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Middle Franconia

Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt

Eckental

Eckenbach Gorge – Hormesweiher loop from Eschenau (Mittelfr)

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Germany

Bavaria

Middle Franconia

Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt

Eckental

Eckenbach Gorge – Hormesweiher loop from Eschenau (Mittelfr)

Moderate

4.4

(12)

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Eckenbach Gorge – Hormesweiher loop from Eschenau (Mittelfr)

02:49

10.6km

110m

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: July 23, 2026

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Start point

Train Station

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1.03 km

View of the former Eckenmühle grain mill

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View of the former grain mill on the Eckenbach

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1.42 km

Eckenbach Gorge

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Small idyll close to the village ...

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5.17 km

Hormesweiher

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Idyllically situated in the forest, easy to get around. Fish nature trail included. Nice destination.

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5.37 km

Hormesweiher

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Beautiful pond in the middle of the forest. With a total area of approx. 3.5 hectares, the Hormesweiher is the largest body of water in the Eckental fishing association.

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6.06 km

Fitness and Health Park Eckental

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The fitness park near Eckental is an ideal starting point for those who decide quickly and want to do something for their health in nature, beautifully laid out paths, the …

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6.48 km

View of Eberhardsberg

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The landscape is undulating, lovely and varied, beautiful little villages and the hop crops add to the charm.

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8.11 km

Bench With a View of Erlangen from Eckenberg

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From here you have a wide view all the way to Erlangen and you can watch the sunset here

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9.15 km

Forgotten Ponds

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... hidden in the dense undergrowth along the way, these unused ponds offer a habitat for amphibians and aquatic insects

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10.6 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.35 km

2.81 km

841 m

530 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.17 km

2.55 km

1.55 km

1.25 km

1.04 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (390 m)

Lowest point (320 m)

Weather

Sunday 26 July

23°C

16°C

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Comments

December 30, 2023,Vielleicht...

...that's it again for this year...🤔
So: I wish you all all the best for 2024!😊
May it be a year in which the good of the past year remains with us, we can build on it and in the majority good and beautiful things happen to us again.
In which we can face all the challenges that await us …

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February 25, 2024,Freundliches Eckental umrundet

The pleasant combined with the useful. I have an appointment in Nuremberg tomorrow, so I was able to make good use of the return journey to go on a nice hike! Very friendly people here and an unspectacular but very pretty hilly landscape with unfortunately extremely wet, soupy paths!

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December 25, 2022,Hormesweiher – Runde um Eckenhaid

Digestive hike on Christmas Day. Unfortunately all the snow is gone. At 10 degrees and some sun we started at the Eckental fitness park. Beautiful round around corner Haid without large differences in height. We didn't know the Eckenbach Gorge either.

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Eckenbach Gorge – Hormesweiher loop from Eschenau (Mittelfr)

View of the former Eckenmühle grain mill

Eckenbach Gorge

Hormesweiher

Hormesweiher

Fitness and Health Park Eckental

View of Eberhardsberg

Bench With a View of Erlangen from Eckenberg

Forgotten Ponds

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