Hahnenkamm – Altmühltal Nature Park

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Landkreis Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen

Gnotzheim

Hahnenkamm – Altmühltal Nature Park

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Hahnenkamm – Altmühltal Nature Park

05:30

19.1km

450m

Hiking

The circular hike begins in the parking lot at Spielberg Castle. From here you hike over a hill to Heidenheim. A visit to the cathedral in this town is worth it.

The route then takes you steeply up to Dürrenberg. In the forest you will come across the Steinerne Rinne, a very special natural spectacle. It is a lime base several hundred meters long that was created from lime deposits in the water. Through this elevated stream bed, the water rushes down a channel into the valley.

After you have passed Wolfsbronn, you hike through beautiful nature to the Yellow Mountain. The route passes its summit, but it is not far. A detour is recommended because the view from the top is breathtaking.

On the Altmühltal panorama trail you then go through quiet forest back to Spielberg and from there down to the parking lot, where you reach the starting point again. Before you go home, you can pay a visit to Spielberg Castle.

by Naturpark Altmuehltal

Last updated: June 11, 2024

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Waypoints

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Parking

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4.40 km

Heidenheim Minster and Monastery Complex

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There are four large tapestries in the cathedral that show the time of Christianization. The former monastery was built in a strategically important location due to the springs.

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8.34 km

Steinerne Rinne near Wolfsbronn

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Here you forget the time when you watch the water as it rushes through the gutter

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15.0 km

Forest Path Between Gelber Berg and Spielberg (Altmühltal Panorama Trail)

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The panoramic path connects the Spielberg with the Yellow Mountain, two places with magnificent views. However, the path itself does not offer a panoramic view! It's just a beautiful, shady forest path.

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18.5 km

View of Spielberg and Spielberg Castle

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Nice little place with a castle of the same name.

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19.0 km

View of Spielberg Castle

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In addition to the castle from the 15th century, which is already worth seeing, there is a museum for contemporary art established in 1983. The exhibition shows sculptures, pictures and a figure meadow. From the castle you have a very nice view of the surrounding country to Gunzenhausen. schlossspielberg.de/index.html

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19.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.2 km

2.74 km

1.58 km

1.20 km

329 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.39 km

4.51 km

2.97 km

2.58 km

2.41 km

203 m

Elevation

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Highest point (650 m)

Lowest point (480 m)

Weather

Wednesday 14 October

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Comments

January 16, 2026,Naturpark Altmühltal: Hahnenkamm

Today I headed in a different direction again, to the Altmühltal Nature Park on the border of the Ries Geopark. The stone channel near Wolfsbronn had been on my list for a while, so I set off in perfect weather.

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March 22, 2026,Sonnige Frühlingswanderung mit @Lina 🐕‍🦺 & Steffi 🙋🏻‍♀️

Once again, Steffi and Lina showed me the most beautiful corners of their former home on an entertaining and amusing tour. Was - as usual - a great tour. It was a pleasure - always happy to do it again 😊

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August 27, 2022,Altmühl PanoWeg Schlaufe 3 Start: Spielberg

A really great loop trail, the 3!! Forest sections that can develop "back" into the "jungle" state, 2 stone gullies. One of them up to 1 1/2m high!
The church and monastery in Heidenheim am Hahnenkamm is always worth a visit! And right at the start in Spielberg, a visit to the castle with its figurative works of art around …

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March 9, 2024,Frühlingstour Hahnenkamm – Schloss Spielberg & Steinerne Rinnen 🐕‍🦺🥾

I had been planning the route for a long time and since Thomas thought 20 km was too long, Lina and I started alone today.
It was a very nice round with lots of sun and lots of nature.
I didn't know the small stone gully near Kurzenaltheim.
Next time I would start from Heidenheim. Then at the end you …

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May 1, 2025,✨ Gelber Berg ⛰️ Heidenheim – „Steinerne Rinne“ Wolfsbronn – „Schloss Spielberg“ – Heidenheim (Hahnenkamm und Naturpark Altmühltal)

🚀 We start at the 🅿️ parking lot at the former Benedictine monastery of Heidenheim in 🌡 +24° Celsius ☀️ sunshine and a cloudless sky in 🧭 the direction of Wolfsbronn. We cross the market square and follow the road that leads slightly uphill out of the town. We reach a beautiful plateau and continue through a charming landscape of …

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May 2, 2026,Frankenweg Treuchtlingen nach Heidenheim

But first, we both walk again. I, again, with a considerable lead. At 7 p.m. I look at the map again and realize that there are still about 4 km to the car. I could probably reach it by 8 p.m. to then drive to Treuchtlingen to load the bike. That way I would probably be back in Nuremberg by …

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January 27, 2024,Entdeckertour bei Heidenheim, Steinerne Rinne - Gelber Berg - Spielberg - Kloster Heidenheim

Beautiful, promising hike on the Frankenweg and in sections on the Altmühlpanoramaweg. Worth seeing are the Steinerne Rinne, the Spielberg Palace/Castle and the monastery town of Heidenheim. The 360° panorama from the Hahnenkamm (Yellow Mountain), a foothill of the southern Franconian Alb between Altmühl and Nördlinger Ries is fantastic...

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September 28, 2023

The circular hike begins in the parking lot at Spielberg Castle. From here you hike over a hill to Heidenheim. A visit to the cathedral in this town is worth it.
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The route then takes you steeply up to Dürrenberg. In the forest you will come across the Steinerne Rinne, a very special natural spectacle

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