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title: "Mushroom Experience Trail Gräfenwarth"
url: "https://www.visitsaxony.com/tour/mushroom-experience-trail-graefenwarth"
description: "The mushroom character \"Maroni\" leads young and old into his diverse world of mushrooms at 13 different stations. From the mycelium to the mushroom cap, from mythology and legends to athlete's foot or radioactivity, you can learn and actively experience a lot about mushrooms with \"Maroni.\" Starting at the parking lot at the entrance to Gräfenwarth with a mushroom mycelium made of ropes, you trace the life of the mushrooms. Multidimensional mushroom caps, stems, and spores made of wood bring the variety of mushroom shapes close at the different stations. In the \"fairy-tale room\" you can learn about the mythology and legends of mushrooms. Fairy tales written specifically for the experience trail explain how mushrooms got their appearance. The functions of mushrooms in the ecosystem or topics such as athlete's foot, molds, or radioactivity are also vividly demonstrated. And incidentally, you can enjoy wonderful views of the Saale river. Sights: picturesque views of the Bleiloch Reservoir Dam of the Bleiloch Reservoir with pumped-storage power plant, OT Sperrmauer, 07907 Schleiz Oberland cycling route (Schleiz – Saalburg) Viewpoint \"Beautiful View\" (short detour) Stone Rose Upper Bleiloch Viewpoint Lower Weather Viewpoint Mariechen Viewpoint"
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Mushroom Experience Trail Gräfenwarth
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- 5.53 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: easy
- Hiking

- 1:35 h
- 5.53 km
- 74 m
- 74 m
- 408 m
- 483 m
- 75 m
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- Start: Wanderparkplatz Gräfenwarth (village exit towards Saalburg)
- Destination: Wanderparkplatz Gräfenwarth

On the approximately 6 km long family-friendly circular route along the shores of the Bleiloch Reservoir, you can experience the construction, development, and diversity of mushrooms at various stations.

The mushroom character "Maroni" leads young and old into his diverse world of mushrooms at 13 different stations. From the mycelium to the mushroom cap, from mythology and legends to athlete's foot or radioactivity, you can learn and actively experience a lot about mushrooms with "Maroni." Starting at the parking lot at the entrance to Gräfenwarth with a mushroom mycelium made of ropes, you trace the life of the mushrooms. Multidimensional mushroom caps, stems, and spores made of wood bring the variety of mushroom shapes close at the different stations. In the "fairy-tale room" you can learn about the mythology and legends of mushrooms. Fairy tales written specifically for the experience trail explain how mushrooms got their appearance. The functions of mushrooms in the ecosystem or topics such as athlete's foot, molds, or radioactivity are also vividly demonstrated. And incidentally, you can enjoy wonderful views of the Saale river.

**Sights:**

- picturesque views of the Bleiloch Reservoir
- Dam of the Bleiloch Reservoir with pumped-storage power plant, OT Sperrmauer, 07907 Schleiz
- Oberland cycling route (Schleiz – Saalburg)
- Viewpoint "Beautiful View" (short detour)
- Stone Rose
- Upper Bleiloch Viewpoint
- Lower Weather Viewpoint
- Mariechen Viewpoint

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Pavements

Street (14%)

Asphalt (7%)

Gravel (1%)

Trail (78%)

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

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Directions

Wanderparkplatz Gräfenwarth - Mushroom Experience Trail starting at the mushroom mycelium - Wanderparkplatz Gräfenwarth

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Tour information

- Loop Road
- Stop at an Inn

Directions &amp; Parking facilities

**Getting there**You reach Gräfenwarth via the A 9 Berlin-Nuremberg. Exit the highway at Schleiz (No. 28) and continue towards Saalburg. After about 3 km you will reach the village of Gräfenwarth.

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**Parking**Wanderparkplatz Gräfenwarth

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**Public transportation**You can reach Gräfenwarth by regional bus:

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Additional information

City information Schleiz:

Neumarkt 13, 07907 Schleiz

Tel.: +49 3663 428735

Email:

**Places to eat along the way:**

Inn "Zur Post" OT Gräfenwarth, Stauseestraße 36, 07907 Schleiz, Tel.: 036647 22828

Farm café Orlamünder OT Gräfenwarth, Am Teich 11, 07907 Schleiz, Tel.: 036647 22379

Hotel Piccolo OT Gräfenwarth, Stauseestraße 6, 07907 Schleiz

Snack bar Heuschkel OT Gräfenwarth, Wanderparkplatz, 07907 Schleiz, Tel.: 036647 29899

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Literature

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Author

Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbHBautzner Straße 45/47

01099 Dresden

Organization

Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur

License (master data)

Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

**Family tip - Sights and leisure experiences nearby/on the route:**

- experience at 13 different stations the construction, development, and diversity of mushrooms with the mushroom character "Maroni"

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Safety guidelines

• Surface: natural paths, agricultural roads, forest roads, paved surfaces

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Map

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Contact

07907 Schleiz

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