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View from Hesselberg – Hesselberg Summit loop from Wittelshofen

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View from Hesselberg – Hesselberg Summit loop from Wittelshofen

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View from Hesselberg – Hesselberg Summit loop from Wittelshofen

03:36

12.4km

320m

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: April 18, 2026

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5.78 km

View of Röckingen

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Again and again there is a wonderful view of the surrounding area, on a clear day you can see as far as the Alps. Here you can see Rockingen, great.

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5.93 km

View from Hesselberg

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The Hesselberg is worth a visit at any time of day and in any season.... The many hiking trails and parking spaces make it possible to discover the mountain from all sides

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6.37 km

Hesselberg Summit Trail

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Up here on the Hesselberg the paths are partly very soft, but very comfortable to walk!

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6.59 km

View of Gerolfingen and Aufkirchen

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The bench "Ausblick Wilhelmsstein" is a few meters away from the "Schwedenstein/Wilhelmstein" and summit car park. With the Wilhelmsstein, this is probably the first point of contact for most visitors to the Hesselberg. There are also binoculars here to enjoy the view.

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6.83 km

Hesselberg Summit

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As a witness mountain (a single mountain in a layered landscape) of the Franconian Jura, the Hesselberg is geologically closely related to the Staffelberg (Lichtenfels district) or the Walberla (Forchheim district).

The Hesselberg also has a Nazi past, like so many other things. During the Nazi era, the Franconian Gauleiter Julius Streicher made the Hesselberg a political meeting place for the National Socialists. After the NSDAP came to power, party rallies developed into the Franconian Days, which were held annually until 1939. Alongside the Nuremberg Party Rallies, these were the largest Nazi rallies in Franconia, with up to 100,000 people in attendance. Evidence from this period can no longer be found on the Hesselberg today.

Since 1951, the Hesselberg has been in church hands and is, among other things, the venue for the Bavarian Evangelical Church Congress.

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6.92 km

Wildflower Meadow With Panoramic View Toward the Alps

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If you have provisions with you, you should definitely take the time for a picnic here when the weather is good

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7.57 km

View of the Hesselberg Valley

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Again and again there is a wonderful view of the surrounding area, on a clear day you can see as far as the Alps.

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8.62 km

Chestnut Avenue on Hesselberg

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At first glance, a very impressive little path lined with chestnut trees. In the middle there is a beautiful natural monument where an old tree stump was conquered by a new tree.

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12.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.92 km

3.04 km

2.22 km

1.25 km

Surfaces

4.55 km

2.66 km

2.53 km

1.78 km

560 m

336 m

Elevation

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Highest point (670 m)

Lowest point (430 m)

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View from Hesselberg – Hesselberg Summit loop from Wittelshofen

View of Röckingen

View from Hesselberg

Hesselberg Summit Trail

View of Gerolfingen and Aufkirchen

Hesselberg Summit

Wildflower Meadow With Panoramic View Toward the Alps

View of the Hesselberg Valley

Chestnut Avenue on Hesselberg

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