Weißenstein Castle Ruins – The (Devil’s) Butter Barrel loop from Reuth (b Erbendorf)

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Weißenstein Castle Ruins – The (Devil’s) Butter Barrel loop from Reuth (b Erbendorf)

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Weißenstein Castle Ruins – The (Devil’s) Butter Barrel loop from Reuth (b Erbendorf)

09:40

117km

1,850m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 28, 2026

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 75.4 km for 118 m

After 100 km for 118 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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31.6 km

Weißenstein Castle Ruins

Highlight • Castle

From the plate you reach a path to the castle ruin Weissenstein. The descent is demanding and full of technical passages. But if you come there, you can enjoy a wonderful view on the castle ruins.

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37.0 km

Muttergottesbühl

Forest

43.6 km

Scharloheteiche

Lake

44.4 km

Kellerwinkel

Forest

48.3 km

Adamsteiche

Lake

52.5 km

Falkenberg Castle

Highlight • Castle

Falkenberg with its castle and a good Zoigl, always worth a little break.

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55.3 km

Waldnaabtal Trail

Highlight • Trail

Super Trail im Waldnaabtal....

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55.8 km

Anvil – Glacial erratic

Highlight • Natural Monument

The "Anvil" in the Waldnaab valley, located between the Kammerwagen and the Sauerbrunnen, is a granite rock protruding from the Waldnaab. Nice to look at.

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56.2 km

Sour Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

The carbonic acid, iron and sulfur leading source on the right bank of the Waldnaab directly on the trail between Kammerwagen and Butterfaß is called Sauerbrunnen. It concerns a Säuerling (constriction source) presumably the Nachhall of the tertiary volcanism in northeast Bavaria is to be assigned. The water of the sour well is in the majority not as "savory" felt. The cause lies mainly in the iron content.

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57.1 km

The (Devil’s) Butter Barrel

Highlight • Natural Monument

Between Sauerbrunnen and the cabin there is a narrow passage with a steep slope. Whirlpools (stand rollers) have ground here with millstones swirl holes and through sand and gravel so-called pseudo-mud holes in the granite. The hydropower necessary for the swirl hole formation comes from the comparatively large gradient at the bottleneck at the churn. Here we have a level difference of approx. 4 meters on a course of approx. 40 meters, between Falkenberg and Windischeschenbach it is only 40 meters in total on 15 km.

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57.8 km

Waldnaabtal

Nature Reserve

86.2 km

Weiden Telecommunications Tower

Highlight • Monument

The telecommunications tower Weiden is a 118 meter high telecommunications tower of the Telekom subsidiary Deutsche Funkturm, which was built in the fall of 1966. It is located on the Geissleite, a 636 meter high mountain in the Upper Palatinate Forest, on the district of Theisseil five kilometers east of the city of Weiden in the Upper Palatinate.

From here, pastures in the Upper Palatinate, Altenstadt at the Waldnaab and the surrounding areas are supplied with radio programs.

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