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: October 22, 2025

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Naturpark Steigerwald

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Parking

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14 m

Ebrach Marketplace

Highlight • Settlement

The marketplace of Ebrach is cozy and far from the hustle and bustle and offers some cafés and a beer garden in the area. Numerous circular routes with start in the village lead into the nature park Steigerwald.

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106 m

Ebrach Abbey

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The monastery was founded in 1127 as the first right-bank Cistercian monastery in Germany by the brothers Berno and Richwin, Franconian Edelfrei, in the wooded valley of the Middle Ebrach …

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521 m

Colossal Oak in Steigerwald Nature Park

Highlight • Natural Monument

This tree personality really impresses me. And it shows what is possible if you leave it alone and don't just look at it as a raw material.

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567 m

Forest Playground in Naturpark Steigerwald

Highlight • Rest Area

Nice playground in the woods

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3.23 km

Beaver Trail Handthaler Ponds

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There are always information boards on the life of the beaver on a section of the route. The beaver traces along the ponds are nice to see

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3.52 km

Ponds in the Handthal Valley

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Just outside of Ebrach you will find a number of ponds in a valley amidst a dense beech forest. The Cistercian monks from the abbey of Ebrach have created the …

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3.87 km

Fire Salamander Protection in the Steigerwald

Highlight • Natural Monument

Here along the way, information is given about a fungus that is dangerous for the fire salamanders that live here and how everyone can help to protect them from it.

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4.06 km

Information Pavilion Ebrach

Highlight • Rest Area

There is a parking lot at the pavilion! The pavilion itself has a lot of information about the Steigerwald and the timber industry. From here you can hike in all directions of the Steigerwald. Handthal is only 4km away. ;-)

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5.75 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.78 km

644 m

151 m

110 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.22 km

1.72 km

1.52 km

152 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Ebrach Marketplace

Ebrach Abbey

Colossal Oak in Steigerwald Nature Park

Forest Playground in Naturpark Steigerwald

Beaver Trail Handthaler Ponds

Ponds in the Handthal Valley

Fire Salamander Protection in the Steigerwald

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