Visit Erlangen

This beautiful route takes you to the west of Erlangen across meadows and through forests. Historical and natural highlights make the tour varied and make it a beautiful excursion.



The starting point of the route is the tourist information in Erlangen, very close to the train station. On the Main-Danube

Gentle hills of southern Franconian Switzerland, idyllic half-timbered houses, endless pine forests... on the tour through the metropolitan region you flank Nuremberg and cross historical places embedded in idyllic landscape. Nevertheless, you can also feel the formative character of the Franconian capital

This varied tour connects Erlangen with its surrounding districts and its green lungs. The city's most popular bathing lake, the Wiesengrund, which is home to storks in spring and summer, and the Tennenloher forest with the wild boar enclosure and primeval wild horses are some of the highlights along

The hilly, entertaining forest tour (marking white ring on blue) combines special forest types such as jungle-like shady slope forests with magnificent castle ensembles such as in Atzelsberg. Halfway through, the tour also passes through the Rathsberg Heights and the regionally unique geotope of the

On this extensive tour (black ring markings on white) between the old violin-making town of Bubenreuth and the Krenstadt of Baiersdorf, elements of the Franconian cultural landscape are combined with evidence of Christian and Jewish history. Worthwhile detours to the fairytale swan ponds near Bräuningshof

The nature adventure trail in the western water protection area between Alterlangen and Möhrendorf includes 23 stations, some of which are interactive, with modern display boards and lets you discover great natural diversity over a short distance. On your tour you connect the wet Regnitztalauen with

The small Himmelsweiher tour (marking green 7) dives into the history of the centuries-old pond farming of the Aischgrund and lets you experience the cool water from the side of the path. It offers ornithologists an Eldorado, contains special treasures from the animal world and opens your eyes to special

The big tour (marking green 1) through the southern Markwald roams through the historic state forest between the Dechsendorf district of Erlangen and the town of Möhrendorf. Enchanted chains of ponds, changing forest scenes and the home stretch along the Main-Danube Canal are the characteristics of the

On this approximately 153-kilometer round trip, you'll follow in the footsteps of Germany's largest cycling event: the Deutschland Tour 2021. You'll follow a section of the demanding fourth stage of the Deutschland Tour and explore Franconian Switzerland in the north-east of Erlangen. Around 2,000 vertical

Erlangen is the eastern gate of the Aischgrüner Karpfenland, which with its wildly romantic scenery and numerous ponds created hundreds of years ago for carp farming is a little insider tip for nature lovers. In this unique lake landscape there are many picturesque, Franconian places where the mills