Die Ansbacher Altstadt aus dem Fenster, Foto: Florian Trykowski Im Tal der Fränkischen Rezat, Foto: Ulrich Büscher Hausfassaden in Ansbacht, Foto: Ulrich Büscher An der Festung Lichtenau, Foto: Ulrich Büscher Panoramablick auf Sachsen, Foto: Ulrich Büscher Unterwegs auf dem Lichtenauer Weg, Foto: Ulrich Büscher Außenansicht vom Ansbacher Schloss, Foto: Florian Trykowski An der Festung Lichtenau, Foto: Ulrich Büscher Leonhard-Fuchs-Garten mit Citrushaus, Foto: Florian Trykowski
Tour

To fortress walls and residential palaces

Castles
photo spot
Historically Relevant
City Trip
Culturally Important

Explore Lichtenau Fortress, idyllic villages and the royal seat of Ansbach with its courtyard garden and historic old town on this hike in Middle Franconia - nature, culture and enjoyment all in one!

Start
Sachsen bei Ansbach
Duration
5 h
Distance
18 km
Key facts of the tour
This hiking tour through Romantic Franconia fulfils three wishes at once: nature, culture and enjoyment. Experience typical Franconian villages, the Lichtenau fortress, a rustic bubbling spring and the royal seat of Ansbach with its courtyard garden and historic town centre.

The 17-kilometre tour is easy to manage with a normal level of fitness. The paths are mostly firm, but depending on the weather, it can be wet in some places. Many flat sections in river valleys make the route comfortable, with only a few short climbs to contend with. A few rooty trails through the beautiful mixed forest provide variety.

This tour is a "VGN leisure tip" and was created in co-operation with the Greater Nuremberg Transport Association.

A hiking tour for nature lovers, culture vultures and explorers

Start and end station

Start station
Bahnhof Sachsen bei Ansbach

4 tour steps
18 km / 5 Stunden

End station
Bahnhof Ansbach

Our tip: Please make sure to check your train connection and the expected capacity before you start your journey.

Schedule

Tour starts on Bahnhof Sachsen bei Ansbach

Direction

Leave Sachsen railway station (near Ansbach) towards Bahnhofstraße and turn left immediately. Follow the cycle path signpost for Lichtenau for 1.1 km downhill - with a beautiful view over the village in the valley.

After a short walk, you will pass the Evangelical Lutheran fortified church of St Alban, whose predecessor - a wooden church - was built around the year 800 when the village was founded. The museum in the church tower can be visited on request.

Immediately after the church, turn right - following the route into Volkersdorf and finally onto the Rezatweg. This leads out into the open countryside of the Franconian Rezat valley.

Follow the Lichtenauer Weg signpost along a romantic meadow path.

You cross the Rezat on a narrow footbridge. In the Rezat valley, we pass "Eberhard's Goose Garden" and finally reach Lichtenau.

Promenade 27
91522
Ansbach

Phone: 0981 9538390
Email Address: sgvansbach@bsv.bayern.de
Außenansicht vom Ansbacher Schloss, Foto: Florian Trykowski

Direction

Von-Heydeck-Straße
91586
Lichtenau

Phone: 09827 92110
An der Festung Lichtenau, Foto: Ulrich Büscher

Direction

Marktplatz (Oberes Torhaus)
91586
Lichtenau

Phone: 09827 92110

Direction

Promenade 27
91522
Ansbach

Phone: 0981 9538390
Leonhard-Fuchs-Garten mit Citrushaus, Foto: Florian Trykowski

Tour ends on Bahnhof Ansbach

Direction

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