Everything at a glance

• Schneeberg (1053 m)
• Ochsenkopf (1024 m)
• Nußhardt (972 m)
• Koesseine (939 m)
• Platte (884 m)
• Burgstein (879 m)
• Waldstein (877 m)
• Rudolfstein (866m)
• Grosser Haberstein (848 m)
• Kornberg (827 m)
• Hohe Matze (813 m)
• Epprechtstein (798m)

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The Fichtelgebirge could be called the "roof top of Franconia". For in all of northern Bavaria there are no higher mountains than the twelve peaks that form the horseshoe of the Fichtelgebirge. Schneeberg and Ochsenkopf tower over the landscape at over 1000 meters, especially the area around Bayreuth, which lies much lower in front. On clear days, the peaks of the Fichtelgebirge offer magnificent panoramic views as far as the Franconian Forest, the Ore Mountains, the Upper Palatinate Forest and the Czech Imperial Forest (Slavkovsy Les). Therefore, hikers will find viewing platforms or facilities to climb the rock towers on almost all peaks. The wide views were of great importance even in earlier times. In the Middle Ages, fortified knight's castles crowned the peaks of Rudolfstein, Waldstein, Epprechtstein, Luxburg (today Luisenburg) and Kornberg. 

Tip: If you want to see all the mountain peaks at once, you have to drive to Roeslau. At the end of the village in the direction of Duernberg, at the geographical center of the Fichtelgebirge, there is the so-called Zwoelfgipfelblick. From here you can overlook the entire Horseshoe circuit. 

The Fichtelgebirge is best known for the four major rivers that have their source here: From its "white" source on the Ochsenkopf, the Main flows through all of Franconia and acts as a lifeline on its way, shaping the nature, culture and history of this area. The Eger rises on the western slope of the Schneeberg. Its course crosses the Fichtelgebirge from west to east. Once upon a time, the next largest and formerly important free imperial city of Eger, today Cheb, also bore its name. This river flows far into Bohemia into the Czech Republic and finally flows into the Elbe. The Saxon Saale, whose source can be found on the northern slope of the Waldstein, also finally flows into the Elbe after a long journey northward. So, all three rivers ultimately head for the North Sea. The Naab is an exception. It flows from the Ochsenkopf in a southerly direction through the Upper Palatinate and finally flows into the Danube. Its waters end after many thousands of kilometers in the Black Sea. This makes the Fichtelgebirge the main European watershed.

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Nestled between the Fichtelgebirge and the Upper Palatinate Forest, the granite ridge of the Steinwald, over 900 meters high, arches up to form a striking landscape of the northern Upper Palatinate. The closed forest landscape is characterized by coniferous trees, interspersed again and again with beautiful mixed stands.

Wind and weather have gnawed steeply rising, bizarrely shaped rock groups out of the hard primary rock: Raeuberfelsen, Vogelfelsen, Saubadfelsen and many others. On the Platte, the 946 meter high main peak of the Steinwald, the Oberpfalz Tower was built, which offers a wide panoramic view. 

The nature park "Steinwald" occupies an area of just under 23,000 ha. It is thus the second smallest of the 19 nature parks in Bavaria. Located in the northeast of Bavaria, near the Czech border, the nature park is easily accessible for residents of the surrounding large cities.

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Anyone who has successfully completed the Twelve Summits Tour through the Fichtel Mountains will never forget this extreme tour. It is a unique mixture of endurance sport and nature experience.

Here you will find our marked trail network, official tours and many beautiful routes for hiking, biking and more:

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The lake is very good for swimming and recreation and a paradise for fishing and excursionists. 

Through the heart of Europe — riding the Euregio Egrensis

Summer, sun, relaxation and vacation feeling in combination with sports, fun and pleasure!

Fill up on vitamin D in the idyllically located natural pool or find a shady spot under the old trees. By the way, the special water quality in the natural pool is achieved by a biological reed clarification - see for yourself! The MAKBAD natural swimming pool attracts the big and small fans of water fun - and that with free entrance!

For every swim and leisure enthusiast there are enough games, sports and fun offers on the spacious area. Attractions include a 24 m long and 3 m wide wave slide, a diving tower (1, 3, 5 and 10 m) with separate pools.

The sandy beach with beach chairs and sunbeds invites you to relax or build sandcastles. Sufficient sanitary facilities and changing rooms are distributed throughout the area. Right next to the natural swimming pool you will also find a streetball field, a skate park and a basketball court.

