Brillenbrücke – View of the Red Main loop from Heinersreuth

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Germany

Bavaria

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Heinersreuth

Brillenbrücke – View of the Red Main loop from Heinersreuth

Moderate

4.8

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hikers

Brillenbrücke – View of the Red Main loop from Heinersreuth

03:47

14.9km

40m

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 28, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.04 km

Red Main

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The Roter Main is the longer of the two headwaters of the Main river and significantly shapes the cityscape of Bayreuth. The river owes its name to the clayey soils …

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4.39 km

Brillenbrücke

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The old sandstone bridge is correctly called the "Mainbrille" (Main Spectacles) and dates back to the time of the Margraves. In this area, the inhabitants of Heinersreuth and Altenplos experienced …

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7.16 km

Wooden Beaver Sculpture on the Main

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Carved wooden beaver near Bayreuth on the Red Main with bench

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8.39 km

Confluence of Mistelbach and Roter Main

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On the bank on the opposite side, there is a resting bench from which you have a direct view of the confluence of Mistelbach and Red Main.

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8.55 km

Bridge with coat of arms

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stone bridge over the Red Main

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8.61 km

View of the Red Main

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It's nice when a river flows through a city.

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12.8 km

Weir on the Roter Main in Heinersreuth

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A few meters away from Mainbrille

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14.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.06 km

6.40 km

1.01 km

451 m

Surfaces

7.27 km

5.95 km

857 m

694 m

129 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

12°C

3°C

53 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

March 19, 2022,Entlang des Roten Mains

I started today in Unterkonnersreuth on the Rot-Main-Auen-Weg, turning point was the Rotmain-Center in Bayreuth. The path always led me along the Red Main...

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June 4, 2023,Rotmainauen Bayreuth - Heinersreuth an beiden Uferseiten mit Überrundung des Bleyers

Despite the not so demanding route, the soles of my feet hurt at the end. But the paths along the meadows were very easy to walk on. The western side on the way back was hardly visited and is just as idyllically beautiful as the other.

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