Dechsendorfer Weiher – Giesbethweiher Bridge loop from Möhrendorf

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Germany

Bavaria

Middle Franconia

Landkreis Erlangen-Höchstadt

Möhrendorf

Dechsendorfer Weiher – Giesbethweiher Bridge loop from Möhrendorf

Moderate

4.3

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Dechsendorfer Weiher – Giesbethweiher Bridge loop from Möhrendorf

02:46

10.5km

80m

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 6, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.27 km

Lower and Great Rothweiher

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Even in summer, quiet ponds, partly overgrown with reeds.

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4.49 km

Great Bishop's Pond North Shore

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The name of the Great Bischofsweiher comes from the time around 1504 when the lake was sold by the Baiersdorf bailiff to the Bishop of Bamberg.

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4.89 km

Dechsendorfer Weiher

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There is everything you need at the lake and also a playground

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4.96 km

Dechsendorfer Weiher Playground and Kiosk

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Beautiful playground right on the Dechsendorfer pond, right next to a kiosk.

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6.04 km

Forest Trail at Giesbethweiher

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We didn't take this path this time, it was too narrow for us. But it was still very beautiful with the dense woods on the right and left.

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6.17 km

Giesbethweiher Bridge

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The paths around the ponds are a bit narrower – not recommended if it has rained beforehand, as they are too muddy.

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6.97 km

Forest path by the Gisbeth ponds and the Gisbeth ditch

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Path through the forest along the numerous Gisbethweiher ponds and the Gisbethgraben

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8.46 km

Erlangen Lock

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The Erlangen lock was built between May 1967 and July 1970 as part of the construction of the federal waterway Main-Danube Canal and was inaugurated on October 30, 1970.[4] As …

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10.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.47 km

3.91 km

1.41 km

674 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.74 km

2.28 km

2.05 km

1.79 km

672 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 10 October

13°C

6°C

39 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

October 8, 2023,Dechsendorfer Runde

It was to be expected that I would lead the group again😉. But it wasn't as bad as expected. It was a nice tour and although I've already done a few hikes at the Dechsendorfer Weiher, this was new territory for me from the kiosk onwards. And that’s something nice 👍👍👍

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