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Bavaria

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Plech

Wasserstein Gate – View of Pottenstein Castle loop from Plech

Routes

Mountain biking trails

Germany

Bavaria

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Plech

Wasserstein Gate – View of Pottenstein Castle loop from Plech

Moderate

5.0

(3)

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Wasserstein Gate – View of Pottenstein Castle loop from Plech

03:12

43.0km

500m

Mountain biking

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

Last updated: May 11, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.1 km for 69 m

Waypoints

Start point

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8.25 km

Wasserstein Gate

Highlight • Natural Monument

The largest rock gate of the water stones, what forces must have worked here.
Especially when the sun is falling through the gate and the trees

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8.35 km

Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter

Highlight • Cave

The large water stone is a dolomite massif with two rock groups and a cave system. In the northern area there is a smaller cave system with about ten meters high water stone abri, which can be reached via stairs. Definitely worth seeing rock overhang or rock roof and a popular photo motif. The Ice Age shrew (Sorex minutissimus) was found near the overhang. The description of the Wasserstein Abri is on a board by the staircase.

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23.2 km

Himmelsleiter Observation Tower, Pottenstein

Highlight • Viewpoint

Definitely worth going up the 150 steps. Free ascent with a great panoramic view.

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24.4 km

Pottenstein Castle

Highlight • Castle

Pottenstein Castle is one of the oldest castles in Franconian Switzerland and houses a castle museum. It rises on a rock above the town of Pottenstein in the Upper Franconian district of Bayreuth in Bavaria.

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25.6 km

View of Pottenstein Castle

Highlight • Viewpoint

On the way to the Kreuzberg chapel there is always a beautiful view of Pottenstein castle.

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27.1 km

Schöngrundsee

Lake

28.5 km

Rock formation near Schüttersmühle

Highlight • Natural Monument

It is better not to cycle through Püttlachtal on Sundays

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29.4 km

like paradise

Highlight • Gorge

The Klumpertal you must necessarily look, if you are in Pottenstein. Pure nature, awesome idyll, just awesome. Back over the Jägersteig, enjoy this.

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29.9 km

Klumpertal Stream

Highlight • River

The Klumperquelle is the main source of the Weihersbach and the fill is so enormous that three mills were once able to operate here immediately after the source emerged.

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43.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

24.0 km

9.84 km

5.22 km

1.95 km

1.67 km

353 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.4 km

13.0 km

9.15 km

3.77 km

2.35 km

301 m

Elevation

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Highest point (540 m)

Lowest point (370 m)

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Wasserstein Gate – View of Pottenstein Castle loop from Plech

Wasserstein Gate

Great Wasserstein Rock Shelter

Himmelsleiter Observation Tower, Pottenstein

Pottenstein Castle

View of Pottenstein Castle

Rock formation near Schüttersmühle

like paradise

Klumpertal Stream

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