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Bog area in Tennenloher Forst – Gründlach Moor loop from Forst Tennenlohe

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Middle Franconia

Bog area in Tennenloher Forst – Gründlach Moor loop from Forst Tennenlohe

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Bog area in Tennenloher Forst – Gründlach Moor loop from Forst Tennenlohe

01:27

5.68km

20m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 22, 2026

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Brucker Lache mit Langenaufeld

Tennenloher Forst

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44 m

Sculpture Park

Highlight • Monument

This statue is one of several here in the Tennenlohe statue park

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1.45 km

Pond in Tennenloher Forst

Highlight • Lake

The pond is part of an ecologically valuable mosaic of wet and dry habitats, which is easily accessible via hiking trails.

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3.18 km

In the Tennenlohe Forest, alongside sandy areas and heathland, one also finds rare moorland areas and alder swamps. These wetlands are valuable habitats for species such as the yellow-bellied toad, natterjack toad, and various mosses and lichens.

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3.21 km

Gründlach Moor

Highlight • Natural

In many places in the Sebalder Reichswald, water-bearing ponds have constantly formed due to the damming ground conditions. Sometimes there are also artificial ponds that were created during the military use of the area. The water it feeds is acidic, poor in nutrients and dark brown in color from humic acids.

(Further information on the information board on site.)

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3.48 km

Tennenloher Forst Nature Reserve

Highlight • Forest

-Largest nature reserve in Middle Franconia-
Area identifier: NSG-00483.01
Size: 936 hectares
Established: 1994
FFH area
bird sanctuary

quick info
-Towards the end of the 19th century, first military use as a shooting range and parade ground;
-From 1935 Wehrmacht training ground (440 hectares of forest, of which 195 hectares were cleared);
- after World War II until 1993 military training area of the US armed forces;
-since 1994 nature reserve
-from 2003 grazing of the sandy grassland and heaths by Przewalski horses and
from 2012 to protect the area from bushes support peacock goats;

The "Tennenloher Forst" nature reserve is one of the largest sand ecosystems in southern Germany and is home to over 1,600 animal and plant species, many of which are on the Red List.
The core area of the nature reserve is around 100 hectares of open space of the former Range 6 shooting range.

After American tanks had kept the areas open until 1994, a desertification with reed grass and bushes with pine, birch and bird cherry began in the following years.
However, the goal of conservation is to preserve the open sand habitats. Rare and endangered species, like the
blue-winged sand cricket,
Blue-winged grasshopper, digger wasp
or silver grass
are adapted to these locations and disappear with increasing bush cover.
Grazing with goats (peacock goats) and wild horses (Przewalski's horse) prevents this.

In addition to the centrally located open areas of the former shooting range, there are also the open areas on the Geyersberg (another former shooting range in the nature reserve) that are primarily used as
Woodlark hatchery
are of importance.
This area, with a size of approx. 5 hectares, is also grazed with goats to keep it open.

In addition, there are valuable bog areas and ponds
with peat moss (Sphagnum), water hose (Utricularia)
and sundew (Drosera)
in the extensive forest areas.

There are information boards along the enclosure fence and at special biotopes.

The area is part of the
Fauna-Flora-Habitat-Area Sandheiden in the Middle Franconian Basin (FFH-Nr. 6432-3012; WDPA-Nr. 555521542) and des
Nuremberg Reichswald bird sanctuary (FFH no. 6533-471; WDPA no. 555537802).

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