Panoramic trails to the golden cone square Nature and culture between Altdorf, Burgthann and Postbauer-Heng S 2 Altdorf Dörlbach Schwarzenbach Buch Postbauer-Heng S 3 73 Foreword Walking tour Dear visitors, 6 km from the -Bahn station (suburban railway station) Postbauer-Heng to the 1.5 hours -Bahn station Oberferrieden The joint decision of the environmental and building committees of both municipalities Postbauer-Heng Coming from the direction of Nuremberg you first walk (district of Neumarkt i. d. OPf.) and Burgthann (district through the pedestrian underpass to the other side of the of Nuremberg Land) on March 29, 2011 gave the go- railway line. From there via the ramp downwards and fur- ahead for this outstanding and “cross-border” project. ther on the foot and cycle path towards the main road B 8. The citizens of this region at the foot of the mountains Walk on through the tunnel tube and pass the skateboard Brentenberg and Dillberg have already been deeply root- tracks until you reach a crossroad in front of the sports ed for many generations. Numerous family and cultural club. Now turn right and go upwards. Until you reach connections were the basis for the increasingly growing Buch you will find the signs 1 2 along the way. As cooperation in economic and local affairs which has you turn left at the edge of the forest and walk on the proved to be a success especially concerning the school meadow path above of the sports club please enjoy the cooperation. The border between the municipalities is wide view over the surrounding area. On a clear day, you interesting in several ways: Not only is this the border can even see Nuremberg’s television tower. Turn right into between the districts of Neumarkt i. d. OPf. and Nurem- the forest. The forest path further ascends until it leads berg Land and the border between the administrative into a wider forest road. Turn left and take a pleasant walk districts of Middle Franconia and Upper Palatinate today downwards past a small parking lot to Buch. but it also was the former border of the Old Empire between Franconia and Old Bavaria in 1806. We wish you an interesting stay and we would be pleased to welcome you at our variety of cultural events and our numerous family-friendly restaurants. A wonderful place to live … Remain on the main street and leave Buch following the left-hand curve. On the right side, you can already see the golden cone square (2.5 km). The shortest way back to the town leads along the small road using the church tower as your guide. In direction to Ezelsdorf turn right at the golden cone square. Please follow the dark blue Photos frontpage – top: the golden cone square, bottom left: view over the valley of the Schwarzach onto Dillberg, signs to the golden cone square that you see to your right. 2 bottom right: along the Ludwig-Danube-Main-canal 3 Hiking tour The way continues a bit along the small street 15 km Altdorf – Prethalmühle – Dörlbach/ through the forest. Turn right at the sports 4.5 hours Schwarzenbach – Buch – Postbauer-Heng ground. The way continues along two ponds After the announcement “Next stop Altdorf – please exit” into the street “Zur Schwärz” until you reach you set off for a scenic and in the end almost historically the main street. Turn left here and then turn right after the important hiking tour that connects Middle Franconia railway line and walk further to the S-Bahn station S 3 . and Upper Palatinate. 3 S From the platform, go straight to the end of the park 5 Oberferrieden R and ride parking lot and continue through a small park. 2 Ezelsdorf After a few stairs, the green sings “Richtung Stadtmitte” Nürnberg 1 (direction city center) indicate the direction to the right. Oberfer- Then turn left at the “Bahnhofstraße”. rieden Steinbach Carefully crossing the “Türkeistraße” which leads to the left side you turn diagonally right and walk across cobble- Buch stone on “Königsbühlstraße” up to the marketplace. On the left side, you see the old town hall which now is the office for culture and tourism (“Kultur-Rathaus”) and on the left side the late Baroque city church St. Laurentius. Turn to the left and you are between the upper market (“Oberer Markt”) and lower market (“Unterer Markt”). Postbauer-Heng Postbauer- Heng Legend: S-Bahn station hiking trail restaurant / café S 3 Neumarkt 0 250 500 m Stand: 01/2013 R 5 Parsberg 1 Sports restaurant FC Ezelsdorf Bucher Straße, 90559 Burgthann-Ezelsdorf Phone 09188 1717; Tue.–Fr. from 6 a.m.–12 p.m., Sat. from 2 p.m.–12 p.m., Sun. from 9 a.m.