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Bavaria
Upper Franconia
Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge
Marktleuthen

Eger River at Thus – Weißenstädter See loop from Marktleuthen

Moderate

4.3

(75)

67

riders

Eger River at Thus – Weißenstädter See loop from Marktleuthen

02:33

37.9km

360m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 17, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 19.1 km for 53 m

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Start point

Train Station

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11.3 km

Eger Waterfall (Egerwasserfall) in the Thuswald

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The Eger waterfall in the Thuswald in Röslau is a relic of the industrialization of the late 19th century. century. Oskar Böttcher tapped into a source of energy by building a two and a half kilometer long canal to operate a turbine and founded the cardboard factory in Thus in 1886. The water of the Eger fell about thirty meters onto the impellers of the turbine, which is still in operation today. The Eger Waterfall is the overflow of the canal.
Through Böttcher's entrepreneurial commitment, the idyllic gem in the Thuswald came into being, which had already fascinated the people of Röslau in 1923. They designed a natural stage in the Thuswald, on which they performed the operetta "Die Winzerliesel" in 1923 and 1924 in front of around two thousand spectators. The operetta plays were not continued, but since 1928 the people of Röslau have been using the Thuswald to celebrate their forest festival - always on Pentecost Sunday. The lock is also opened on this day and the largest waterfall in the Fichtelgebirge can then be admired again.

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11.3 km

Eger River at Thus

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The wild and romantic Egertal with the stony river bed of the Egero is worth a visit even without a waterfall.

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11.4 km

For the water that the cardboard factory Thusmühle needed, a canal was dug from the Eger, below today's Weißenstadt district of Franconia, to the factory. Over the overflow, called Thusfall, the water falls 28 meters deep over the granite rocks back into the Eger.
In 1923 and 1924 Thusfall became a natural stage on which the operetta "Die Winzerliesel" was performed.
Since 1928, the Thusfest has been celebrated annually on Whit Sunday with music and catering in the forest at the foot of the waterfall. Unfortunately, the weir is only opened on this day and enough water falls over the rocks to be recognized as a waterfall. EXCEPT: AFTER HEAVY RAINFALLS, e.g. TO SNOWMELT, OPEN THE WEAR !!! 👍

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18.5 km

Schützenweiher

Lake

5

19.6 km

Weißenstädter See

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beautiful local recreation area with a view of the Waldstein / Schneeberg & Ochsenkopf

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20.0 km

View of Weißenstädter Lake

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nice view over the whole lake

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20.6 km

Lake Weißenstadt

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A very beautiful, paved lake path leads around the Weißenstädter See. Whether you're a cyclist, runner, walker or skater, the path is ideal for endurance sports.

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21.1 km

Weißenstädter See

Lake

9

28.5 km

Former railroad bridge

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It's always nice that such buildings have been preserved.

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31.4 km

Very nice place for the memorial in honor of the war victims. As in many places, a memorial was erected for the "heroes" of the villages and towns after the wars. This "memorial" with a "wall part" and a stone with a tablet was installed south of the village on a hill under trees.

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37.9 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.4 km

10.6 km

5.42 km

3.77 km

730 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

12.0 km

8.36 km

8.01 km

4.86 km

3.94 km

782 m

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Highest point (650 m)

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Monday 29 June

23°C

18°C

60 %

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