Hiking route 3 - to Marieney and Eschenbach

  • 13.29 km long
  • Round trip
  • Difficulty: medium
  • Condition: medium
  • Hiking
  • 3:40 h
  • 13.29 km
  • 330 m
  • 330 m
  • 468 m
  • 709 m
  • 241 m
  • Start: Marketplace Schöneck
  • Destination: Marketplace Schöneck
Following in the footsteps of Julius Mosen and Adam Friedrich Zürner, we hike this somewhat more demanding path from Schöneck via Schilbach to Marieney and Eschenbach.

The path is continuously marked with a yellow line on a white background.

Waypoints

Start
Start
Marketplace Schöneck
Destination
Destination
Marketplace Schöneck

Good to know

Pavements

Unknown (15%)
Street (44%)
Asphalt (26%)
Gravel (9%)
Trail (7%)

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

We start our route at the Obermarkt in Schöneck and leave the town via Schilbacher Straße towards the eponymous village. At the small forest, we leave the street and follow the yellow hiking trail marking to the left. In Schilbach, we pass through the Schilbach manor with its impressive castle garden. Following the path past the "large pond," we reach the small village of Marieney, birthplace of the local poet Julius Mosen. Next, we arrive at Eschenbach. We leave the small village on the beautiful hiking trail, lined with blackberry bushes and rowan trees, which leads us to the Pferdekopf stone cross. Afterwards, we make our way back over "Bockmühle" and "Galgenberg" up to Schöneck to our starting point at the Obermarkt. The castle playground, the Aussichtsfelsen "Alter Söll," or the beer garden at the inn "Zur Brauschänke" now invite you to a leisurely conclusion.

Tour information

  • Cultural Interesting

  • Loop Road

Directions & Parking facilities

Getting there
Motorway A72 from Leipzig direction, exit Plauen East, via Mechelgrün, Bergen, Poppengrün to SchöneckMotorway A93 from Bavaria to the Bayrisch-Vogtland junction, then A72 to the Plauen-South exit and then via Oelsnitz, Tirschendorf and Arnoldsgrün to Schöneck.
Parking
Marketplace Schöneck
Public transportation

Take the Vogtlandbahn line RB 1 to Schöneck station. From here, follow the signs to "Aussichtsfelsen Alter Söll" and reach the marketplace, where the hike begins.

With the bus line "TaktBUS22" coming from Muldenberg (Kirchstraße stop), the "+Bus90" from Plauen / Oelsnitz (Sohrstraße stop), or the "TaktBUS93" from Bad Elster (Kirchstraße stop), you can easily and comfortably reach Schöneck.

Real-time timetable information can be found on the transport company websites: www.vogtlandauskunft.de

Additional information

Author

Sandra Engelbrecht

Organization

Schöneck Tourismus

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

The Julius Mosen Room in Marieney displays numerous works of the Vogtland poet and is dedicated to making the life and work of the artist known.