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    1. Orchards, meadows and summit panoramas on the Hesselberg | Tour 209

    12.8km

    03:39

    280m

    280m

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

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    Intermediate

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

    Intermediate

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

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    June 13, 2022

    As a witness mountain (a single mountain in a layered landscape) of the Franconian Jura, the Hesselberg is geologically closely related to the Staffelberg (Lichtenfels district) or the Walberla (Forchheim district).

    The Hesselberg also has a Nazi past, like so many other things. During the Nazi era, the Franconian Gauleiter Julius Streicher made the Hesselberg a political meeting place for the National Socialists. After the NSDAP came to power, party rallies developed into the Franconian Days, which were held annually until 1939. Alongside the Nuremberg Party Rallies, these were the largest Nazi rallies in Franconia, with up to 100,000 people in attendance. Evidence from this period can no longer be found on the Hesselberg today.

    Since 1951, the Hesselberg has been in church hands and is, among other things, the venue for the Bavarian Evangelical Church Congress.

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      April 23, 2019

      A magnificent view with a panoramic view of the highest mountain in Central Franconia, which rises like the Kilimanjaro from the plane.

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        April 26, 2015

        The Hesselberg is with 689m the highest elevation in Central Franconia.

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          Location: Gerolfingen, Landkreis Ansbach, Middle Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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