–12 p.m., closing day: Monday 2 Restaurant “Zur Linde” Hauptstraße 29, 90559 Burgthann-Ezelsdorf Phone 09188 305261; Tue.–Sun. from 3 p.m., kitchen Marketplace in Altdorf 4 from 5.30 p.m., closing day: Monday 5 Legend: Ludersheim Altdorf West S 2 Regional train station S 2 Ludersheim Altdorf From S-Bahn station to ALTDORF S-Bahn station (6 km) b. Nbg. Hiking trail Altdorf– Stürzelhof Postbauer-Heng (15km) eucht / Nürnberg Weinhof Connections to F bicycle routes 2 Pracken- Map S fels Ruine point of interest Löwengrube Schleifmühle Lochmannshof A Grünsberg Schwar Prethalmühle view point Burg zach Grünsberg Rasch Wallersberg restaurant / café Legend: Altdorf mark in altitude profile Ludersheim Westhaid C West Regional train station S 2 Reinholdshöhe Stand: 01/2013 S 2 Continue along the right row ofB houses, turn right into Altdorf 0 500 1000 1500 2000 m Ludersheim From S-Bahn station to the “Collegiengasse” and walk directly towards the ALTDORF S-Bahn station (6 km) Dörlbach former universitySchwarzenbach (1575) which now is the “Wichernhaus b. Nbg. Hiking trail Altdorf– Stürzelhof Postbauer-Heng (15km) Altdorf”. Turn right into the “Neubaugasse”Gspannberg and continue Schafhof -Kanal C nau-Main Do eucht / Nürnberg Connections to - Weinhof until theig street makes a turn to the right, turn left there F eucht / Nürnberg Ludw bicycle routes F 2 Peunting Pracken- into the alley and left again into the parking lot. The 3 Haslach S fels Rübleinshof Ruine point of interest S Grub Löwengrube Schleifmühle footpath shortly leads you diagonally right to the bus Lochmannshof A Grünsberg Schwar Prethalmühle view point parking and straight on past the houses number 6 / 7 of Burg zach Osterhof Grünsberg Rasch the Wichernhaus into the “Prof.-Franz-Becker-Straße”. Wallersberg restaurant / café Heinleinshof BachmühleTurn right at the next crossroad (“Jakob-Baier-Straße”), C mark in altitude profile Oberferrieden Westhaid cross the street and turn left into the “Mühlweg”. The Reinholdshöhe Stand: 01/2013 B Oberferrieden Ezelsdorf D 0 500 1000 1500 2000 m sign 3 of the local road network serves as your l l be r i g Dörlbach Fünf-Flüsse-firstR adwegsign that guides your way through the motorwayD 595m Schwarzenbach passage and then after a left turn upwards on a gravel Dillberg Steinbach Gspannberg path. First views over to the transmission Buchmast at the nal S Schafhof Main-Ka C onau- 3 -D ig Dillberg open up – on the right side: The Bretenberg,Wurzhof eucht / Nürnberg Ludw F Peunting your “target area”! 3 Haslach Rübleinshof S Grub . f Postbauer-Heng E Osterhof Heinleinshof G e isfleck Bachmühle Brand- Postbauer- Oberferrieden mühle Heng Oberferrieden Ezelsdorf D Neumarkt i. d. OP 3 Kemnath S l l be r i g Fünf-Flüsse-Radweg D 595m Dillberg Köstlbach Dennenloher Steinbach Buch Weiher Fränkischer Seenland-Radweg S 3 Wurzhof View over the valley of the Schwarzach onto the Dillberg . f Altitude profile Postbauer-Heng E D E 500 Your smartphone -Heng G e isflbecomeseck yourBrand- Postbauer- r f b. Nbg. B scout! mühle 450 r C Heng ostbaue Altdo P GPS-tracks are altitude in metres m m m m m m m Neumarkt i. d. OP 400 available for all A 3 443 437 533 509 370 441 461 VGN hiking and Kemnath S bicycle tours. 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 route in kilometres (total: 15.6 km) vgn.de/freizeit rise: 305 m fall: 285 m 6 Köstlbach 7 Dennenloher Weiher Fränkischer Seenland-Radweg D E 500 -Heng r f b. Nbg. B 450 r C ostbaue P Altdo altitude in metres m m m m m m m 400 A 443 437 533 509 370 441 461 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 route in kilometres (total: 15.6 km) rise: 305 m fall: 285 m When you walk across the slope the signs of the circular stantly ascending path which leads you to an open field. route 3 guide you downwards in the direction of the The hiking info board of the “Wanderzirkus Frankenalb” “Löwengrube”. Between fruit trees a meadow path leads guides you with the sign 7 straight on to a S-curve. you right to a plot of land. Then go down the stairs to After the S-curve you go on to a small street and turn the natural monument “Löwengrube” which is a for- left there. The panorama has changed now – you have a mer quarry with a rock gallery and a rock cellar (on the far-distance view to almost all sides. After a right-hand left side) that was used as beer cellar in the past. The bend go downwards and walk through the town Dörl- sandstones extracted here where among other things bach, then follow the street “Austraße” down to a cross- used for building the university and the city wall in Alt- road (Altdorfer Straße) in the town Schwarzen bach.