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Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Riegelstein telecommunications tower – Betzenstein Old Town loop from Spies

Road cycling routes

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Riegelstein telecommunications tower – Betzenstein Old Town loop from Spies

Moderate

5.0

(2)

13

riders

Riegelstein telecommunications tower – Betzenstein Old Town loop from Spies

02:15

47.3km

620m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 28.1 km for 52 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

1.20 km

Riegelstein telecommunications tower

Highlight • Monument

Wavy, quite stretch.

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2

23.0 km

New Cycle Path Near Elbersberg

Highlight • Cycleway

After a long construction site, finally a new, almost continuous cycle path between Elbersberg and Wollenberg near Pegnitz.

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3

27.1 km

Skywalk Pottenstein

Highlight • Viewpoint

Towering structure that towers over the trees. A leisure and adventure area was created here. You can toboggan with 2 different courses etc. Very worth seeing.

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4

28.1 km

Statue of St. Elisabeth on the Weihersbach Bridge, Pottenstein

Highlight • Monument

Elisabeth of Thuringia (* 1207 in Bratislava or castle Rákóczi in Sárospatak (Hungary), † November 17, 1231 in Marburg an der Lahn), also called Elisabeth of Hungary, was a Hungarian …

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5

28.3 km

Skywalk Pottenstein

Highlight (Segment) • Bridge

First look up then.

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6

32.1 km

St. John's Church

Highlight • Religious Site

The Catholic parish church of St. John the Baptist in Kirchenbirkig (a district of Pottenstein) is an important architectural monument in the Franconian Switzerland region, combining medieval origins with 20th-century …

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7

40.4 km

Betzenstein Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

Here you come and feel comfortable.. has its own warm touch

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8

41.3 km

15% ramp in Betzenstein

Highlight • Climb

The descent is accordingly short and violent.

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47.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

40.6 km

3.36 km

2.74 km

284 m

186 m

170 m

Surfaces

46.2 km

678 m

381 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (570 m)

Lowest point (370 m)

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Tuesday 6 October

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