🏛️ Lucas Cranach Tower – Sand Pit Pond Weißenbrunn loop from Weißenbrunn
🏛️ Lucas Cranach Tower – Sand Pit Pond Weißenbrunn loop from Weißenbrunn
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🏛️ Lucas Cranach Tower – Sand Pit Pond Weißenbrunn loop from Weißenbrunn
04:14
14.7km
350m
Hiking
Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: June 14, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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767 m
Historic Cobblestone Road Between Weißenbrunn and Kronach
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1.96 km
Deer Enclosure and Forest Path near Kronach
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2.76 km
Old Boundary Stone
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3.58 km
🏛️ Lucas Cranach Tower
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10.3 km
Rialto Bridge on the Fischbach Trail
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14.0 km
Sand Pit Pond Weißenbrunn
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14.5 km
Jungfer-Kättl Fountain
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14.6 km
Trinity Church Weißenbrunn
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14.7 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
10.8 km
1.78 km
1.27 km
733 m
109 m
Surfaces
5.18 km
5.17 km
2.21 km
1.79 km
144 m
< 100 m
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Elevation
Highest point (480 m)
Lowest point (320 m)
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Comments
It goes from Weissenbrunn up to the Lucas Cranach Tower with a beautiful view over the upper Rodach Valley and the beginning of the Franconian Forest. Then a bit along the Stübengraben, over to the Fischbachtal and in a curve back to Weissenbrunn.
Beautiful paths, occasionally enchanting views and consistently reliable signage have …
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The route is really varied and mostly goes through forests🪵🌲🌳. Sometimes on narrow hiking trails or wider paths. Rarely on forest roads and very little on the road (a good kilometer in total, I would say) through towns. Well signposted throughout and away from noise.
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Today there was a little spontaneous hike in the Kronacher Land!
Since we only had time in the afternoon, I chose the Frankenwaldsteigla "Stübengrabenweg" which is about 14 kilometers long! This should be doable before dawn!
We started in Weißenbrunn, walked up to the Lucas Cranach Tower, climbed it, hiked into the valley to Fischbach, along the beautiful …
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In 1716/17 the village fountain with the naked figure of a water mermaid was created by Johann Dümlein from Kronach, who also created the figures on the altar. The costs of the well are borne by the “community shop”, the community treasury
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