View of Habichtsthal – Marian Grotto in the Bächlesgrund loop from Heigenbrücken

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Heigenbrücken

View of Habichtsthal – Marian Grotto in the Bächlesgrund loop from Heigenbrücken

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View of Habichtsthal – Marian Grotto in the Bächlesgrund loop from Heigenbrücken

06:52

24.1km

550m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very 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

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Naturpark Spessart

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.06 km

Steinbornsee

Lake

8.29 km

Glassblowers' Fountain in Heinrichsthal

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Habichsthal, Heinrichsthal, Jakobsthal
It was a long time ago that a glassmaker and his three sons settled deep in the Spessart. They built a larger log house, felled the …

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10.8 km

Marian Grotto in Birklergrund

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Nice, small grotto in the Birklergrund

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12.7 km

Picnic Area in Habichtsthaler Forst

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Nice resting place on the hiking path

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13.2 km

Forest Path in Naturpark Spessart

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Mixed coniferous forest with pine, spruce, Douglas fir, fir...

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16.0 km

Historic village center of Habichsthal

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Nice little church with the old linden tree in front of it. You try to imagine the village when the linden tree was planted

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16.5 km

View of Habichtsthal

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Great view of the Spessart village Habichtstal

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19.6 km

Forest Trail in Naturpark Spessart

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A really beautiful path that runs along a section of the 7 Caves Trail.

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21.4 km

Marian Grotto in the Bächlesgrund

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Beautiful Mariengrotte and as a reward there is fresh, delicious spring water.

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24.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.4 km

6.56 km

2.56 km

270 m

268 m

Surfaces

7.55 km

7.40 km

4.41 km

2.87 km

1.43 km

387 m

Elevation

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Highest point (470 m)

Lowest point (260 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

14°C

8°C

88 %

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Max wind speed: 20.0 km/h

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Comments

July 3, 2026,77/26 🌤️ Heigenbrücken - Sieben-Grottenweg 💚♥️

Today my absolute favorite (right outside my front door) - the Sieben-Grottenweg ♥️🌿💚. One of the most beautiful circular trails in the Spessart, connecting the towns of Heinrichsthal, Habichsthal, and Heigenbrücken. However, at the moment, not only in Unterlohrgrund is it becoming very overgrown, with fallen trees, initial bramble patches, man-high ferns 🌿🌿🌿, and where a path can only just …

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September 22, 2024,Wanderung in den kalendarischen 🍁Herbst🍂 im Hochspessart – Sieben-Grotten-Weg Heigenbrücken mit dem Verein der Spessartfreunde e.V. 1880 Aschaffenburg

Great, it was a good idea to go on a tour with Petra from the Spessartfreunde AB again. We were looking forward to seeing familiar faces again after a long time. 22 hiking friends, acquaintances and guests of the Spessartbund, who had travelled from near and far (including Taunus/Kraichgau/Lower Bavaria), met not on the hour but at half past and …

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April 8, 2025,39/25 🥾🔆 Heigenbrücken - Sieben-Grottenweg

For me, it remains one of the most beautiful circular hiking trails in the Spessart - the Seven Grottoes Trail - simply MEGA❣️This trail connects the villages of Heigenbrücken, Habichsthal, and Heinrichsthal via many natural, rooty, mossy-green, and needle-covered paths and trails, through a magnificent forest, and past seven Marian grottoes. So, it's totally my thing 🤩! Varied, with only …

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August 11, 2023,Heigenbrücken:Sieben-Grotten-Weg

@Günther After you raved about the Seven Grottoes Trail the other day, I wanted to walk it all the way! I already knew parts of it from other tours. They are really beautiful paths! Thank you for your tour description!
Due to the recent rain, some paths looked like a jungle, see photo no. 14 - but I thought that …

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October 15, 2023,113/23 🥾 Heigenbrücken - Sieben-Grotten-Weg

I'm still amazed 🥰!!! The Seven Grottoes Trail has been on our to-do lists for @Bibbi and me for a long time and today it was finally time... MEGA 🤩! From the starting point at the Hüttenwiesen car park in Heigenbrücken we first headed towards Heinrichsthal. A beautiful circular route, mostly on natural paths and paths, which connects the towns …

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December 28, 2022,Sieben-Grotten-Weg (Marienweg) 🌹☘️

The most beautiful circular route in the Hochspessart, past wayside shrines and corridor crosses to the Mariengrotten of the communities 🌹☘️🌹

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August 30, 2023,Sieben-Grotten-Weg 👍😁🌲⛲️

We finally made it. Today we walk the Seven (Mary) Grottoes Way. It is therefore marked with a white M (Marienweg) on a blue background.

It really is one of the most beautiful circular hiking trails in the Spessart. It runs mostly on natural paths and paths, and it winds through forests and valley meadows in a very varied way.

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December 21, 2024,Heigenbrücken - Sieben-Grotten-Weg🚶‍♂️

The route runs largely on natural paths and leads from Heigenbrücken as a circular route to the towns of Heinrichsthal and Habichsthal and finally back to Heigenbrücken. The highlights of the hike are the seven grottos: Grotte Patrona Bavariae in the forest, Grotte M. Wenzel above Heinrichsthal, Holzgrotte in Heinrichsthal, Grotto in Birklergrund, Mariengrotte Habichsthal, Große and Kleine Mariengrotte in …

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