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Hirtenhorn Cross – Schneckenweg Hut loop from Rieneck

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Lower Franconia

Main-Spessart

Rieneck

Hirtenhorn Cross – Schneckenweg Hut loop from Rieneck

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Hirtenhorn Cross – Schneckenweg Hut loop from Rieneck

03:44

12.9km

320m

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: June 11, 2026

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86 m

Historic Half-Timbered Town Hall with Pillory Collar, Rieneck

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One of the most interesting buildings in the small old town of Rieneck is the half-timbered town hall from the 15th/16th centuries. Century. A pillory collar is attached to the …

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2.45 km

Entrance to the Wald- und Wasserlehrpfad Wassererlebnishaus

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The forest and water educational trail is a great and informative hiking trail along the Fliesenbach. Totally romantic and excellent to recommend with children. There is always something to discover …

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3.31 km

Water Adventure House and Nature Playground in Naturpark Spessart

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Educational for the little ones...helpful with explanations for the big ones..nice place for families

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5.45 km

Large Hunter's Cabin

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Covered place for a short rest... but the door is locked

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5.68 km

Hirtenhorn Cross

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A beautiful sandstone cross of those before Us... tainted with legends and myths

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6.09 km

Model of Kloster Elisabethenzell (circa 1300)

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This miniature version of the former monastery is beautifully designed to better illustrate what it could have been like

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6.15 km

Kloster Einsiedel Archaeological Site

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Come to think of it... just dug up and opened to the public a few years ago... nice job

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9.90 km

Schneckenweg Hut

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This is a really nice hut that the Rieneckers have.

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12.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

1.37 km

1.04 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.90 km

3.92 km

936 m

615 m

391 m

124 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 26 June

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Comments

May 12, 2024,Fernab, aber nicht fern der Welt

Where the Spessart is at its deepest and the forests are the densest, there is a former monastery with the apt name - Einsiedel. No hermits lived here, and although the Premonstratensian abbey was far away, it had great, entirely secular significance for the Rieneck counts, which soon aroused suspicion. Destroyed as early as 1330 as part of inheritance disputes, …

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Hirtenhorn Cross – Schneckenweg Hut loop from Rieneck

Historic Half-Timbered Town Hall with Pillory Collar, Rieneck

Entrance to the Wald- und Wasserlehrpfad Wassererlebnishaus

Water Adventure House and Nature Playground in Naturpark Spessart

Large Hunter's Cabin

Hirtenhorn Cross

Model of Kloster Elisabethenzell (circa 1300)

Kloster Einsiedel Archaeological Site

Schneckenweg Hut

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