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Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint – Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation loop from Illschwang

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Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint – Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation loop from Illschwang

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Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint – Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation loop from Illschwang

01:24

4.87km

120m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 6, 2026

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120 m

St. Vitus Simultaneous Parish Church (Illschwang Fortified Church)

Highlight • Religious Site

Protestant and Catholic masses are held here

The fortified church Illschwang is a largely preserved defensive
church (cemetery fortification) and today's simultaneous parish church St. Veit in Illschwang (house no. 30) in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach in Bavaria.

The medieval fortification was mentioned in 1109 and destroyed in the Thirty Years War. The nave was extended in the 18th century, the tower and the choir walls are Romanesque. The cemetery with the fortification wall and gate tower has been preserved

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Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

On top of the Kalmusfelsen is a beautiful viewpoint with a bench. The 20 to 30 meter high rock wall with an upstream rock tower lies on a wooded slope. The once good view to the north from the top of the rocks is now somewhat limited by the tall trees.

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1.37 km

Kalmusfels

Highlight • Natural Monument

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1.96 km

Summit cross on Osterlochfelsen

Highlight • Summit

The summit cross belongs to the Osterlochfelsen and this to the rock massif Hainsburg, which drops steeply up to 20 meters. There are several small karst openings as well as the karst cave in Osterloch. Vertical gaps divide the rock face into several sections. The Osterlochfelsen can be reached via a marked hiking trail. At the cross there is also a table with benches to take a break. You should be sure-footed even though steps were carved into the rock. Length of the rock about 220m with a width of 50m. Natural monument number 371R005 of the list of geotopes in the district of Amberg-Sulzbach. umweltatlas.bayern.de/mapapps/resources/reports/geotope/generateBericht.pdf?additionallayerfieldvalue=371R005

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2.02 km

Osterloch Cave

Highlight • Cave

Nice small and accessible cave in the elongated rock ridge, on which a well-developed hiking trail runs. In any case, it is classified as an “important” cave for its geoscientific value in the geotope register of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment. Prehistoric finds have been made in the cave. The Geological State Office gives the following speleological data: length 25 meters, width 4 meters, height 3 meters, area 100 square meters. Another source states that it is 52 meters long and up to 15 meters wide. Don't forget your flashlight and pay attention to bat times. Here is the link to it: umweltatlas.bayern.de/mapapps/resources/reports/geotope/generateBericht.pdf?additionallayerfieldvalue=371H005.

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2.56 km

Reichertslohe

Forest

3.41 km

Rock Cave in Upper Palatinate Forest

Highlight • Cave

The Bettelküche is located a little off the circular route 8, the detour "B" through the beautiful forest is worth it

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3.41 km

Bettelküche Cave

Highlight • Cave

The Better's Kitchen is a cave entrance in the middle of a shadowed rockfall. Here you have a dry place even in the rain 🙂.

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4.18 km

Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

The pulpit-like rock tower from Frankendolomit stands, together with two other rock towers, overgrown with trees, in a mixed forest. The Devil's Pulpit is signposted from the trail (# 8).

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4.87 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.74 km

1.67 km

232 m

182 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.05 km

336 m

215 m

212 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (550 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

Weather

Monday 31 August

22°C

12°C

42 %

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Comments

April 12, 2024,Illschwang Wanderweg Nr 8: Teufelskanzel Bettelküche Osterloch Kalmusfels ( Korrektur, Zusammenfassung)

corrected tour, tried to put the two parts together. Unfortunately the pictures are mixed up 🤔🧐

Original tour:
Part 1
komoot.de/tour/1509499872?ref=aso
Part 2
komoot.de/tour/1509743079?ref=aso

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February 2, 2025,Osterloch – Naturdenkmal "Teufelskanzel" Runde von Illschwang

Today we drove a little further.
Thought it was just a hike in the forest. No such luck. Great forest path in a climbing area. Of course we looked and tried. And the little witch climbed up the Devil's Rock 🤣

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February 11, 2022,Kulturhistorische 🕷 Höhlenwanderung 🦇 - Illschwanger 🎱 – Kalmusfelsen ⛰ – Osterloch 🕸 – Bettelküche 🍽 – Teufelskanzel 👹 11.02.2022

Finally out again! It went on a beautiful rock hike in Illschwang, the round had been on my list for a long time and today it finally worked out. The Illschwanger 🎱 leads to the Kalmusfelsen, the Osterloch, the begging kitchen and the Teufelskanzel, I modified the route slightly. Today everything was really there, sun, sleet, clouds, wind and nothing …

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Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint – Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation loop from Illschwang

St. Vitus Simultaneous Parish Church (Illschwang Fortified Church)

Kalmusfelsen Viewpoint

Kalmusfels

Summit cross on Osterlochfelsen

Osterloch Cave

Rock Cave in Upper Palatinate Forest

Bettelküche Cave

Devil's Pulpit Rock Formation

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