View from Drachenfels – Blauer Löw Mine Entrance loop from Lichtenberg

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View from Drachenfels – Blauer Löw Mine Entrance loop from Lichtenberg

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View from Drachenfels – Blauer Löw Mine Entrance loop from Lichtenberg

01:17

4.32km

120m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Frankenwald

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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771 m

Drachenfels Viewpoint (Höllental, Frankenwald Nature Park)

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Very nice hiking area, where surefootedness and good footwear are highly recommended.

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892 m

View of the Deer Statue at Hirschsprung

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From here you can see the newly erected deer on the Hirschsprung.

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1.14 km

View from Drachenfels

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The Drachenfels offers magnificent views of the valley landscape of the Selbitz, the wild and romantic Höllental, on Blankenstein and on the opposite rocky slope of the Höllental. The Drachenfels …

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2.03 km

Blauer Löw Mine Entrance

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An ore mine tunnel from the 18th century, you can walk in there about 25 meters, but take flashlight or mobile phone light!

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2.91 km

Lohbach Stream in Naturpark Frankenwald

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When the winter melts, some of the water comes down and makes the brook swell astonishingly.

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3.06 km

Lohbach Wooden Bridge

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over the Lohbach leads this small wooden bridge

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4.18 km

Old railway station, rest area and parking

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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.

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4.20 km

🚂 Former Lichtenberg Station

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The station was built between 1897 and 1901 in the course of the extension of the railway line Triptis-Blankenstein by the Höllental more than one kilometer northeast of the city …

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4.32 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.16 km

892 m

216 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.91 km

750 m

327 m

224 m

105 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 30 October

8°C

5°C

21 %

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Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

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Comments

July 7, 2023,US-53 Drachenfelsweg Höllental

A short-term change in the duty roster made it possible, I wanted to go through the wonderfully cool Lohbachtal in Höllental up to the Drachenfelsen. Pleasant temperatures in the green hell, while up on the rocks it was about 10° more. My round started in Blechschmidtenhammer diagonally across from the Friedrich Wilhelm Stollen inn, as this direction is much easier …

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