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Bavaria
Upper Franconia

View of Plassenburg Castle – Trebgast Lake loop from Kulmbach

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Road cycling routes
Germany
Bavaria
Upper Franconia

View of Plassenburg Castle – Trebgast Lake loop from Kulmbach

Easy

4.4

(17)

96

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View of Plassenburg Castle – Trebgast Lake loop from Kulmbach

01:25

35.1km

170m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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1

399 m

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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2.51 km

View of Plassenburg Castle

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Is worth a visit 👍

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3

12.0 km

St. Johannes Parish Church Trebgast

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Hall church from 1742-1744 on the walls of a late Gothic fortified church. Square chancel tower with a slated Italian dome. Inside worth seeing baptismal font angel from the year 1771

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14.3 km

Trebgast Lake

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A lake for swimming, a bathing lake so to speak, but also boating 🚣, stand up ⛵️ and diving ... basically fishing in the murky waters 🎣🐟 🐠
The coffee …

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16.6 km

Ascent to Schwingen

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35.1 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

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28.0 km

5.22 km

1.86 km

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< 100 m

Surfaces

34.7 km

231 m

165 m

< 100 m

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Saturday 11 July

27°C

11°C

22 %

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Comments

May 14, 2025,Kulmbach - Studio - Badesee
During the train ride, my motivation waned. I was supposed to go to Bamberg and back via the Franconian route. Then I got out in Kulmbach and had a coffee and cake in the studio, and then the same thing again at the swimming lake...lovely☕️🍰☕️🍰🚴‍♂️💨🍺

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December 16, 2023,Kulmbach-See-Lindau
The streets in Kulmbach are beautifully clean. The street cleaning vehicles simply swept the dirt onto the bike paths. The city is desperately trying to keep its last place in the statistics of the most bicycle-unfriendly cities in Germany. You can do that...

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