Plešné jezero – Hochwald Deadwood Area loop from Pleckensteiner Wald

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Plešné jezero – Hochwald Deadwood Area loop from Pleckensteiner Wald

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Plešné jezero – Hochwald Deadwood Area loop from Pleckensteiner Wald

05:38

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: October 28, 2026

Tips

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 5.42 km for 440 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

Get Directions

1.50 km

Hochwald

Nature Reserve

1.81 km

ridgeway

Highlight • Trail

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)

Highlight • Monument

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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4.71 km

Blick zum Plöckenstein

Viewpoint

7.40 km

Plešné jezero

Highlight • Lake

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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7.72 km

Plešné jezero

Lake

8.53 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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8.83 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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10.1 km

Nad Rakouskou loukou

Peak

10.8 km

Tripoint Monument (Germany–Austria–Czech Republic)

Highlight • Monument

The Dreiländereck has a very special flair. With just a few steps, you can cross the respective border and "set foot" in Germany, the Czech Republic, or Austria as you please.

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11.7 km

Stone Sea at Plöckenstein

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

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

Many bare trees, infested by bark beetles, still reach into the sky. But nature is reclaiming the habitat, and between the skeletal trunks, bushes, herbs, and especially small spruces and firs are growing.

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14.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.9 km

1.48 km

1.04 km

270 m

104 m

Surfaces

13.2 km

1.31 km

147 m

104 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,360 m)

Lowest point (1,060 m)

Weather

Friday 30 October

7°C

3°C

26 %

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Max wind speed: 10.0 km/h

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Comments

June 24, 2023,Dreisessel - Plöckenstein - Plöckenstein See Runde 🥾🏔🌲

It's closed when we start from the parking lot at Dreisessel. First we follow the Adalbert Stifter Steig, across the border triangle to the Plöckenstein.

We enjoy the view and take a little breather. Then it's back down into the valley. At Plöckenstein See we take the steep climb to get back to the Plöckenstein summit. Again and again we …

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July 23, 2023,Dreiländertour über das Dreisessel-Massiv zum Plöckenstein (1379m) & Plöckensteinsee (1090m)🌲Bayerischer Wald & Böhmerwald🌲

Three-country tour over the Dreisessel massif to Plöckenstein (1379m) & Plöckensteinsee (1090m)

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🌲Bavarian Forest & Bohemian Forest🌲

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Promising tour on rocky paths to wool sack towers and block seas

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> Hochstein (1333m)

> Three chairs (1323m)

> Stone Sea

> Dreiecksmark / Dreiländereck

> Plöckenstein / Plechý (1379m)

> Plöckensteinsee / Plešné jezero (1090m)

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September 21, 2024,Dreieckmark (Dreiländereck) Plöckenstein

Out and about at the border triangle today. Steinerne Meer, CZ Plöckenstein, Bayrischer Plöckenstein, Plöckensteinsee, Adalbert Stifter monument and of course the three chairs 🥾🥾😅😅
I've added a few more pictures from yesterday's hike to the Teufelsschüssel 😉

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June 4, 2023,Wanderung am Dreisessel

From the Dreisessel to the Steinernes Meer, Plöckensteinsee, very nice view of the Moldaustausee.Further to the Adalbert Stifter monument, CZ Plöckenstein 1379m, border triangle, Bavarian Plöckenstein, Hochstein, Bishop Neumann chapel and to the Dreisesselhaus very nice hike 😀

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November 11, 2023,Plöckenstein und Plöckensee vom Dreisesselberg

Winter hike of the rough kind. There was snow and storms.

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July 5, 2025,Dreiländereck & Plöckenstein

The dead forest has a special fascination. I recently had the opportunity to attend a presentation about a doctoral thesis on this fascinating topic.
The linguistic diversity along the ridge path brings all three local residents together. There's nothing (anymore) to see or read of the Cold War border fortifications up here—I would have loved to learn more about them. …

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August 9, 2025,Dreisesselberg, Steinernes Meer & Dreiländereck 🇩🇪🇨🇿🇦🇹

MEMO FOR MYSELF (first 2 pictures):
When we're near Waldkirchen again...

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(very good food, beautiful, old farmhouse steeped in history, lovely beer garden).

The Karoli World in Waldkirchen – the swimming park
(great relaxation after a hike)

High up on Karoli Mountain, an island of boundless bathing pleasure stretches across a generous four hectares. Facing southwest toward the sun …

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