Kalvarienberg Chapel – View of Großer Rußweiher loop from Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz

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Germany

Bavaria

Upper Palatinate

Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab

Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz

Kalvarienberg Chapel – View of Großer Rußweiher loop from Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz

Moderate

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Kalvarienberg Chapel – View of Großer Rußweiher loop from Eschenbach in der Oberpfalz

03:12

42.5km

490m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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Naturpark Nördlicher Oberpfälzer Wald

Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

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Kalvarienberg Chapel

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This chapel stands above Thurndorf on the 642 m high Calvary, which served geometers as a trigonometric reference point as early as the 19th century. The year the foundation stone …

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Kalvarienberg lookout tower

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In 2014/15, a 25-meter-high lookout tower with 133 steps was built near the Calvary Chapel. This now enables a panoramic view up to the mountain tops of the Upper Palatinate Jura, Franconian Switzerland, the Fichtelgebirge and the Upper Palatinate Forest.

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On the Calvary there is a lookout tower with a panoramic view.

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The Obersee Damm separates the "Großer Rußweiher" with the bird sanctuary and the Eschenbacher pond area from the leisure lake "Kleiner Rußweiher". Nice benches to watch the birds, nearby is an information point with information boards about the eagles.

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