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Goethe Trail on the Ochsenkopf

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Goethe Trail on the Ochsenkopf

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  • Location: Neubauer Forst Nord, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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    July 7, 2022

    Hiking

    Beautiful narrow path with many stones and roots.
    Today's Goetheweg roughly follows the route Goethe took to the Ochsenkopf in 1785.
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    November 11, 2021

    Hiking

    From the Karches-See or Karches-Weiher with the Waldrasthaus Karches (hiking car park) the Goetheweg leads to the Weißmainfelsen, the Weißmainquelle and the Ochsenkopf summit. Goethe himself probably did not hike this route to the Ochsenkopf summit on July 1, 1785.
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    November 1, 2021

    Hiking

    In the footsteps of the famous German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe through the Fichtelgebirge - the Goetheweg on the Ochsenkopf. The approx. 5 km long hiking trail is a …
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    Distance 592 m

    Uphill 70 m

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    Location: Neubauer Forst Nord, Landkreis Bayreuth, Franconian Switzerland, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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