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Max Volker went for a hike
September 18, 2026 at 07:03
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Max Volker went for a hike
September 17, 2026 at 08:36
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7 days ago
Today we went from Bad Kissingen up to the Botenlauben castle ruins.
We started in the spa park. However, we took the first break right at the beginning in the sound garden. Somehow the birds were just as taken with the beautiful sounds of the music as we were. One after another, a nuthatch, a titmouse
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Max Volker went for a hike
September 16, 2026 at 13:01
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7 days ago
After it rained yesterday morning, we headed to the saltworks by the Bäderbahn railway at noon. The decision was spot on, because on the way it poured down again.
At the saltworks, in addition to the usual exhibition, the best pictures from the German Cartoon Award 2025 can currently be seen until January
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Max Volker went for a hike
September 15, 2026 at 07:39
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September 16, 2026
Yesterday we went to the Hochrhön to the Rotes Moor (Red Moor).
The Rotes Moor once covered 40 hectares. Of these, 35 hectares were largely destroyed by peat cutting, which lasted until the mid-1980s. Since then, efforts have been made to renature the moor. The wooden boardwalk along the moor through
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Max Volker went for a hike
September 14, 2026 at 08:15
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September 14, 2026
Sanspereil with the rock garden and Zwernitz Castle had been on the agenda for a while. Today, on our way to vacation, it finally worked out, as we practically drove past it.
The somewhat cloud-covered morning was ideal for visiting the rock garden. The foliage shone in fresh green. The rock garden exudes
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Max Volker went for a hike
September 8, 2026 at 20:19
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September 9, 2026
Last night, quite spontaneously, I went to photograph the Milky Way with a few people from the photo club. The chapel ruins in Arzlohe served as our backdrop.
It was another beautiful, warm late summer evening. At first, the sky was completely cloudless. Towards the end, the first clouds moved in, which
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Max Volker went for a hike
September 6, 2026 at 04:38
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September 6, 2026
I had the idea for photos of the sunrise over the Europatempel (Glyptothek) in Etsdorf for a while. But it was important to wait for a favorable angle of the sun at sunrise. And of course, the weather had to be right too. Today it was finally time. So I set my alarm clock and got up early.
Getting up
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Max Volker went for a hike
August 30, 2026 at 06:47
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August 31, 2026
On yesterday's stage along the Haidenaab, we went from the village of Haidenaab in Upper Franconia to the Upper Palatinate and back again.
The hike led us on mostly beautiful forest and farm paths through the hilly landscape. There was a constant alternation of meadows, cornfields, small wooded areas
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Max Volker went for a hike
August 23, 2026 at 06:42
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August 24, 2026
Yesterday, after a long time, we tackled another stage of our Haidenaab project.
The varied hike led over beautiful narrow paths through the forest and field paths through the cultivated landscape and small hamlets. In between, the basalt cone of the Rauhen Kulm repeatedly showed itself in the distance
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Max Volker went for a hike
July 29, 2026 at 18:19
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July 30, 2026
Last night we took a short hike up Parkstein to admire the sunset and the rising full moon on a beautiful warm summer evening 🥰
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Max Volker went for a hike
July 28, 2026 at 07:36
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July 29, 2026
Since Helga has a week off, we took a trip to the Bavarian Forest Nature Park to observe animals. After all, the holidays in Bavaria haven't started yet.
But we hadn't reckoned with the noisy school classes that were out and about in the last week before the holidays. So there was nothing of the longed
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Max Volker went for a hike
July 25, 2026 at 05:15
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July 25, 2026
After we were already in the Lauterachtal in spring between Hohenburg, Stettkirchen and Adertshausen, today we went directly to Stettkirchen.
Today I was out with the photo club and the butterfly expert and nature photographer Richard Nürnberger. Our goal was to photograph butterflies in the meadows above
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Max Volker went for a hike
July 1, 2026 at 19:05
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July 2, 2026
After the much-needed rain of the past few days, I went out again to capture the mood of the approaching night with the transition from the golden hour to the blue hour.
As a crowning and magical end to the tour, there were even a few fireflies 🍀
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Max Volker went for a hike
June 21, 2026 at 05:17
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June 22, 2026
On Pentecost, I saw a black stork on the edge of the Grafenwöhr training area during an excursion. Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me and the distance was too great to take a photo. I was all the more pleased when @Karl saw a black stork several times in the Lauterachtal valley a little later
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Max Volker and others went for a hike
June 14, 2026 at 08:06
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June 15, 2026
Yesterday, we went hiking with some Komoot users again.
With ideal hiking weather, we embarked on an extremely entertaining and varied hike, during which time flew by. The route mostly follows natural hiking trails, which, unlike our test hike in February, were easy to walk. Even the few harvester tracks
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6 days ago
Our hike through the Thulbatal today was characterized by contrasts.
We started our hike in drizzly weather and finished it in sunshine. On the one hand, the loop leads through the wild and romantic Thulba valley, on the other hand, you cross the gigantic construction site of the motorway bridge twice
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