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Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Thurnau Castle – Bischofsgrün Market Square loop from Bischofsgrün

Road cycling routes

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Thurnau Castle – Bischofsgrün Market Square loop from Bischofsgrün

Hard

10

riders

Thurnau Castle – Bischofsgrün Market Square loop from Bischofsgrün

05:25

113km

1,320m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 24, 2026

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The surface along some of this route may not be suitable

Some segments of your route comprise a surface that may not be suitable for your chosen sport.

After 153 m for 117 m

After 22.0 km for 525 m

After 47.3 km for 167 m

After 57.5 km for 329 m

After 113 km for 117 m

Waypoints

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Parking

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1

26.3 km

View of Bayreuth from above Seulbitz

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If you made the steep climb, you have a beautiful view of Bayreuth.

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47.4 km

Schloss Neudrossenfeld

Castle

3

48.8 km

Stone Bicycle Sculpture on the Cycle Path

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Here the bike path designers have put a lot of effort into creating a nice place for a break at the "Ferris wheel" 👍😉

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4

57.7 km

Thurnau Castle

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Very beautiful and one of the largest and most important castle complexes in Northern Bavaria with construction phases from the 13th to the 19th century. Today there is a restaurant …

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5

59.2 km

Cycle Path Through Golfclub Oberfranken

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The old railway line was used here, a clever decision.

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6

74.3 km

Kulmbach Old Town & Plassenburg Castle

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Kulmbach is a town with about 27,000 inhabitants, a large district town, which is located roughly in the middle of Upper Franconia. The landmark is the Plassenburg and the ascent …

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7

76.4 km

View of Plassenburg Castle

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Is worth a visit 👍

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99.3 km

Ruins

Ruins

9

111 km

Main cycle path in the Fichtelgebirge on the former railroad line

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old railway line, beautiful to drive

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10

113 km

Bischofsgrün Market Square

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Very nice little market with great inns.

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113 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

60.9 km

41.5 km

6.94 km

1.88 km

1.69 km

103 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

97.9 km

13.1 km

1.24 km

749 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (760 m)

Lowest point (290 m)

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Wednesday 15 July

25°C

12°C

15 %

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