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Hesselberg Summit – View from Hesselberg loop from Wittelshofen

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Hesselberg Summit – View from Hesselberg loop from Wittelshofen

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4.3

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Hesselberg Summit – View from Hesselberg loop from Wittelshofen

01:19

9.78km

320m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

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Parking

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1.96 km

Geological Educational Trail Hesselberg

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Boards show you the way, depending on how you want to go

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2.14 km

Viewpoint bench on the Hesselberg Geological Trail

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There would be a nice view here if the view had been good.

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2.73 km

View to the south from Hesselberg

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Here you have a very nice view of the landscape to the south

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2.95 km

Hesselberg Summit

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As a witness mountain (a single mountain in a layered landscape) of the Franconian Jura, the Hesselberg is geologically closely related to the Staffelberg (Lichtenfels district) or the Walberla (Forchheim district).

The Hesselberg also has a Nazi past, like so many other things. During the Nazi era, the Franconian Gauleiter Julius Streicher made the Hesselberg a political meeting place for the National Socialists. After the NSDAP came to power, party rallies developed into the Franconian Days, which were held annually until 1939. Alongside the Nuremberg Party Rallies, these were the largest Nazi rallies in Franconia, with up to 100,000 people in attendance. Evidence from this period can no longer be found on the Hesselberg today.

Since 1951, the Hesselberg has been in church hands and is, among other things, the venue for the Bavarian Evangelical Church Congress.

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2.96 km

Communication Tower (Middle Franconia)

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The mast is securely anchored, because the winds blow stronger up here than in the valley.

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3.41 km

Hesselberg Summit Trail

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Up here on the Hesselberg the paths are partly very soft, but very comfortable to walk!

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3.64 km

View from Hesselberg

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View towards the Hesselberghaus to the west. In this bad weather there were only a few people around.

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3.81 km

Weather Station

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Here is a small automatic weather station for measuring wind, temperature and humidity.

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9.78 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.00 km

2.46 km

305 m

Surfaces

7.10 km

1.36 km

1.04 km

183 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 30 June

23°C

14°C

97 %

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Max wind speed: 17.0 km/h

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Hesselberg Summit – View from Hesselberg loop from Wittelshofen

Geological Educational Trail Hesselberg

Viewpoint bench on the Hesselberg Geological Trail

View to the south from Hesselberg

Hesselberg Summit

Communication Tower (Middle Franconia)

Hesselberg Summit Trail

View from Hesselberg

Weather Station

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