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View of Gügel Church – 🏛️ Giechburg loop from Giechburg

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View of Gügel Church – 🏛️ Giechburg loop from Giechburg

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View of Gügel Church – 🏛️ Giechburg loop from Giechburg

01:35

5.48km

150m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 26, 2026

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1.50 km

View of Giechburg

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Between Giechburg and Gügel it is nice to go hiking or mountain biking.

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1.87 km

View of Gügel Church

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View of the hill on the hiking trail coming from the Giechburg.

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1.91 km

St. Pankratius on the Gügel

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You will pass by here as part of the HINTERINDIEN.DE tour no. 33.

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2.05 km

View of Scheßlitz

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You will pass by here as part of the HINTERINDIEN.DE tour no. 33.

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2.45 km

🏛️ Giechburg

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The castle is located on the western end of a rocky Jurakuppe in Spornlage visible from far above the valley. The third section of the plateau to the east of …

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2.96 km

Forest and Art Sculptures at Giechburg

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Sculpture symposium in Schesslitz, these posts are part of the Forest and Art project.

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3.30 km

Stations of the Cross to Gügel Church

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Between Giechburg and the Gügel, 14 Stations of the Cross, sandstone, probably from the third decade of the 19th century.

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5.48 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

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3.57 km

1.01 km

892 m

Surfaces

3.27 km

892 m

862 m

334 m

106 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 29 July

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Comments

August 2, 2025,Giechburg und Wallfahrtskirche Gügel

Today my girlfriend took me on a little trip so I could forget about yesterday's accident. Even with a cast, you can still go on great tours. Thank you so much for this.

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April 23, 2023,Giechburg und Wallfahrtskirche Gügel

Stopover on the way back from the wine weekend in Volkach.
You can see the Giechburg high up from the Autobahn. This time we made a short stopover.

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October 22, 2022,Gügel und Giechburg

This is a nice little hike at any time of the year.

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May 13, 2025,25-5-13/2 über Gügelkirche St.Pankratius zur Giechburg

For our second tour of the day, we drove a few kilometers further to Schesslitz. Below Giechburg Castle, there are two large, free parking lots, which were almost empty today because the castle restaurant is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. From there, the path leads along the Stations of the Cross to Gügel Church, which is partly built on a …

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June 10, 2023,Abendrunde Giechburg & Gügel🌳☀️🖼

Cozy evening round at Scheßlitz. First from the hiking car park up to the Giechburg. It was high there. In addition to the Whitsun exhibition in the tower, there were also square dance performances in the courtyard 💃🕺 Excursion from several square dance clubs 😉 I was hardly on my way to the Gügel, only pure nature 🌳 Birds chirping …

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October 30, 2024,Kleiner Ausflug zur Giechburg

On the way home from a doctor's visit in Bamberg, we made a detour to Giechburg. It had been on our plan for several times and now it worked out.

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November 14, 2021,14.11.2021 Gügel und Giechburg bei Scheßlitz

Very nice hiking route over the pilgrimage church Gügel and the Giechburg.
Unfortunately it got dark too quickly and too early, so that one didn't have much of the castle and the beautiful view of Bamberg.
But it was still worth it.

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March 9, 2024,Wanderung

It was a very nice hike from the lower parking lot up to the left (Crucifixion Path) through forest and meadows to the pilgrimage church, with a visit to the lower church interior. Then we went up the spiral stairs into the church, which is also well worth seeing. Then continue past the church, down another forest path and up …

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View of Gügel Church – 🏛️ Giechburg loop from Giechburg

View of Giechburg

View of Gügel Church

St. Pankratius on the Gügel

View of Scheßlitz

🏛️ Giechburg

View of Giechburg

Forest and Art Sculptures at Giechburg

Stations of the Cross to Gügel Church

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