Wooden Bridge in Röthenbachtal – Kapellenberg Lookout Tower loop from Bad Brambach

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Wooden Bridge in Röthenbachtal – Kapellenberg Lookout Tower loop from Bad Brambach

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Wooden Bridge in Röthenbachtal – Kapellenberg Lookout Tower loop from Bad Brambach

02:58

10.7km

190m

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: October 1, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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1.17 km

Santé Royale Hotel & Spa Bad Brambach

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The "Sante Royale" is a first-class hotel and health resort next to the spacious bathing and sauna area of the Saxon state baths in Bad Brambach.
More: sante-royale.de/hotel_bad_brambach.cfm

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1.29 km

Bad Brambach Bath and Sauna Complex

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Generously laid out bathing and sauna area of the Saxon State Baths in Bad Brambach.
Opening times and prices: saechsische-staatsbaeder.de/bad-brambach/information-service/oeffnungszeiten-und-tarife.html

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1.69 km

Stone arch bridge over the Röthenbach in the spa park of Bad Brambach

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Stone arch bridge over the Röthenbach at the Upper Grenzquelle in Bad Brambach. It is believed that the stone arch bridge and the spring house were built around 1935. A nice highlight in the spa gardens of Bad Brambach on the way to the Duellstein.

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2.84 km

Wooden Bridge in Röthenbachtal

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From Bad Brambach you can cross this bridge directly to the former Waldcafe and then on to Hohendorf.

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6.33 km

Kapellenberg Lookout Tower

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The tower is only open from Good Friday until the end of October. An ascent is definitely worth it.

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6.61 km

Black Pond at Kapellenberg

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The black pond is the highest spring on the Kapellenberg. A bog is already forming (raised bog). The humic acid kills all life. The black pond plays a role in the "legend of the white woman drinking" (see pictures).

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8.67 km

Stone Cross of Hohendorf

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There are 2 variants of origin through this atonement cross (see picture).

Two legends have been handed down.
1. From Hohendorf to Schönberg you will find a stone cross. A peasant had set this up after he had killed his son by throwing a reindeer because he had caused harm to a cow. This legend is supported by the following entry in the death book of the parish office Brambach 1603-1722, page 22 from the year 1612, Nr.XX:

Sage 2 and further information at the following source:
suehnekreuz.de/sachsen/hohendorf.htm

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8.97 km

Village Café Hohendorf

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Open Wednesday-Sunday 1: 00-6: 00 p.m.
Janet's cake and her coffee are absolutely top class 👍

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10.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.58 km

3.15 km

971 m

945 m

106 m

Surfaces

2.98 km

2.89 km

2.04 km

1.44 km

1.25 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (740 m)

Lowest point (570 m)

Weather

Monday 12 October

13°C

-1°C

39 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Comments

January 25, 2025,Grenzbrücker`l – Kapellenberg Runde von Bad Brambach

Started at 8:30 a.m. from Bad Brambach in the direction of Bärendorf. The temperature was 4°, ideal for hiking, which unfortunately couldn't be said about the paths. Extremely icy in places and hardly any way to avoid them. Still made it to the day's destination, Kapellenberg. Unfortunately, climbing the tower is only possible from April to October. We went back …

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November 29, 2023,Von Bad Brambach auf den Kapellenberg im Schnee ☃️

Beautiful winter hike with start and finish at the Bad Brambach spa park. With around 25 cm of fresh snow, the path wasn't always easy to find and it was a bit more strenuous than usual.

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August 16, 2025,Sachsen (Vogtland): FGV-Wanderung: Mit dem Vogtland-Panoramaweg auf den Kapellenberg. 160825 (71/25)

I had expected a very small number of participants; I was a bit pleased that in the end, seven people joined in, despite all the weather forecasts! In the end, the weather was perfect for hiking – no rain, no heat, everything was fine!

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August 2, 2025,Sachsen (Vogtland): FGV-Wanderung: Erkundungstour zum Kapellenberg. 020825 (66/25)

Today I made the loop to Kapellenberg again, which I had already done once earlier this year as part of my hike on the Vogtland Panorama Trail. This time, however, I was with my best friend again, and today's hike was an exploratory tour for the Oberkotzau Fichtelgebirge Association, as it's included in the annual program for August 16th. This …

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April 22, 2023,Bad Brambach/Vogtl. - Schönberg - Kapellenberg

With the Vogtlandbahn 🚝 we went to Bad Brambach in the morning 🕗. From there uphill to the chapel hill. Here I first wanted to go through the forest to Schönberg and didn't see the path because of the leaves🍃🍂. But since I have to go a long way here again on the way back, I tried my luck from …

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May 21, 2025,Vogtland-Panoramaweg - Tour 4 - Rund um Bad Brambach

On our last day of hiking on the VPW, we cover part of the trail, which takes us in a long loop south around Bad Brambach. Our husbands are with us today, their e-bikes staying in the garage. The weather looks fantastic, even though the app predicts rain at midday. Our destination is the 759-meter-high Kapellenberg with its observation tower. …

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May 18, 2025,Sachsen (Vogtland): Vogtland-Panoramaweg 5.1, Zwischenetappe Kapellenberg. 180525 (41/25)

Die Runde über den Kapellenberg.

Erstmal hat´s heute Morgen geregnet! Aber man hat entsprechende Klamotten dabei. Das ging bis Bärendorf so einschließlich wieder einem kleinen Verläuferchen, weil an einer entscheidenden Stelle die Markierung fehlte.

Aber der Regen war wichtig, auch wenn er sprichwörtlich nur ein Tropfen auf den heißen Stein war. Es müsste mal dauerhaft regnen, aber wie der Wetterbericht …

August 20, 2025,Rund um Brambach

Once again, we climbed up into the Upper Vogtland region and went on a beautiful, nature-oriented hike with Annette.

We guided the line off the road at the start and into the countryside; it would have been a shame if they had hit a car.

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