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Swimming is one of the healthiest sports of all! In the main pool you can relax and "do your laps" or effectively pursue your competitive sport. In the non-swimmer pool, you can relax with a neck splash shower and massage jets. The younger ones will have fun on the new water slide and the very small ones will enjoy playing with their parents in the baby pool. 

The new wellness area, on the other hand, promises pure relaxation! The warmth of the steam bath loosens tense muscles and stimulates your metabolism. Alternatively, you can relax in the infrared cabin, then enjoy the experience shower and relax in the adjacent relaxation room. 

Tickets are available on site at the vending machine at the MAKBAD and at the information desk at Avaneo Hotel Marktredwitz.

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In Bad Alexandersbad, health has always been a top priority. Like many spas, the bath is one of the modern power places of our time and is located in the heart of the small Franconian spa Bad Alexandersbad. That's why people come to this place to recharge their batteries and regain strength for their everyday lives. Immerse yourself in the baths, experience relaxation in the old connection with nature or relax in new German surrounded by clear lines, modern architecture and changing views of nature. 

Here, the stressed city dweller will find wellness and relaxing moments - a short vacation for the senses - just as the Franconian who is close to home will find a few hours of rest and relaxation from his daily work. 

Architecturally trend-setting and extraordinary, nevertheless a down-to-earth, nature-loving place. Here, ancient knowledge is preserved and, coupled with the latest findings in medicine, used for your health.

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The Sibyllenbad is a spa in Bad Neualbenreuth, the youngest spa in Bavaria, near the Bohemian Spa Triangle. The spa house Sibyllenbad has a medical department with spa doctor care as well as mud and bath department. 

Guests can find rest and relaxation in the medicinal water bathing landscape with outdoor bathing area or in the wellness landscape with eight different saunas and a unique oriental bathing temple in the style of a Turkish hamam. In the fitness room in the relaxation gallery, guests can work out in the Synchro training circuit. 

Guests can enjoy 100% of the beneficial effects of the carbonic acid mineral-rich “Sibyllenquelle” in individual tub baths, and it is also mixed into the pools of the healing water spa landscape. 

Directly opposite the Sibyllenbad is the eight-hectare spa park with themed gardens, chess, mini golf, the Sibyllenbad Motor Fun Park and a vitality trail for runners, hikers and Nordic walkers with signposted routes.

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If you are looking for gentle refreshment, pure relaxation or your very own personal pampering program for body and soul, the Lohengrin-Therme with its thermal world, sauna landscape and spa is just the right place!

The 36 °C warm water from the state-approved healing spring of the Friedrichs-Therme relaxes and activates in equal measure and provides attractive benefits for health and well-being. 

Take the time now for your personal healthy lifestyle and feel vital, active and healthy in the Lohengrin Therme!

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Lake Fichtelsee invites you to swim, SUP, boating and walking. In winter - at appropriate temperatures - ice is prepared on the asphalt surface located directly on the shore of the Fichtelsee. Skating and curling equipment can be rented. Since the ice rink is illuminated, you can make your rounds and have fun until late in the evening. 

On the northern shore of the Fichtelsee begins the nature reserve "Seelohe", a siltation zone with typical high moor vegetation. Here you can also find the ferruginous "Jean-Paul-Fountain", popularly called "Sauerbrunnen". 

Around the Fichtelsee there is something going on all year round! Cultural events, the lake festival or the forest Christmas at the Fichtelsee.

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The Feisnitz reservoir is located near Arzberg. Around it runs a 1.5 km long circular hiking trail. The reservoir consists of pre-storage and main storage. 

The lake is very suitable for swimming and recreation and it is a paradise for fishing and excursions. Various hiking trails lead there. There is also a camping site, a restaurant and a parking lot at the lake. 

Its history begins as early as 1870, when alum ore and brown coal were mined there - and the "Klausenteich" was created in an open pit. Destroyed by a flood, it was rebuilt in 1935 by the local innkeeper and expanded in the 1970s to become a cooling water reservoir for the then power plant in Arzberg.

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The Lake Weissenstadt is the largest lake in the heart of the Fichtelgebirge with about 50 ha. A popular destination for young and old! 

It is an artificially dammed lake, which is located at the headwaters of the Eger and is fed by it and the Hirtenbach. Historically, it is interesting that the lake was re-established in 1976 where the Weißenstadt town pond was located until 1820. This dried up due to the opening of the dams and 200 parcels of land were created on the area. The town bought back the land in the mid-1970s and rebuilt the lake, which is used exclusively for recreational purposes. 

