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Frauenkirche – Beautiful Fountain loop from Messe

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Bavaria

Middle Franconia

Frauenkirche – Beautiful Fountain loop from Messe

Moderate

4.7

(11)

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Frauenkirche – Beautiful Fountain loop from Messe

04:23

16.9km

100m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 21, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.13 km

Silbersee

Lake

2.61 km

View of the Congress Hall from Dutzendteich

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Dutzendteich lake can be circumnavigated in approximately five kilometers. There are places to stop for refreshments, as well as a pedal boat rental. The Dutzendteich is usually quite busy.

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2.92 km

Congress Hall (Nuremberg Rally Grounds)

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Congress Hall, Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg
Along with the "Strength Through Joy" seaside resort in Prora on Rügen, the Congress Hall is one of the largest surviving single buildings from the Nazi era. If completed, it would have been used only once a year during the Reich Party Rallies for the "Party Congress." Hitler would have galvanized the Nazi Party members with his keynote speeches.
The foundation stone was laid during the Reich Party Rallies on September 11, 1935. The Congress Hall has a floor area of 275 by 265 meters. For its construction, not only were forest areas near the Dutzendteich lake cleared, but thousands of gravel pillars were also driven into the muddy subsoil, upon which the several-meter-thick concrete foundations rest. Upon completion, the Congress Hall would have been approximately 70 meters high. Construction work was significantly reduced after the outbreak of war in 1939 and finally stopped completely in 1942, except for safety measures. By then, the current height of almost 40 meters had been reached.
The interior of the hall, the so-called inner courtyard, now open to the sky, the upper floors of the rotunda, which contains exclusively service areas for access to the unbuilt hall, and the entire interior furnishings remained unfinished. To this day, the rotunda remains a shell of brick and concrete; only the exterior façade of solid granite shows its final form.
Text / Source: City of Nuremberg, Mayor, Department of Culture
nuernberg.de/internet/kongresshalle/erinnerungskultur.html#:~:text=Since 2001, the Documentation Center on the Nazi Party Rally Grounds has been informing and researching, and will then launch a new permanent exhibition.

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7.45 km

View of the Holy Spirit Hospital from the Museums Bridge

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Bridge over the Pegnitz with a wonderful view of the beautiful Heilig-Geist-Spital

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7.62 km

Frauenkirche

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The Frauenkirche is located right in the heart of Nuremberg's old town, on the main market. Every day at 12:00 o'clock "Männleinlaufen" is always observed, by a more or less large, crowd of spectators. This is a "play" of the art clock by Jörg Heuss (created 1506-09) on the gable of the Michael choir. In memory of the decree of the Golden Bull in 1356, the seven electors pay homage to Emperor Charles IV. The ball above the clock also indicates the phases of the moon.
During the Christmas season, always on the Friday before the first Advent, the Nuremberg Christ Child speaks her prologue on the gallery of the Frauenkirche, thus opening the world-famous Nuremberg Christmas Market.

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8.36 km

Tiergärtnertor Gate

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Very impressive place where, when the weather is good, it only comes to life at a later hour. In the evening with a delicious beer and a couple of Schäufle in Augustiner you can watch as more and more people gather in the square from hour to hour and enjoy a glass of wine on the paved floor.

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9.33 km

Beautiful Fountain

Highlight • Monument

Master Kuhn, who built the gate around the fountain, had a daughter called Margret, who was courted by his apprentice. But because he did not want to give his child to a poor boy, he forbade this courtship and threw him out. The apprentice is said to have said: "It will be as little use as you can make the rings on the fountain gate turn!" The master went away on a trip and the apprentice wanted to prove that he could do something and secretly made the ring. Then he cut it open, inserted it into the gate, soldered, hammered and filed until the seam was no longer visible. He then left the city and never returned. When the master returned home, he regretted being thrown out and would have liked to have the clever apprentice back and give him his daughter too. The brass ring is usually considered to be the lucky charm, but many Nuremberg residents believe that the iron ring is the "real ring" and therefore the lucky charm.

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9.75 km

St. Lawrence Church

Highlight • Religious Site

According to legend, the schoolboy in the fountain scene is said to have been a hot-headed "Schusserbou" (shot boy, marble player). After school, he and his classmates used to regularly shoot, i.e. play marbles, in the schoolyard at Lorenzer Platz. He cheated as it went and it just occurred to him. When his friends asked him about it, he denied any cheating and reaffirmed his innocence with the words: "If it's not true, the devil should take me!"

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14.7 km

View of the Congress Hall and Dutzendteich

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Nice view of the lake while walking in a green oasis in the middle of the urban environment. When the weather is nice, it is also very crowded.

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16.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.2 km

2.63 km

1.90 km

750 m

396 m

Surfaces

7.61 km

5.98 km

2.73 km

394 m

156 m

Elevation

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Frauenkirche – Beautiful Fountain loop from Messe

View of the Congress Hall from Dutzendteich

Congress Hall (Nuremberg Rally Grounds)

View of the Holy Spirit Hospital from the Museums Bridge

Frauenkirche

Tiergärtnertor Gate

Beautiful Fountain

St. Lawrence Church

View of the Congress Hall and Dutzendteich

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