Basalt Loading Chute – Rother Kuppe Observation Tower loop from Gangolfsberg

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Bavaria

Lower Franconia

Landkreis Rhön-Grabfeld

Ostheim vor der Rhön

Basalt Loading Chute – Rother Kuppe Observation Tower loop from Gangolfsberg

Moderate

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Basalt Loading Chute – Rother Kuppe Observation Tower loop from Gangolfsberg

02:07

7.24km

200m

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: August 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Kernzonen im bayerischen Teil des Biosphärenreservats Rhön

Naturpark Bayerische Rhön

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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299 m

Head Sculpture on the Franziskusweg

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Beautiful work of art along the way, a moment to linger…

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595 m

Alles, Was Atmet, Lobe Den Herrn sculpture on the Franziskusweg

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Well integrated into the surrounding landscape... you should have seen it before

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1.32 km

Cairns on the Franziskusweg

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You know them from everywhere now...

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1.77 km

Brother Moon and Sibling Stars Tower (Franziskusweg Station 4)

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Enter, close the door and you will see the starry sky

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1.91 km

Francis Trail (Path of Reflection)

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Beautiful circular hiking trail with various stations to linger, read and think about it

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3.59 km

Silbersee (former basalt quarry)

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Crazy beautiful place to rest and explore ... a must

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3.89 km

Basalt Loading Chute

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Concrete relic from the basalt mining of days gone by

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5.58 km

Rother Kuppe Observation Tower

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Good opportunity to do something good on the round

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7.24 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.01 km

1.95 km

1.20 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.37 km

1.54 km

1.05 km

268 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (700 m)

Lowest point (570 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

13°C

7°C

17 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 15.0 km/h

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Comments

August 4, 2024,Franziskusweg ☀️🕊️🐦‍⬛🦉 - Der (Sch)Platz am Silbersee 😉 💦💦💦😄

After knowing each other for over 40 years and always hiking together, it was supposed to be a bike ride together for the first time 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏻‍♀️. But somehow it was too unstable for me today 🤔. It won't work again... So at the best lunch time we stopped off at the "Rother Bräu" brewery inn in Roth. I had never …

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July 14, 2024,Rhön Wanderung: Thüringer Hütte, Silbersee und Rother Kuppe

A very nice hike in the Bavarian Rhön. The starting point is the car park at the Rother Kuppe. From here, you first take hiking trail 7 to the Thüringer Hütte. Then you continue on the Franziskus-Weg to the Rhön-Park-Hotel.

You continue through the forest to the Silbersee and then climb quite steeply to the Rother Kuppe.

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January 20, 2024,Thüringer Hütte - Franziskusrundweg + Silberseerundweg

Weather forecast for Saturday was a perfect sunny day. Where are we going, to the Rhön. We come to the Thüringer Hütte via the sun-drenched Hochrhönstrasse and are the first vehicle parked there. The sun is wonderful, it will be the perfect hiking day. I had planned to combine the Franziskusweg and the Silbersee circular route. While we were still …

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July 24, 2023,Von Thüringer Hütte auf dem Franziskusweg zum Silbersee

Today from the parking lot at the Thüringer Hütte on the Franziskusweg to the Silbersee via Rother Kuppe - Silbersee - Rhön Park Hotel - Thüringer Hütte.
On the Franziskusweg we come to the Rother Kuppe past the Silbersee, the Silbersee is a former basalt quarry,
in the forest there are still remains of buildings from the old basalt quarry …

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