The lake, which is accessible to all, offers visitors relaxation, recreation and a wealth of sporting opportunities. The easily accessible 4 km long lakeside path is one of the most visited walking trails in the Fichtelgebirge for young and old and is also ideally suited for wheelchair users. 

Sailing and surfing are permitted in the designated sports zone. Ideal access for these activities is the large parking lot in the southwest of the lake. This is also the site of the local sailing club. The operation of motor-driven boats is not allowed. The Lake Weissenstadt offers numerous water sports. 

The surroundings of the lake are perfect for enjoying the tranquility of nature and the harmony of the landscape. 

Treat yourself to a rest on one of the many benches around the lake and enjoy the magnificent view of the Grosser Waldstein and the Schneeberg, the highest mountain in northern Bavaria.

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In the south of the city, but still in the urban area, lies the recreational area "Untreusee". Although man-made, the lake blends into the soft, hilly landscape as if nature itself had produced it. It is a paradise for swimmers, sailors, surfers and anglers, but also for walkers and people who are simply looking for peace and quiet. The Untreusee has long since ceased to be a facility used only by people from Hof. It is appreciated in the whole region (and beyond). 

Even though several thousand people "populate" its waters and shores, there is still plenty of room for anyone seeking solitude and tranquility. 

The Untreusee, named after the Untreubach, which feeds it, was built as a leisure and local recreation facility between 1976 and 1979. 

As a secondary water management function, it serves to raise the low water level of the Saxon Saale in the late fall and as flood retention in the winter months. 

The lake, which is about 2 kilometers long and 700 meters wide and on which almost all water sports are permitted with the exception of motor boating, has a surface area of 600,000 square meters in summer at normal water levels. The water depth is about 15 meters at the artificially built 300-meter-long dam. In the southern part of the lake, separated by 4 footbridges, an important biotope of interest to nature lovers has been created at the inlet of the "Untreubach".

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Marktredwitz is located in the valley of the small river Koessein, embedded in a charming low mountain range landscape between the mountain ranges of the Fichtelgebirge and the Steinwald, only a few kilometers from the border to the Czech Republic. 

Marktredwitz is known as an attractive shopping town and as the location of globally successful industrial companies. "Rawetz", as the locals call their town, is also a school location with a wide range of schooling options and for vacationers the starting point for varied hiking and biking tours.

Christmas time is traditionally Nativity time in Marktredwitz. An artistic mountain landscape in miniature is created from stones, roots, moss and berries, in which hundreds of small clay figures recreate everyday scenes from the mountains. The focus of Marktredwitz's nativity scene culture is the knowledge of the meaning and history of the figures and scenes. 

The local population revived the Marktredwitz Nativity Trail in 1989. Since then, between December 26 and January 6, many people from Marktredwitz open their houses to present their works. The Nativity Scene Trail includes 20 to 25 stations, which sometimes attract thousands of visitors. The Marktredwitz crib culture belongs to the intangible UNESO cultural heritage.

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The Marktredwitzer are justifiably proud of their Auenpark. With large financial commitment it succeeded on the occasion of the transnational national horticultural show 2006, an industrial wasteland between the Dreiboegenbruecke and the Doerflaser place, first into an attractive horticultural show and afterwards into a citizen park to convert. 

Until the garden show, the area was inaccessible and mainly used for industry and commerce. Now the Auenpark presents itself as a beautiful recreational area in the immediate vicinity of our city center. Next to the old town, it has become the second good parlor for the citizens and guests of Marktredwitz. 

The forthcoming new use of the former Benker site, together with the park, will make it one of the most interesting and promising residential and service areas in our city. 

Today, after the end of the National Garden Show, the Auenpark is a green park with a special flair. The Foerderverein Auenpark e.V. would like to preserve the park for the citizens as a special place for recreation, but also for cultural encounters. Therefore, the members of the Foerderverein are committed to the Auenpark and its future. 

The Avaneo Hotel Marktredwitz is a member of the Foerderverein Auenpark. The guests of the hotel are cordially invited to participate in and support the various activities in the Auenpark. 

With donations and active support, we can continue to organize cheerful festivities in the park, feature magnificent plantings tended by members and supporters, and convince with sports and play events for children and young people.  Thanks to your support, the Auenpark will continue to be an attractive meeting place for all Marktredwitz citizens and its guests from near and far. 

