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🏛️ Sanspareil Rock Garden – Kaiserbach Valley loop from Kainach

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Germany

Bavaria

Upper Franconia

Franconian Switzerland

Landkreis Bayreuth

Hollfeld

🏛️ Sanspareil Rock Garden – Kaiserbach Valley loop from Kainach

Moderate

4.6

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370

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🏛️ Sanspareil Rock Garden – Kaiserbach Valley loop from Kainach

04:42

17.4km

220m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 3, 2026

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Naturpark Fränkische Schweiz - Frankenjura

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2.80 km

Juniper Valley near Wonsees

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Unfortunately, the juniper has gotten a bit old and many other bushes are slowly overgrowing the rocky slope. Once again, sheep were to graze in order to continue to secure the foundation for the juniper heath.

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5.92 km

Oriental Building

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The stately castle was built for Margrave Friedrich and his wife Wilhelmine in 1746-1747 according to plans by Josef Saint-Pierre.

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6.04 km

Regenschirm Rock (Felsengarten Sanspareil)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The umbrella is a bizarrely shaped rock that actually resembles an umbrella. You can even sit under it and not get wet.

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6.11 km

Split Rock (Gespaltener Fels)

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"The Split Rock" is one of the most beautiful rock formations in the Rock Garden. You can walk through it.

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6.19 km

🏛️ Sanspareil Rock Garden

Highlight • Natural Monument

At the sight of the rock garden, a lady-in-waiting is said to have exclaimed in 1746: "Ah, c'est sans pareil" - "That is unequaled!", Whereupon Margrave Friedrich ordered the renaming …

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6.63 km

Calypso Grotto and Ruin Theater

Highlight • Monument

A mighty rock arch forms the auditorium of the Ruin Theater, built in 1747. The orchestra pit, the backdrop arches, and the back wall are made of rubble stone. The …

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14.9 km

Felsendorf Krögelstein

Highlight • Natural Monument

The picturesque rock village of Krögelstein in northern Franconian Switzerland is nestled in the narrow valley of the Kaiserbach. The fields are on the heights and the meadows in the …

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15.6 km

Kaiserbach Valley

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Beautiful valley with many signposted climbing rocks.

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17.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.7 km

1.40 km

1.37 km

999 m

Surfaces

5.93 km

4.43 km

4.25 km

1.94 km

674 m

227 m

Elevation

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (400 m)

Weather

Saturday 15 August

29°C

17°C

46 %

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Comments

May 10, 2024,Ab Wonsees nach Sanspareil und Krögelstein

The tour begins at the market square in Wonsees, where you can park easily and have a good rest stop. It goes along the Wacholderweg to Sanspareil. The sights there are easy to reach and are signposted. A visit to Zwernitz Castle is possible, I'll do that another time.

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August 28, 2022,Fränkische, Verlängerte Runde um Sanspareil

Would have been a nice bike ride too. Except for Sanspareil, that's only possible on foot

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August 6, 2023,Ohnegleichen...

..no, not a promotional tour for a biscuit manufacturer 😉, although they are delicious!😋
The area around the medieval Zwernitz Castle between Bayreuth and Bamberg has been used for margravial hunting since early times. But it was not until 1744 that the plan to create something like a miracle garden in this remote place came into being.

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September 4, 2022,Sanspareil 》 83./2022 🪨🎭🌽🏰 Felsengarten & Burg

At the end of my two-week, active Corona recovery vacation, I shot another fantastic hiking tour in & around Sanspareil this morning together with my "First Lady", who is also almost fit again. To start with, we walked through the "Felsengarten Sanspareil", voted Germany's most beautiful park in 2002, and were able to convince ourselves that this park really is …

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June 25, 2023,Burg Zwernitz und Felsengarten Sanspareil

It was a wonderful hike today. Of course, it's nicer in the cool of the morning than in the midday heat. I've been on another tour in the Sanspareil rock garden, but in winter, I have to say now in early summer it has a different feeling. Nice hike 👍👍👍

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🏛️ Sanspareil Rock Garden – Kaiserbach Valley loop from Kainach

Juniper Valley near Wonsees

Oriental Building

Regenschirm Rock (Felsengarten Sanspareil)

Split Rock (Gespaltener Fels)

🏛️ Sanspareil Rock Garden

Calypso Grotto and Ruin Theater

Felsendorf Krögelstein

Kaiserbach Valley

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