フランケンヴァルトの森の絶景の山頂・トップ20

Parking area for hikers. Good starting point for hikes, cross-country skiing, or bike tours.

The Frankenwarte (Frankenwarte) stands atop the 679-meter-high Hirschhügel (Hirschhügel). The eight-and-a-half-meter-high, round stone tower offers a panoramic view to the northeast, to the edge of the Höllental valley, to Lichtenberg and Bad Steben, and to the west to the hills near Nordhalben. To the south, Geroldsgrün, the 729-meter-high Spitzberg, and the 758-meter-high Schneidberg can be seen, and hidden behind them, the highest peak in the Franconian Forest, the 794-meter-high Döbraberg. To the southeast, the view extends to the Fichtel Mountains. The Frankenwarte was built and is maintained by the Franconian Forest Association. Plans to build an observation tower on the hill existed as early as 1930. However, the Frankenwarte was not inaugurated until August 12, 1951. In 2020, panoramic panels were installed on the parapet of the viewing platform, illustrating the towns and landscape features visible from here.

Viewpoint on the Schlossberg with a mushroom as a seat with weather protection

quite overgrown in summer

Beautiful place, worth it

Beautiful 19 m high observation tower with a great view of the surrounding area, a panoramic window makes orientation easier. In the Middle Ages there was a watchtower here, the construction of the observation tower in its present form took place in 1925. At the tower there is a restaurant with a beautiful beer garden, the staff is "Franconian grumpy".

There used to be a manor and a tower for transmitting messages here. The towers for transmitting messages were u.A. also around the Plassenburg in Kulmbach. Often used as a warning signal of enemy attacks.

The dome makes the Döbraberg unmistakable and therefore visible from afar. You can see it, for example, from the A9 between Hof and Münchberg (to the right or west of the stated direction of travel). It can also be seen from many spots in the Fichtelgebirge.