Donation possibility directly to the Foerderverein Auenpark e.V.:

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"I am gladly born in you, small but good, light city", this is how the famous Wunsiedel poet Jean Paul describes the festival city of Wunsiedel! 

The citizen park Katharinenberg is the oldest park in Bavaria built by citizens. The "Wunsiedler Hausberg" owes its name to the former pilgrimage church of St. Katharina from the 14th century. Once an important pilgrimage site, the church ruins with their special sacred ambience still inspire locals and guests at church services and cultural events. After almost 6 years of restoration, the partially restored paths, historic gardens and lookout points are worth seeing. 

For children, especially the recognized environmental station as a place of learning nature-culture is the new enrichment in the citizen park. The state-recognized environmental station teaches about the diversity of flora and fauna that is unique to our region. In practice-oriented workshops, the relationship between man and his animate or inanimate environment can be experienced at close quarters. 

Wunsiedel is also the "town of fountains". On the weekend before St. John's Day (June 24), more than 34 fountains are lovingly decorated with flowers by the townspeople according to an old custom. Singers and musicians’ parade from fountain to fountain at dusk, serenading the crowds. This uniqueness prompted the Committee of Experts at the German UNSECO Commission to include the Wunsiedl Fountain Festival in the nationwide list of intangible cultural heritage. 

Come visit us and experience much more: Hike in the footsteps of Jean-Paul and Queen Luise, explore the largest natural stone archive in the world, experience relaxation and recreation in the local recreation area along the Eisweiher, discover the diverse rock and mineral collection of the Fichtelgebirge Museum and experience our numerous festivals and events!

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When sophisticated theater art and a unique natural setting harmonize perfectly, then you are at Luisenburg. In the middle of the Fichtelgebirge the rock labyrinth is situated, a nature reserve in whose entrance area great theater has been virtually celebrated summer after summer for 130 years. 

The Luisenburg Festival is an open-air event that presents contemporary theater on a spectacular rock stage. The tailor-made productions attract up to 150,000 audience each year, who experience new productions from the last five years, written and composed by renowned authors, live alongside classical drama. This is unique for an open-air festival theater.

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Europe's largest rock labyrinth and national geotope. Here you can immerse yourself in the fascination of a gigantic sea of granite.  Huge boulders surrounded by caves and gorges define this unique landscape scenery in the middle of the Fichtelgebirge. 

This place has always exerted a very special fascination on people: Once people feared the sea of rocks and looked at it with fear and horror. Today, more than 100,000 visitors from near and far enjoy this unique natural phenomenon every year. 

Hike in the footsteps of Queen Luise, force yourself through narrow rock gorges and let yourself be drawn into the spell of the over 300-million-year-old granite stone formations. Numerous resting places and impressive vantage points invite you to linger and enjoy. 

A specially created circular route shows you the specialness and uniqueness of this natural spectacle, which man and nature have created in equal measure! 

You will be thrilled by this mystical place with its many facets and peculiarities!

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Porcelain from Selb can be found on all tables in the world. But here you can not only admire it, but much more buy cheap! During a shopping trip in our factory outlets, you are guaranteed to find a bargain. In addition, you will have the opportunity to see the latest trends in one of the specialty stores in the city center. Cafes, restaurants and inns with regional specialties await you. In no case you should miss to visit the “Porzellanikon”. In four special museums on the art, technology and design of porcelain, you can experience how much effort goes into creating the beautiful and practical porcelain products. Of course, Selb has much more to offer. For example, the city is nestled in the wonderful scenic surroundings of the Fichtelgebirge and especially nature lovers will find relaxation during a walk on the numerous forest and hiking trails or during a bike ride into the romantic “Wellertal” a valley of the river of Eger.

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Look forward to unique cultural enjoyment, special shopping experiences, fun with the whole family or romantic hours for two in the home of white gold. 

The Porcelain Route takes you from the cradle of northern Bavarian porcelain production in the Fichtelgebirge mountains through Stiftland and the Upper Palatinate Forest, Franconian Switzerland and the Steigerwald forest via the Upper Maintal-Coburg region to the Franconian Forest and the Bavarian Vogtland region and on to the Kaiserwald forest in the neighboring Czech Republic, where the first porcelain factory in Bohemia was founded in Horní Slavkov. 

