Churfranken

The path leaves Dorfprozelten and leads past the vineyards following the "Franconian Marienweg" to the "Wegstein" on the Bichlberg and from there to the idyllic Sellgrund with the refuges. Following the road to the right, you will reach Stadtprozelten. The "Three Crosses" are located directly at the

Leaving the ruins of the Henneburg, the path leads almost flat past the former vineyard terraces in the direction of Faulbach. Arriving at the summit, the view falls on Faulbach and in front of it on a hill rising up in the middle of the valley. It is a "circulating mountain", which means that the Main

Since 1990, the Franconian Red Wine Hiking Trail has connected the vineyards in Churfranken and is the ideal option for leisurely hikers, true to the motto: Live slowly.



It stretches 79 kilometers from the wine-growing community of Großwallstadt in the north to the designated stronghold of brilliant Pinot

The adventure trail along the Main between Spessart and Odenwald runs for around 40 kilometers from Miltenberg via Bürgstadt, Collenberg, Dorfprozelten, Stadtprozelten to Faulbach.



The quarries that shape the landscape, as well as the architectural, artistic and cultural monuments in the towns on the

The trail section starts at the train station and leads through meadow orchards, fields and a ravine to the forest. Keeping right at the fork in the road, leave the "Marienweg" and turn right into the deciduous forest in front of a raised hide. The winding path leads to the edge of the quarry, where

The path leaves the district of Fechenbach, past the cemetery and, accompanied by the modern Way of the Cross, leads along the slope to the Kollenberg castle ruins, the special features of which are described on a separate information board. Halfway, the "Marienruhe" invites you to take a look, rest

The section of the trail starts at the new Main Bridge and leads along a gallery of quarries, most of which have been under nature protection since 1983. This landscape is known in the maps and in the vernacular as "Mainhelle" or "Mainhölle". A term that is likely to be derived from the bright, luminous

The cycle path leads to the pedestrian bridge over the Erf and back to the river bank. It leads past the derrick crane, which was used in the quarries and workshops to move and load heavy blocks and workpieces and, after its restoration in 2022, will find a new place at a historic location near the old

From the starting point at the car park at the "Schwertfegertor" it is worth the short return trip to the city entrance marked by the "Mainzer Tor", because there the old, three-arch mud bridge shows mediaeval bridge architecture and the Laurentius chapel and the cemetery are cultural-historical and

At the SV Faulbach sports grounds, after about 100 meters, there is a small car park in the forest on the right-hand side. The car is parked there. The path now follows the sign Marienweg/Keiler to the right. After about 300 meters the path leads to the left. After 1 kilometer a gravel road is crossed