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Plešné jezero – Hochwald Deadwood Area loop from Pleckensteiner Wald

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Lower Bavaria

Plešné jezero – Hochwald Deadwood Area loop from Pleckensteiner Wald

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Plešné jezero – Hochwald Deadwood Area loop from Pleckensteiner Wald

05:39

14.8km

550m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 16, 2026

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Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 8.46 km for 440 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.50 km

Hochwald

Nature Reserve

1.81 km

ridgeway

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The dead trees are impressive and the hike is not very demanding. When it is wet or at low temperatures, you should be very careful not to fall, as the path then becomes a stream.

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2.85 km

State Border at Dreiländereck (Germany–Czech Republic–Austria)

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The path, which is in places heavily blocked, leads directly along the German-Czech and Austrian-Czech borders. The Bavarian Forest-Bohemian Forest border also runs here in the border triangle.

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3.96 km

Dreisesselblick

Viewpoint

4.71 km

Blick zum Plöckenstein

Viewpoint

5.42 km

View of Plešné Lake from the small viewing platform

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Dream view of the lakes and the Czech Republic

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5.69 km

Adalbert Stifter Monument and view of Lake Plöckenstein

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On a steep path you make your way up to the Stifter Obelisk - it was built in honor of the poet Adalbert Stifter, who was very influential in the …

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6.53 km

Plešné jezero

Lake

6.85 km

Plešné jezero

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The Plöckensteinersee (in Czech Plešné jezero) is a glacial lake that lies below the Plöckenstein. On the east bank there is a shelter and places to take a break where …

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10.8 km

Tripoint Monument (Germany–Austria–Czech Republic)

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The border triangle has a very special flair. With a few steps you can cross the respective border and "get a foothold" in Germany, the Czech Republic or Austria.

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11.7 km

Stone Sea at Plöckenstein

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The Steinerne Meer is a block heap that originated in the earlier ice age periods. Night-time frost and sunshine during the day caused the exposed bedrock to expand and be …

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13.3 km

Still here, a few bare trees tower into the sky, which were attacked by the bark beetle. But meanwhile, nature is reclaiming its habitat, and bushes, herbs and above all small spruce and fir trees grow between the skeletonized trunks.

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14.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.6 km

1.80 km

1.15 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.3 km

1.16 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,360 m)

Lowest point (1,060 m)

Weather

Monday 18 May

16°C

4°C

37 %

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Plešné jezero – Hochwald Deadwood Area loop from Pleckensteiner Wald

ridgeway

State Border at Dreiländereck (Germany–Czech Republic–Austria)

View of Plešné Lake from the small viewing platform

Adalbert Stifter Monument and view of Lake Plöckenstein

Plešné jezero

Tripoint Monument (Germany–Austria–Czech Republic)

Stone Sea at Plöckenstein

Hochwald Deadwood Area

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