At 594 meters, the Sophienberg is the highest mountain around Bayreuth and at the same time the local mountain of the residence and festival city. Until the 17th century the mountain was still called Culmberg or Culm.

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A fortified Celtic hilltop settlement can be traced back to around 550 BC on Sophienberg. In the 12th century, Counts Ulrich and Poppo von Blassenberg built Culmberg Castle. In 1494, …

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Since the community of Obernschreez suffered no casualties in the First World War, it planted an oak tree on the mountain in commemoration. The community of Schreez (formed in 1939 from the merger of Obernschreez and Unternschreez) erected a memorial on the mountain in 1952 for the fallen and missing soldiers of the Second World War.

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1. Spitziger Stein Rock Formation – Weiherfelsen Sandstone Cave loop from Unternschreez

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2. Röhrensee Fountain – Studentenwald loop from Bayreuth

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3. Culmberger Bergstub'n – Inn of the Last Post Rider loop from Gesees

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Elevation 570 m

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