View of Pottenstein – Leinleiter Cycle Path loop from Pottenstein

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View of Pottenstein – Leinleiter Cycle Path loop from Pottenstein

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View of Pottenstein – Leinleiter Cycle Path loop from Pottenstein

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62.5km

890m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

596 m

Pottenstein — Old Town and Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Beautiful place with many half-timbered houses, great for the Festival of Lights on January 6th. Fantastic valley view from the castle and the hillside/mountain paths.

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1.01 km

View of Pottenstein

Highlight • Viewpoint

From this point you have a wonderful view of Pottenstein.

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11.8 km

Schulstein

Viewpoint

24.7 km

Aufseß — the town with the highest brewery density

Highlight • Settlement

Aufseß is a small beautiful place with some nice highlights.

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31.1 km

Great view of Greifenstein Castle

Highlight • Trail

Always a highlight

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32.1 km

Cycle path along the old railway line near Heiligenstadt

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

On very hot days it is particularly nice to have lunch at the Heiligenstadter Hof and then visit the Kneipp facility and/or the bathing lake.

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35.6 km

Wallgraben des Wasserschlosses

Archaeological Site

36.3 km

Leinleiter Cycle Path

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice place, gladly again

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43.0 km

Neideck Ruins

Highlight • Castle

One of the landmarks of Franconian Switzerland

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43.9 km

View of Neideck Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

The castle ruins Neideck is a former high medieval Adelsburg over the village Streitberg. You can also go up there, free admission

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48.8 km

Cave Entrance

62.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

31.6 km

14.3 km

9.93 km

6.01 km

527 m

184 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

44.6 km

8.18 km

7.36 km

1.94 km

516 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (300 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

12°C

4°C

69 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

September 30, 2023,Burg Ruine Neideck – Entlang der Wiesent - Runde von Gasseldorf

Today we drove a wonderfully scenic lap. From Gasseldorf to the Neideck castle ruins 🏰 and then along the Wiesent 🏞️ via the Behringersmühle to Weischenfeld to the beautiful powder mill. We took a break there and strengthened ourselves. Afterwards we took a short detour to Kathi Bräu to our former motorcycle meeting place, where I was regularly present for …

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