Former Grafenried Cemetery – Ruins of the Old School loop from Höll

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Former Grafenried Cemetery – Ruins of the Old School loop from Höll

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Former Grafenried Cemetery – Ruins of the Old School loop from Höll

02:35

9.17km

200m

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 7, 2026

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Naturpark Oberer Bayerischer Wald

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Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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4.02 km

Ruins of Seeg (Pila) Village

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The also disappeared village of Seeg (Czech: Pila), which belonged to Grafenried, was located three kilometers west of Wassersuppen (Nemanice) on the road from Mauthaus to Grafenried. The first mentions …

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5.54 km

Former Grafenried Cemetery

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A place of memories of the past. Cold war, then many places on the Czech border were simply razed to the ground.

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5.70 km

Place of Reconciliation Lucina–Grafenried

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The atrocities of the past are forgiven. Today, Czechs and Germans, as depicted on the poster at the "Place of Reconciliation", shake hands over the ruins of the lost villages. …

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5.72 km

Grafenried / Lučina – Abandoned Village Ruins

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The former Grafenried (Czech: Lučina) stood on a small hill near the German border (today the Untergrafenried border crossing) west of Nemanice. Grafenried also included the villages of Anger (Upor), …

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5.86 km

Ruins of the Old School

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From 1874, several rooms of the former castle (presumably built around 1580 by Georg Pelkhofer von Mosweng) were used as a three-class elementary school by Grafenried. These are the remains …

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5.93 km

Ruins of the Former Village Inn

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The stately property was once part of the castle's economy as a manor inn. Later, it also served as accommodation for the workers of the nearby brewery. In 1946, Josef …

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6.19 km

Entrance to the abandoned village Lucina - Grafenried

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A sign with the warning "Please do not leave the signposted paths!" marks the entrance to the sunken village of Grafenried (Lučina). Only a few ruins have survived. Archaeological excavations still take place occasionally.

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6.68 km

Untergrafenried hiking border crossing

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From the Untergrafenried border crossing, historic paths lead directly into the former, abandoned Czech village of Grafenried (Lučina). These are cross-border tours with the character of witnessing history.

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9.17 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.29 km

1.83 km

1.07 km

Surfaces

4.78 km

1.83 km

1.75 km

814 m

Elevation

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April 30, 2023,Zum verschwundenen Dorf Grafenried/Lucina

Along the border strip, the path leads to Grafenried/Lucina on the Czech side of the border. Here remains of the buildings as well as tools and everyday objects of the former villagers can be examined. In addition, numerous information boards with pictures provide an insight into village life in the glass-making town, which fell victim to the Iron Curtain after …

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May 26, 2022,Grenzerfahrungen - Grafenried und Schwarzachtal

Today we went on a short tour to our neighbors.
From Untergranfenried we went past the vanished villages of Grafenried and Seeg into the Schwarzach valley near Nemanice.
The Schwarzach has its source a few kilometers further north at the Lysa Hora (German: Lissaberg), over which the main European watershed also runs. The Rabuza rises just a short distance from …

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August 12, 2023,🥾🌲🪵🌞🍄🇨🇿Grenzsteigrunde über Lucina, Upor, ehem. Glashütte Seeg🌞🪵🌲🌿🥾

A wonderful, relaxed morning tour over the Grenzsteig Höll to the Dirrmal, so the mountain bike ban until September is more bearable😏. Nice weather and absolute peace, the mushrooms are now running across your path too 😋

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June 2, 2026,Untergegangenes Dorf Grafenried: Nur die Winterlinden blieben

Countess Anna Katharina von Müller certainly did not dream that these linden trees would one day be almost the only remnants of the village of Grafenried when she had the group of six winter linden trees planted in the village square on April 2, 1765, for the feast of St. Francis of Paola.

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