Höllental along the Selbitz – View of Hirschsprung Rock loop from Selbitz

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Höllental along the Selbitz – View of Hirschsprung Rock loop from Selbitz

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Höllental along the Selbitz – View of Hirschsprung Rock loop from Selbitz

01:51

28.9km

240m

Cycling

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

Last updated: August 3, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 14.3 km for 119 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.34 km

Froschgrüner Teich

Lake

9.71 km

Höllental (Frankenwald Nature Park)

Highlight • Gorge

The romantic Höllental with the viewpoints König David and Hirschsprung is one of the "hiking and cycling hot spots" in the Franconian Forest. Further sights: Jungfernsteg and Teufelssteg, Höllenthal hydroelectric power station with its 36-meter high water fountain.

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9.87 km

Höllental along the Selbitz

Highlight • Gorge

A wild, romantic valley to explore on foot or by bike.

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12.0 km

Höllental Water Fountain and Pavilion

Highlight • Natural Monument

A very beautiful spectacle is the water fountain at the hydroelectric power station, which is always seen on public holidays and on Sundays from spring to autumn. Really worth seeing.

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12.1 km

Jungfernsteg — Covered wooden bridge over the Selbitz

Highlight • Bridge

On the Jungfernsteg and the Teufelssteg (here, according to a legend, the Beelzebub has been bodily seen), the hikers cross the Selbitz, which flows through the Höllental.

Source and more information:
frankenwald-tourismus.de/de/poi/detail/595260c3975aaf0aba5a1fab

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12.3 km

View of Hirschsprung Rock

Highlight • Viewpoint

A rocky peak high above the valley on which a wooden deer visible from the valley floor is reminiscent of the legend according to which deer that were cornered here tried to save themselves by jumping from the rock.

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14.4 km

Selbitz Bridge (Rennsteig Trail Endpoint)

Highlight • Bridge

Beautiful wooden bridge over the Selbitz, a few meters before it flows into the Saale. The Selbitz used to be the border river between the GDR and the Federal Republic …

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14.4 km

Starting Stone Rennsteig

Highlight • Monument

It's an old tradition that you don't conquer the Rennsteig completely unencumbered, but weigh yourself down with a stone. Not with just any stone, of course, but with one that …

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16.0 km

Höllental Gorge (Franconian Forest)

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

The route through the Höllental is not very long, but the scenery is great.

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28.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.14 km

6.21 km

6.00 km

5.94 km

1.52 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

18.2 km

7.30 km

1.65 km

869 m

428 m

365 m

Elevation

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (420 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

11°C

3°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 8.0 km/h

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Comments

November 12, 2021,...zum Auto holen zurück von Culmitz nach Blankenstein

On the way back to Blankenstein I am again through the Höllental but this time on the easy or bicycle route along the Selbitz. Again deeply impressed by the valley.

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