Cliffs on the Pegnitz River – Pegnitz Valley Cycle Path loop from Vorra (Pegnitz)

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Cliffs on the Pegnitz River – Pegnitz Valley Cycle Path loop from Vorra (Pegnitz)

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Cliffs on the Pegnitz River – Pegnitz Valley Cycle Path loop from Vorra (Pegnitz)

03:06

40.9km

530m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 15, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 8 m for 49 m

After 40.9 km for 49 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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8.77 km

Hirsch Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

This magnificent stag stands on the bridge near Güntersthal, a rare beautiful specimen. The life-size deer sculpture is an eye-catcher and not only popular with children. Worth seeing!

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10.5 km

Cliffs on the Pegnitz River

Highlight • Natural Monument

Great bike path along a rock face, you always discover something new.

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10.7 km

View of the railway bridge over the Pegnitz River

Highlight • Bridge

Watch while they're still here

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15.4 km

Pegnitz Cycle Path with Views of Cliffs

Highlight • Cycleway

Nice cycle path along the Pegnitz, you always have a beautiful view of the river and the climbing rocks in the Pegnitz valley.

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20.4 km

View of the Pegnitz River and the Old Railway Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

The cycle path leads along the meandering Pegnitz, great views of the bridge.

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22.7 km

Weir and rest area in Alfalter on the Pegnitz River

Highlight • River

The right place for a break. Directly on the Pegnitz is the apartment house Pegnitzmühle, formerly old mill. The "special buildings" appearing in older descriptions, a mill and a brewery, …

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23.2 km

Pegnitz Valley Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Beautiful bike path with fine gravel through a beautiful landscape along the Pegnitz. Nice to be driven bike path in the beautiful Pegnitztal.

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33.6 km

Großviehberg

Highlight • Settlement

Grossviehberg, beautiful village with old houses and half-timbered buildings.

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40.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.6 km

13.9 km

9.32 km

103 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

23.1 km

11.5 km

4.34 km

1.49 km

338 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (340 m)

Weather

Sunday 11 October

13°C

1°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h

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Comments

April 5, 2025,Sinnesradweg Etappe 2- Fortsetzung

The sensory cycle path continues from Rupprechtstegen to Hersbruck and back. On the way back, we stopped at Café Inselblick in Vörra. Easter surprises awaited us in Hohenstadt and Eschenbach.

Halfway along the route, there is a lovely rest area directly on the Pegnitz River near Altfalter.

A varied cycle tour in the picturesque Pegnitz Valley.

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April 5, 2026,🚲 Oster-Radltour 🐥🐔🌾🌷 durchs Pegnitz-Tal ☀️🌼🪻

From Hersbruck, I start my bike tour directly on the Pegnitz. The sun is warming, spring is showing itself everywhere. The path leads past beautiful Pegnitz wooden bridges, bizarrely shaped rock formations, and always charming half-timbered houses, directly along the riverbank... a quiet, beautiful route through the awakening nature. The tour on the Pegnitztal cycle path leads me, among other …

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