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Bavaria
Upper Franconia

Salamandertal Sandstone Gorge – Buchstein rock formation loop from Bayreuth

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Germany
Bavaria
Upper Franconia

Salamandertal Sandstone Gorge – Buchstein rock formation loop from Bayreuth

Moderate

4.8

(20)

44

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Salamandertal Sandstone Gorge – Buchstein rock formation loop from Bayreuth

04:26

16.4km

210m

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 8, 2026

Waypoints

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Bus stop

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4.30 km

Örtelfelsen

Highlight • Natural Monument

The local rock is a natural monument and geotope near Eckersdorf. The sandstone block was prepared from the soft sandstone layers by natural weathering.

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5.21 km

🏛️ Schloss Fantaisie

Highlight • Castle

Fantaisie Castle is in Eckersdorf-Donndorf, five kilometers west of Bayreuth.
It was built as a further summer residence (after the Hermitage) for the Margrave couple Friedrich and Wilhelmine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. …

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5.29 km

⛲ Neptune Fountain

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The daughter of Margrave Friedrich, Elisabeth Friederike Sophie, received the property in 1763 and called it »Fantaisie«. She had the palace completed and a late baroque garden laid out by …

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5.36 km

Schloss Fantaisie and Gardens

Highlight • Castle

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5.42 km

Vineyard terraces at Fantaisie Palace Park

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Between 1839 and 1881, Duke Alexander II of Württemberg gave Fantaisie's castle park its current form. Posterity owes him, among other things, the wine terraces on the castle slope.

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6.34 km

Mühlbrünnlein Spring

Highlight • Natural Monument

Right at the beginning of the Salamander Valley you come across the Mühlbrünnlein, on the other side of the path is the Mühlweiher. At the Brünnlein there is an idyllic …

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6.71 km

Salamandertal Sandstone Gorge

Highlight • Gorge

Beautiful, wildly romantic valley. You walk along the Mühlbach.

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12.5 km

Buchstein rock formation

Highlight • Natural Monument

A beautiful natural spot that invites you to linger.

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16.4 km

End point

Bus stop

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.2 km

1.75 km

1.60 km

1.47 km

191 m

137 m

Surfaces

4.90 km

4.39 km

3.01 km

1.88 km

1.19 km

986 m

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Monday 31 August

21°C

13°C

44 %

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