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Reisberg Crossing

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Reisberg Crossing

Recommended by 16 mountain bikers out of 17

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Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

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    June 27, 2023

    Reisberg😍 very beautiful different landscapes and great trails

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      March 11, 2020

      "A little east of the confluence of the Main and Regnitz rivers, the Reisberg pushes itself to the west as an approximately oval spur out of the high plateau of the Franconian Jura (Fig. 1u.2). At a height of approx. 553m above sea level, it is approx. 150m higher the valley of the Leitenbach, which drains into the Upper Main, the mountain also dominates the surrounding edge heights and, with a bottle-necked connection to the plateau, offers the best conditions for effectively and quickly sealing off the spur at this point (Fig. 2). A 50 m wide connection to the plateau is separated by a section wall approximately 1 m high with an upstream ditch approximately 1 m deep, 220 m west of which there is a second, inner wall. Both walls bend in the south about 15 m before the slope edge to the west. This should be the inner cheek of a pincer gate, which can hardly be traced anymore with the inner wall, about 20m with the outer gate n. The inner section wall, which is only partially recognizable as the edge of the terrace, adjoins the fortification still preserved here in the north. At this point, an old path seems to lead from a layer step about 50 meters below the eastern slope to the plateau. If this is an ancient driveway, it must have led to the pincer gate of the inner section wall. The entire facility has a size of approx. 14 ha. So far, structures and finds have only been found on the terrace areas within the inner section wall.

      Further information: landschaftsmuseum.de/Seiten/Lexikon/Reisberg_Sonderausstellung-1.htm

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        Distance 3.94 km

        Uphill 230 m

        Downhill 130 m

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

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