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Hesselberg Summit – Hesselberg South Side loop from Dürrwangen

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Hesselberg Summit – Hesselberg South Side loop from Dürrwangen

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Hesselberg Summit – Hesselberg South Side loop from Dürrwangen

03:14

43.9km

540m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 16, 2026

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Includes very steep uphill segments

You may need to push your bike.

After 19.4 km for 182 m

After 21.7 km for 195 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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3.97 km

Zirkümpel Tower ruins, Schwaighausen

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Cylindrical west tower gradually tapering on three sides above a sloping base, octagonal, possibly later attached top floor with four rectangular windows in the main axes
The interpretation as a church ruin is not entirely uncontroversial.

In Dürrwangen there is a castle (information board), several restaurants, cafes and the church "Maria Immaculate".

Over the bridge (Sulzach) we leave Dürrwangen again and then go left a few meters on the road and then turn right onto a dirt road. Via the "Pfaffenfeld" we come into the forest called "Seeholz".

The attentive hiker always has the opportunity to observe small forest dwellers (goldsmiths) and others.

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21.1 km

Hesselberg Downhill Trail

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Class departure to the convention center

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22.1 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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22.4 km

View from Hesselberg

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Also from here a great view

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23.3 km

Osterwiese on Hesselberg

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One of many vantage points on the ridge of the Hesselberg.

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23.7 km

Hesselberg Ridge Trail and Viewpoint

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Great trail with a beautiful view

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23.9 km

Tree-Lined Path Toward Röckingen

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23.9 km

Hesselberg South Side

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200 million years ago, the Jura Sea stretched from the North Sea basin to the far south and covered the old Keuperland. At that time the Hesselberg region was on the edge of this sea. Numerous tributaries brought huge rubble masses from the east of the mainland and formed a multi-layered landscape rich in animals and plants on the sea floor. Over the course of more than 40 million years, the various layers of the Jura rock were deposited one after the other: below that of the Black Jura (Lias), above that of the Brown Jura (Dogger) and as a top level that of the White Jura (Upper Jura or Malm). Each of these strata is characterized by the typical rock and the fossil specimens it contains, as well as its own period. Since some fossils only occur in certain rock layers, one speaks of guide fossils. The guiding fossils in the Jura rock are almost exclusively ammonites. The Jurassic Sea silted up completely in the course of the earth's history. In further millions of years, entire layers of rock were eroded. The protective depression of the Black Jurassic, in which the Hesselberg is located, is the reason why the Hesselberg could not be attacked by wind and water as strongly as the plain between the mountain and the Hahnenkamm. The hard rock was able to withstand and left the Hesselberg as a striking witness mountain, which today protrudes from the landscape like an island. This type of mountain formation is referred to in geology as a reversal of the relief.

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43.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.1 km

9.04 km

4.03 km

3.61 km

202 m

Surfaces

15.3 km

10.7 km

8.76 km

5.15 km

3.19 km

815 m

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (430 m)

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Hesselberg Summit – Hesselberg South Side loop from Dürrwangen

Zirkümpel Tower ruins, Schwaighausen

Hesselberg Downhill Trail

Hesselberg Summit

View from Hesselberg

Osterwiese on Hesselberg

Hesselberg Ridge Trail and Viewpoint

Tree-Lined Path Toward Röckingen

Hesselberg South Side

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