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Lower Franconia

Heegkopfsee

Lower Franconia

Heegkopfsee

Highlight • Lake

Heegkopfsee

Mountain biking

4.7

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Cycling

4.3

(25)

Hiking

4.3

(6)

This Highlight is in a protected area

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Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

Location: Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Tips

Ralf 🗻🥾🏕

August 30, 2021

Hiking

The Heegkopfsee emerged from a former basalt quarry and is now even a geotope succumbs about 1 km south of the village of Schönderling. These are two former basalt quarries in which Rhön basalt was extracted. The western breach is circular and a lake has formed in the mining area. In the eastern break there is one
The dismantling wall in the olivine basalt is still in good condition, but I have to say that there is no longer a lot of water in the lake.

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August 19, 2018

Mountain biking

Today hikers asked me the way to the Heegkopfsee. They stood right at the entrance. In the meantime, however, the lake has grown so overgrown that people who are unfamiliar with the area can hardly find it.

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May 29, 2018

Cycling

The Heegkopf is already a typical for the Rhön basalt cone. This also means that it is therefore a former volcano. At several points in the Rhön, the basalt was formerly mined. What has remained after mining is the small basalt lake.

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Rhoen MTB Circuit 7 | Heegkopfrunde - Unterleichtersbach

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Vier Linden Picnic Area – Forsthaus Oehrberg loop from Geiersnest Ost

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View of the Rhön Mountains – Heegkopfsee loop from Schondra

14.1km

01:01

170m

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Easy mountain bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Elevation 540 m

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Location: Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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