Dürrenwaid Slate Heap – View of Titschendorf loop from Geroldsgrün

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Dürrenwaid Slate Heap – View of Titschendorf loop from Geroldsgrün

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Dürrenwaid Slate Heap – View of Titschendorf loop from Geroldsgrün

06:03

20.4km

530m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 19, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that may be dangerous

A part of this route comprises technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience may be required.

After 9.29 km for 253 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.25 km

Christ Church Dürrenwaid

Highlight • Religious Site

The Protestant Christ Church on the edge of the forest in Dürrenwaid was built according to the designs of the Hof architect Horst Rudorf and inaugurated in 1968. It is a branch of Geroldsgrün.

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2.41 km

Dürrenwaid Slate Heap

Highlight • Natural Monument

The slate dump above Dürrenwaiderhammer is more than just a storage place for overburden. It offers valuable habitats for rare mosses, lichens and flowering plants. At the slate table in …

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2.67 km

Rothmaiseltal Trailhead and Information Point

Highlight • Parking

Beautiful hiking parking area with information boards and seating.
Starting point for the Frankenwaldsteigla "12 Apostles Trail"

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3.61 km

Forest shelter at Weiher, Naturpark Frankenwald

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Nice place to rest.

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5.60 km

Heinersberg Panoramic Views

Highlight • Viewpoint

The view from the rather flat plateau is rather less special

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6.97 km

View of Titschendorf

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful view of Titschendorf in Thuringia with an information board about the history of this place

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9.01 km

Jubilate Church

Highlight • Religious Site

Evangelical Church of Nordhalben

de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jubilate-Kirche_(Grund)

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9.59 km

Schloßberg Nordhalben Summit and Mushroom Sculpture

Highlight • Summit

Great view and great chance to overcome altitude difference, if you combine the tour to the castle mountain with a part of Grenzersteig to make the tour a little more challenging

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20.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

6.07 km

1.66 km

1.56 km

760 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.81 km

4.94 km

4.35 km

2.67 km

1.19 km

379 m

112 m

Elevation

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Highest point (650 m)

Lowest point (440 m)

Weather

Sunday 18 October

9°C

3°C

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

September 21, 2024,F®️🅰️nken〰️🅰️ld💲teℹ️gl🅰️〽️ DE®️ 🏰🚶🏼‍♀️‍➡️ Kℹ️®️©️HGÄNGE®️

Finally hiked a Steigla〽️ again. The route is mostly well marked, but sometimes you have to look closely to find the way. The route was mostly on a forest highway, had some good climbs for me but a bit too few hiking trails 🙁

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April 26, 2025,FrankenwaldSteigla Der Kirchgänger

I thought the name came from the many churches along the way. Based on my experience, it's more likely that all your sins come back to you on the first 150-meter climb...
Overall, a beautiful trail, very well signposted. My calves will remember it tomorrow. :-)

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October 24, 2021,Wanderung Frankenwaldsteigla Der Kirchgänger

I started the route at the Pfarrschneidmühle parking lot and was immediately impressed. Beautiful natural path, later also forest path ... to Regberg. What followed then was a nonsensical back-up-up-down through Nordhalben (see map). From the bottom there was an endless ascent in a harvester aisle until shortly before Heinersberg. And from here a pointless bypassing the village in a …

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May 10, 2025,FrankenwaldSteigla_Der_Kirchgänger

A very challenging Steigla with a steep climb right at the beginning, but rewarded with beautiful forest and meadow paths. My highlight was the long single trail starting about halfway along the route!

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September 7, 2024,"Ein Satz mit ❌, hier fährt heut nix!" - Frankenwaldsteigla "Der Kirchgänger" (Rodachtalbahn leider nur am Sonntag) - ⬆️529⬇️529...🥾😁🤙🍧🍰☕️

I wish you a nice hot Saturday afternoon!

As I am the lucky (temporary) owner of a car this weekend, I thought of a little hike! The Frankenwaldsteigla in Nordhalben: "The churchgoer"! I also wanted to finally test the Rodachtalbahn, which runs between Nordhalben and Steinwiesen!

rodachtalbahn.de

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May 1, 2022,FrankenwaldSteigla - Der Kirchgänger

Frankenwald-Steigla - The churchgoer
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frankenwald-tourismus.de/draussen/wandern/frankenwaldsteig-und-frankenwaldsteigla/frankenwaldsteigla

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April 30, 2023,Frankenwaldsteigla 🌲Der Kirchgänger

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAGHIRA

Baghira is celebrating her 5th birthday today and was allowed to choose her own tour today.
(3 suggestions garnished with Guddis and this hike was it 😊)

A nice tour with some calf bursts 😉

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October 4, 2023,FrankenwaldSteigla „Der Kirchgänger“ - Rauf - und runter in Oberfranken

>>Our hike “The Churchgoer” takes you along the old paths! Often there are natural paths, once through spruce forest, then through beech forest - Sunday after Sunday, well-trodden church paths: some believers went in the direction of Bamberg, others in the direction of the margrave - the paths were the same and united the churchgoers in their piety.<<

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