Anniversary route Burgstein-Feilitzsch
- 4:50 h
- 19.25 km
- 159 m
- 215 m
- 450 m
- 594 m
- 144 m
- Start: Burgstein ruins
- Destination: Feilitzsch station
It leads first past the Burgstein ruins from the hiking parking lot. The late medieval churches were pilgrimage sites on the border of the dioceses of Bamberg and Naumburg, then fell into ruin and experienced a revival as a destination for excursions in the 19th/20th century. The German division then turned the area around Burgstein into a remote border region.
We walk past the idyllic Kienmühle to Gutenfürst. Here, the station was located directly on the inner-German border from 1945 to 1990 and was fortified in the 1970s to subject the "interzone trains" to strict controls. Also worth seeing here are the manor house, the area around the forest pond, and the Brauhauspöhl (nature reserve).
In Grobau there is a beautiful view from the 606 m high Kappel.
After crossing the Grobau-Münchenreuth road, the history and special characteristics of the Green Belt are described on three information boards. Then you reach the Three-State Stone. Several information boards are also located here.
Now it goes almost unnoticed over to the Bavarian-Franconian Münchenreuth.
From here it is only 2 kilometers to Mödlareuth, the once divided village. But we turn south in Münchenreuth and follow the signposting to Feilitzsch. On the way, we cross both the A 72 motorway Plauen-Hof and the railway line which runs from Plauen or Gera to Hof.
Waypoints
Good to know
Pavements
- Unknown (3%)Street (14%)Asphalt (28%)Gravel (11%)Trail (37%)Path (8%)
Best to visit
- suitableDepends on weather
Directions
At the hiking parking lot we cross the street and walk uphill to the Burgstein ruins, which are worth a visit on the right.
We are now walking on the anniversary route (also the Erzgebirge-Vogtland ridgeway) through the forest along the Kemnitzbach stream. At the end of the forest we turn left onto the road coming from Schwand and at the end of the road continue straight ahead to reach a hiking path to Gutenfürst. For a quick visit to the border station, briefly leave the anniversary route on the left, passing the forest pond. Back on the anniversary route, after a few kilometers we meet the column road. Instead of turning right here - following the ridgeway - we go straight ahead across the former border and after about 1 km arrive at the road to Münchenreuth. In the center of the village we keep left and after leaving the village turn left again to enter the forest area at Steinbühl on the marked hiking path.
Passing the holiday settlement "Kreuzlein" we finally cross the street and walk to a model airfield, where we turn left towards Unterhartmannsdorf. In the village we take two lefts on the road to leave Unterhartmannsdorf in the east and then turn right again to rejoin the hiking path. Soon we reach the railway line, follow it south in parallel, go under the motorway and finally reach the destination Feilitzsch.
Tour information
Cultural Interesting
Directions & Parking facilities
- Getting thereA 72 - Exit Pirk, continue on the former B 173 towards Hof to Großzöbern, then turn right to Krebes.ParkingBurgstein hiking parking lot.Public transportation
By train from Hof or Gera/Mehltheuer to Gutenfürst or Feilitzsch. Information on arrivals by bus and train is available from the Vogtland Tourism and Transport Center at www.vogtlandauskunft.de and by phone at 03744 19449.
Additional information
Author
Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH
Bautzner Straße 45/4701099 DresdenOrganization
Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
License (master data)
Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
- The German-German Museum Mödlareuth with its exciting exhibition and the outdoor area should definitely be visited.