Löwengrube rock cellar – Sophien Spring loop from Burgthann

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Löwengrube rock cellar – Sophien Spring loop from Burgthann

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Löwengrube rock cellar – Sophien Spring loop from Burgthann

05:07

18.8km

270m

Hiking

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

Last updated: October 8, 2026

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Schwarzachtal mit Nebentälern

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.81 km

Auer's Beer Cellar

Highlight • Historical Site

The Auer'sche Keller is a former beer cellar of a former local brewery (Altdorfer Brauhaus). It was formerly used as the taproom of the nearby lion pit. The branched cellar …

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8.86 km

Himmelsleiter (Schwarzach Valley)

Highlight • Trail

Beautifully laid out stairs in the forest. Facilitate the short, steep ascent/descent from or to the Löwengrube.

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8.99 km

Löwengrube rock cellar

Highlight • Cave

A fairytale place. the rock cellar is at your own risk and only with flashlight to enter, but it is worth.😎😎

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9.01 km

Leesnitz Cave Cellar

Highlight • Cave

A fantastic cave that you can actually go a little further into. Outside, you feel like you've arrived at a place of worship.

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12.3 km

Teufelskirche (Devil’s Church) — Waterfall and Cave

Highlight • Gorge

The Teufelskirche is a gorge in the Rhät Sandstone and an adventure playground in a mystical world. The path through the gorge leads in some places over wooden bridges or …

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13.8 km

The construction of the Sophienquelle near Grünsberg was commissioned in 1720 by the Nuremberg patrician Johann Paul Paumgartner for his wife Sophie. It consists of a generously designed spring enclosure …

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15.1 km

View of Burg Thann

Highlight • Viewpoint

Imposing castle. Next door are two restaurants where you can eat well. Prior reservation recommended

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17.9 km

Lock 33 with bridge on the Ludwig-Danube-Main Canal

Highlight • Bridge

Lock 33 with a beautiful little bridge

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18.8 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.16 km

3.65 km

3.28 km

3.19 km

475 m

Surfaces

5.63 km

5.61 km

4.18 km

1.95 km

1.33 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (450 m)

Lowest point (360 m)

Weather

Thursday 8 October

13°C

3°C

61 %

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Comments

May 29, 2022,Löwengrube – Wasserfall mit Höhle Runde von Burgthann

The tour, with its charming and beautiful sections, left us with a mixed impression: On the one hand, you walk longer sections along the connecting road between Altdorf and Burgthann, you almost walk next to a motorway, there is so much traffic here. And the (very scenic) section from the Teufelskirche is really only properly accessible after several weeks without …

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April 21, 2024,🏃🏼‍♂️‍➡️💦☀️ Schluchten, Höhlen und eine Burg 🏰🌤️⛈️

It wasn't just the weather that offered us everything today: a wild gorge, several caves, a place in Franconia with market criers from the fish market in Hamburg and Thann Castle. A very varied tour that you should only do after persistent rain if you're a fan of mud and sludge 😬😬 We're not actually, but at least we were …

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July 17, 2022,Schluchten, Höhlen und Keller entlang der Schwarzach zwischen Altdorf und Burgthann

Today's tour led from Burgthann first along the Schwarzach, then through the Pfaffental and on to the lion's den with old beer cellars (unfortunately empty).
From here it was half a mile to the former university town of Altdorf.
The walk into town and back isn't very attractive, but the historic town center makes up for it.
The way back …

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January 7, 2023,Burgthann Löwengrube Teufelshöhle Rundwanderung

The way out of the Wolfsschlucht right up the mountain is not easy to find and steep, you have to scramble up the rocks. Not entirely harmless, but doable, preferably with a walking stick and good shoes.
Alternatively, you can shorten the hike below the gorge.

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October 11, 2023,Wanderung Altdorf <-> Burgthann

It starts in Altdorf in the best weather. We explore an empty rock cellar and walk through the lion's den above the ladder to heaven along the Schwarzach. Entering the Devil's Cave is FORBIDDEN due to the risk of collapse!! The highlight is the castle in Burgthann before the return path past the sky garden through a sandstone gorge which …

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October 11, 2023,Rundwanderung von Altdorf nach Burgthann

Beautifully guided hike in wonderful weather from Altdorf via the Himmelsleiter, Teufelshöhle to Burgthann, with a visit to the castle, back via the Teufelskirche to Altdorf, there with a delicious stop

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March 23, 2025,Altdorf zur 😈Schlucht und 🧱Burgthann * Prackenfels

Today a different corner of our beautiful country..🌸👍 Altdorf and Burgthann certainly not the last time. A beautiful corner with forest paths, gorge to the Devil's Church - unfortunately not accessible 🤔, the wonderful peaceful course of the Schwarzach, river landscape, Grünsberg Castle, monument to bees 🐝 in large sculptures, Himmelsleiter, Sophien Quelle flowering forest and meadow slopes, traces of …

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April 13, 2025,Burgthann

A section of the Wallenstein Trail... Devil's Church, the path through the gorge is still closed. Then we follow forest paths with strong root branches, lined with delicate yellow, blue, and white flowers, to Grünsberg Castle, the seat of the imperial ministerial families in 1231. The castle burned down several times and was repeatedly rebuilt by the patrician families of …

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