Former Grafenried Cemetery – Ruins of the Old School loop from Steinlohe

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Former Grafenried Cemetery – Ruins of the Old School loop from Steinlohe

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Former Grafenried Cemetery – Ruins of the Old School loop from Steinlohe

03:12

11.4km

230m

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 21, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Oberer Bayerischer Wald

CHKO Český les

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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876 m

Steinlohe Border Crossing

Highlight • Monument

Along the stream, mostly a wet path, then becomes a forest path and leads to Anger and Grafenried.

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3.03 km

Úpor (Anger) Abandoned Village

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The village of Anger, located near the Bavarian border, was evacuated and left to decay between 1950 and 1960 due to the establishment of the Iron Curtain. The settlement was strongly characterized by weaving, animal husbandry, and a local glassworks.

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3.55 km

Former Grafenried Cemetery

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A place of memories of the past. Cold war, then many places on the Czech border were simply razed to the ground.

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3.73 km

Place of Reconciliation Lucina–Grafenried

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The atrocities of the past are forgiven. Today, Czechs and Germans, as depicted on the poster at the "Place of Reconciliation", shake hands over the ruins of the lost villages. …

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3.75 km

Grafenried / Lučina – Abandoned Village Ruins

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The former Grafenried (Czech: Lučina) stood on a small hill near the German border (today the Untergrafenried border crossing) west of Nemanice. Grafenried also included the villages of Anger (Upor), …

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3.89 km

Ruins of the Old School

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From 1874, several rooms of the former castle (presumably built around 1580 by Georg Pelkhofer von Mosweng) were used as a three-class elementary school by Grafenried. These are the remains …

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4.10 km

Entrance to the abandoned village Lucina - Grafenried

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A sign with the warning "Please do not leave the signposted paths!" marks the entrance to the sunken village of Grafenried (Lučina). Only a few ruins have survived. Archaeological excavations still take place occasionally.

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4.59 km

Untergrafenried hiking border crossing

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From the Untergrafenried border crossing, historic paths lead directly into the former, abandoned Czech village of Grafenried (Lučina). These are cross-border tours with the character of witnessing history.

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11.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.59 km

2.52 km

1.02 km

306 m

Surfaces