Juraerlebnispfad Essing (Jura Adventure Trail Essing) – Altmühltal Nature Park

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Juraerlebnispfad Essing (Jura Adventure Trail Essing) – Altmühltal Nature Park

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Juraerlebnispfad Essing (Jura Adventure Trail Essing) – Altmühltal Nature Park

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6.92km

70m

Hiking

The Essing Jura Adventure Trail takes you out of the small, idyllic town past the historic Bruckturm with the bridge over the Altmühl oxbow, the Essinger Blautopf and the curved Tatzlwurm wooden bridge.

We continue to the Klausenhöhlen and back to Essing along the natural bank of the canal. It's…

by Bayerns Herzstück

Last updated: June 11, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Altmühltal

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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330 m

Essing Wooden Bridge and Bridge Tower

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A very photogenic place with an idyllic setting of a wooden bridge, the Altmühl and Essing rivers, with its houses built directly against the Jura rock face.

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1.28 km

View of the Blautopf spring (Essing)

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Wanted to visit the Blautop Essing in September 2021, unfortunately direct access to the Blautopf is no longer possible.
Due to a private estate, access is no longer permitted (request …

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2.12 km

Tatzlwurm Bridge, Essing

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The popularly called "Tatzelwurm" bridge over the Main-Danube Canal at Essing was until 2006 the longest wooden bridge in Europe with a length of 190 meters.
The striking architecture is …

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2.88 km

Klausen Caves

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It is a public cave in the Altmühl valley. The ca.330 meter long cave in the Jura limestone is between 25 and 55 meters above the valley floor. The cave …

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6.92 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.87 km

972 m

827 m

665 m

426 m

156 m

Surfaces

3.14 km

1.73 km

1.64 km

228 m

119 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 9 October

14°C

8°C

60 %

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Comments

September 3, 2020

The Essing Jura Adventure Trail takes you out of the small, idyllic town past the historic Bruckturm with the bridge over the Altmühl oxbow, the Essinger Blautopf and the curved Tatzlwurm wooden bridge.
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We continue to the Klausenhöhlen and back to Essing along the natural bank of the canal. It's worth

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