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Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve

Natural Monuments

Landkreis Schweinfurt

Hundelshausen

Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve

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Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve

Name: Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve
Rating: 2

Recommended by 13 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Naturpark Steigerwald

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Location: Hundelshausen, Landkreis Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Zabelstein Castle Ruins – Wotansborn Spring loop from Zell am Ebersberg

29.1km

07:54

400m

Expert hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Forest Trail in Kleinengelein – Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve loop from Neuschleichach

8.38km

02:20

160m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Rest hut in the Steigerwald – Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve loop from Neuschleichach

5.27km

01:28

90m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Jörg

February 27, 2023

The Weilersbachtal nature reserve is a cross-district nature reserve in the Hassberge and Schweinfurt districts.
The protected area was placed under protection by the authority on 1995.

An information board gives information about it.

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Martin

April 22, 2024

The Weilersbachtal nature reserve
has a size of around 93 hectares and was designated in 1995.

Areas of the nature reserve are part of the FFH area "Beech forests and meadow valleys of the North Steigerwald" and the European bird sanctuary "Upper Steigerwald".

Another special feature of the nature reserve is the 53-hectare Kleinengelein natural forest reserve in Wustvieler Forst, a former school forest area with an old beech stand, which is one of the highest and oldest beech forests in all of Germany.

The beeches, which are around 200 years old, but in some cases up to 400 years old, are known as the "Giant Beeches of Kleinengelein".

A number of hiking trails lead through the nature reserve, and one worth mentioning is the "Path of Biodiversity" created as an adventure trail by the municipality of Rauhenebrach together with BaySF and the Office for Agriculture, which is a circular trail with a length of around 6 kilometers from Obersteinbach through the nature reserve. To the north of the nature reserve lie the natural forests Knetzberge-Böhlgrund and Wotansborn.

The area consists of meadow communities with tall herbaceous plants, spring areas and natural streams with typical alder-ash alluvial forests.

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Location: Hundelshausen, Landkreis Schweinfurt, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve

1. Zabelstein Castle Ruins – Wotansborn Spring loop from Zell am Ebersberg

2. Forest Trail in Kleinengelein – Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve loop from Neuschleichach

3. Rest hut in the Steigerwald – Weilersbachtal Nature Reserve loop from Neuschleichach

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