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Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Marktredwitz

Eger Reservoir – Kaiserweg Trail along the Eger loop from Marktredwitz

Hard

4.7

(33)

141

riders

Eger Reservoir – Kaiserweg Trail along the Eger loop from Marktredwitz

03:42

55.2km

520m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 11, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.8 km for 124 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

25.4 km

Eger Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

A well-developed hiking trail leads around the idyllic reservoir.

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2

25.6 km

It is always nice to drive through this wonderful valley, between the Eger on one side and beautiful, imposing rock formations on the other.

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3

25.8 km

A very beautiful part of the Eger cycle path.

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4

26.5 km

Hirschsprung Hydropower Plant

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The power station was built in 1921 by the Munich engineer dr. Eugen Sapper built. The water of the Eger is derived three kilometers above the work at Leupoldshammer, flows …

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5

26.7 km

Hirschsprung Rock Formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

The striking porphyry granite lies directly in the sharp bend that makes the Eger at the junction to Silberbach to the west. Legend has it that a hunter around 1670 …

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27.1 km

Rock Formation on the Eger

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7

27.1 km

The cycle path always runs along the Eger and goes between high granite rocks and the river.

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30.2 km

Egerstausee

Lake

9

41.8 km

Beautifully developed bridge cycle path that stretches from the Selb/As border to Wunsiedel.

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B

55.2 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.5 km

16.5 km

11.1 km

7.18 km

1.09 km

Surfaces

28.1 km

10.4 km

10.2 km

6.09 km

282 m

233 m

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Highest point (590 m)

Lowest point (450 m)

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Wednesday 1 July

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Comments

July 24, 2022,Sonntagstour durch romantische Egertal (24.07.2022)
Again and again a nice tour, this time with a detour at Hendelhammer because of the new construction of the path and the bridge over the Selbbach. The path from the edge of the forest to Hendelhammer is also closed due to construction work, but was easy to drive on Sunday (paved gravel path).

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