring posts or to a fort at the rear was maintained using torches or bugles. Always within sight, 400 to 800 apart, the watchtowers formed a continuous chain of posts. An attack was immediately reported to the next fort, from where the troops moved out and confronted the enemy.
All of the watchtowers described below are located directly on the Limes hiking trail in the section between Siegelsberg and Töpfersberg. They are partially reconstructed and have been archaeologically examined. Based on finds recovered there and elsewhere along the Limes, we can now get a fairly accurate picture of life at the empire's outposts.
more: murrhardt.de/de Unser-Murrhardt/Stadtportrait/Stadtgeschichte/Die-Römer-in-Murrhardt/Die-Watchtowers
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15.4 km
Fratzenbrunnen Spring
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22.6 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
12.6 km
4.23 km
2.58 km
2.15 km
629 m
390 m
Surfaces
6.21 km
5.35 km
4.57 km
3.64 km
2.44 km
393 m
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Highest point (530 m)
Lowest point (280 m)
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Friday 5 June
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