To castles, streams and pickling hunters
From Marktredwitz via castle ruins and through idyllic valleys to the Wunsiedel Birds of Prey Park. Experience nature, culture and historical sights on this varied cycle tour.
Marktredwitz
6 h
45 km
This cycle tour takes you up high. You cycle through fields and meadows, past small farms, along idyllic forest ponds and streams, up and down hills. You come to the ruins of Thierstein Castle perched high on its rock. You visit the cycle path church in Höchstädt and the ruins of the once miraculous pilgrimage church on the Katharinenberg in Wunsiedel. The crowning highlight of the tour is a visit to the Birds of Prey Park in Wunsiedel.
It is advisable to take a picnic with you. You will come across numerous restaurants, but most of them only open in the evening.
open in the evening.
E-bikes are recommended due to the length of the route and the metres in altitude. You can hire e-bikes from the tourist information centre in Marktredwitz.
A cycle tour for nature lovers and culture vultures
Arrive relaxed and hire bikes from local hire companies. The capacity for taking bikes on the trains is limited and, depending on capacity utilisation, it is not possible to guarantee that you will be able to take your own bike with you.
Start and end station
Start station
Bahnhof Marktredwitz
7 tour steps
45 km / 6 Stunden
End station
Bahnhof Marktredwitz
Our tip: Please make sure to check your train connection and the expected capacity before you start your journey.
Schedule
Tour starts on Bahnhof Marktredwitz
Direction
The circular tour starts at the railway station.
Bahnhofsplatz 7
95615
Marktredwitz
Direction
Markt 29
95615
Marktredwitz
Direction
Burstraße 29
95199
Thierstein
Direction
Von-Waldenfels-Platz 1
95186
Höchstädt im Fichtelgebirge
Direction
Kellergasse
95632
Wunsiedel
Direction
Am Katharinenberg 1
95632
Wunsiedel
Direction
Katharinenberg
95632
Wunsiedel
