쉬운 블랑켄슈타인 주변 하이킹 및 워킹 코스

Parking area for hikers with an information center, an old train, and a place to stop for refreshments nearby.

You walk along the rocky path: great wild hiking trail over hill and dale, lots of views, lots of rock

You walk along the rock path here, a wonderful, wild hiking trail with lots of views and lots of rocks. Very beautiful!

Very nice facility: an old train station on the line through the Höllental valley has been converted into a parking lot. A top starting point.

In 1933, a wood mill was converted into the current hydroelectric power plant. Along the right bank of the Selbitz River, the 1.60-meter-high pipes run 1,855 meters in length, with a drop of 37.4 meters, carrying water from the weir to the water tower and from there into the power plant. During the summer months, on Sundays and public holidays, and when the water level is sufficient, a 28-meter-high water fountain can be seen at the power plant, delighting hikers.

The arched bridge of the Höllentalbahn, which ran between Triptis and Marxgrün, was in use from 1895 to 1945. After that, the railway line leading to Thuringia was discontinued. The Selbitz Viaduct is now a lost place.

In 1887, the local railway line from Hof via Naila to Marxgrün was opened and extended to Bad Steben in 1898. As early as 1897, Blankenstein received a railway connection via Lobenstein to Triptis. Due to the industrialization of the Franconian Forest, particularly the Rosenthal paper mill, an extension of the line through the Höllental Valley to Marxgrün was planned. From 1900 to 1901, 250 workers built the 6.3-kilometer-long Höllental Railway from Marxgrün via Hölle, through the valley, and via Blechschmidtenhammer to Blankenstein. On August 14, 1901, the first train ran through the Höllental Valley. In April 1945, the last train ran on the Höllental Railway. The inner-German border marked the end of the connection between Bavaria and Thuringia. In 1971, freight traffic to Blechschmidtenhammer ended on the Bavarian side. Around ten years later, the German Federal Railway had the tracks in the Höllental Valley torn out. The old train station building in Blechschmidtenhammer has been preserved and is now the information center of the Franconian Forest Nature Park.

Small footbridge over the Lohbach.