The cycle path is paved from Bad Berneck to Bischofsgrün, with a length of around twelve kilometres and an elevation gain of 220 metres. Only short sections run in the immediate vicinity of the B 303 federal road, so the impressions of the White Main predominate.

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One of the most romantic branch lines in the Fichtel Mountains ran from Neuenmarkt via Himmelkron to Bad Berneck until 1993, ending in Bischofsgrün. In the 1970s, traffic increasingly shifted …

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Elevation 580 m

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Tuesday 5 May

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

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