Zwinger Bastion, Forchheim – Forchheim Old Town loop from Forchheim
Zwinger Bastion, Forchheim – Forchheim Old Town loop from Forchheim
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Zwinger Bastion, Forchheim – Forchheim Old Town loop from Forchheim
01:21
5.32km
10m
Hiking
Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: April 22, 2026
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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389 m
Zwinger Bastion, Forchheim
Highlight • Historical Site
A small hint, no one knows that, as I can remember from my childhood: In the context of the construction of the RMD-channel - the dammed in Forchheimer area as running water of the Regnitz and Wiesent - the groundwater level rose sharply. At that time, this required a backfilling of the upstream ditches by several meters (4 m?). Of course, this was a lot more powerful in terms of fastening technology. The fortress ditches used to be flooded over the Wiesent canals in times of threat.
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1.28 km
Regnitz Oxbow Lake
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3.88 km
Forchheim Old Town
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4.13 km
Historic Town Hall of Forchheim
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4.21 km
Forchheim Town Hall and Town Hall Square
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4.31 km
St. Martin's Church ⛪ Old Town Forchheim
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The church emerged from the own chapel of a Carolingian royal court, in which several synods took place under Carolingians and Ottonians. It was also important in the missionary work of the Main Slavs.
The diocese of Würzburg received the church in 976 through a donation from Otto I, and the diocese of Bamberg in 1017 through an exchange. Around 1200 the old royal church was replaced by a late Romanesque church with a cross-shaped floor plan, of which part of the transept and the crypt below are still preserved. The Bamberg Bishop Leopold von Bebenburg transformed it into a monastery in 1354. In the 14th century, the church was expanded into a high Gothic basilica, but the upper aisles have been hidden under a gable roof since 1540. The main nave of the nave has a plastered flat beamed ceiling. The other parts of the church are vaulted. The tower was first mentioned in 1406, and has had its current shape since 1670.
With the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803, the Forchheim Abbey came to the Electorate of Bavaria, which had already occupied it militarily the previous year. With the secularization of the monastery, the church became an ordinary parish church in 1803.
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4.39 km
Hebendanz Brewery
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4.51 km
Forchheim Imperial Palace
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5.32 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.35 km
1.21 km
369 m
281 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
2.07 km
2.05 km
1.01 km
161 m
< 100 m
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