A magnificent baroque garden in the middle of Franconian Switzerland? What's it all about? Behind this is a rather extraordinary story about a retired lawyer who discovered his passion for …

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🌳Tom🌈

April 27, 2019

Hiking

A retired lawyer and passionate garden designer has created a garden on the Egloffstein mountain slope opposite the castle, which has no equal in the Franconian region. Beautiful to look at .... you come on a hike on the Paradiesweg directly past it.

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Rombea

July 26, 2021

Mountain biking

An absolute "must" in Egloffstein, Manfred Ritter's baroque garden with numerous sculptures and figures. There is a Mediterranean ambience in a Franconian landscape, you can see the beautiful "Italian" gardens from the street, but entering the complex is not permitted.

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Elevation 380 m

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Location: Egloffstein, Forchheim, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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