Whether by car, as a hiker, cyclist or biker, discover along the Porcelain Route the traces of a traditional industry in a breathtakingly beautiful landscape, along former and existing porcelain production sites. 

Enjoy individual, cross-border travel, fine dining and hospitality along the Porcelain Route in Bavaria and the Czech Republic.

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The West Bohemian spa triangle formed by the towns of “Karlsbad”, “Franzensbad” and “Marienbad” is world famous. All three have successfully applied together for an entry in the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage List and still today authentically embody the splendor and flair of earlier times. 

For centuries, people from all over the world have been traveling to the West Bohemian Spa Triangle to recharge their batteries, rest and do something good for their tired bodies. The mineral springs are successfully used to treat musculoskeletal diseases, cardiovascular diseases and infertility. Between cures, you can pass the time playing golf, cycling and horseback riding. Take a walk in the spa colonnades and spoil your taste buds with the delicacies of the region: various herbal brandies and Karlovy Vary wafers.

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"Hof in Bavaria at the top"...that's what the people of Hof like to say about their city. Whether you look for Hof on a map, mean the topographical height or even in a figurative sense - you always get the same result. 

But one should not be deceived by the romantic Biedermeier facades: Today, they are historic backdrops for exciting cultural and sporting events, for leisurely shopping as well as hours of enjoyment with delicacies from the kitchen and cellar. 

The International Hof Film Festival, the Hof Theater and the Hof Symphony Orchestra are the city's flagships, but the romantic and dreamy Theresienstein Civic Park - one of the most beautiful parks in Germany - has also achieved a high reputation. 

In the middle of this friendly shopping city you will also find the “Hofer Waerschtlamo”, a very special sausage seller who can only be found here. You can recognize him by his brass kettle and his smart and helpful manner. A visit to the “Hofer Waerschtlamo” is a must during every stay in the city. 

In the south of the city lies the wonderfully blue Lake Untreusee, a dream for all nature lovers and water sports enthusiasts. 

A special attraction, besides the climbing park and labyrinth, is probably the beer garden directly on the shore.

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An extraordinary appearance, a well thought-out and spacious room concept - complemented by grown tradition and many years of experience. 

After more than 35 years of operation, the Freiheitshalle was closed in May 2009 and extensively renovated and extended by a partial new building. Since September 2012, versatile and modern facilities for more than 6,000 people are available. The largest event hall in the city and district of Hof sets standards and is the ideal venue for events in Bavaria at the top. 

Situated in the middle of the city of Hof and in the heart of Europe, its convenient location at the intersection of Bavaria, Thuringia, Saxony and Bohemia makes it easily accessible. 

In addition, Hof offers a renowned cultural and leisure offer of the international extra class: the Theater Hof, the Hof Symphony Orchestra, the International Hof Film Festival, the Hof Cabaret Weeks, the Jazz Days, Germany's most beautiful park or the recreation area at the Lake Untreusee are just a few examples of what makes the city worth experiencing in addition to the Freiheitshalle.

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The park already impressed Goethe during his visit in 1806. But the area was to become even more beautiful in the following centuries: in 2003, Theresienstein was named the most beautiful German park. 

Only a few steps away from the city center, one can find one of the most beautiful German parks, the citizen park Theresienstein. It is an oasis of tranquility; nature presents itself gracefully here and obviously plays out all its charms. However, many people also come here because of the numerous places of strength and happiness, which encourage them to pause, switch off and recharge their batteries. 

In 1819, a previously bare area on a rocky elevation above the Saale, the “Fröhlichenstein”, was planted and designed as a park. In the meantime, it has become a recreational area of around 70 hectares, which visitors and locals alike enjoy using - a classic landscape garden that has been repeatedly expanded and redesigned over the course of time.

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Bayreuth is a young and vital city that impresses with its versatility: an attractive cultural life, broadly diversified offers of school education and training, modern sports and leisure facilities, excellent services especially for young families with children, a high quality of living and an attractive surrounding area full of scenic beauty - all this speaks for a variety of possibilities that make Bayreuth special. 

Bayreuth is world-famous for its Richard Wagner Festival. With the reopening in 2018, after years of renovation, of the Margravial Opera House - a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012 - Bayreuth has regained another cultural gem. Bayreuth's sights and diverse cultural offerings are worth a visit not only during the festival season. 

Charming castles, the historic park “Eremitage” with its dreamy grottos and fountains, the “Festspielhaus” with its unique acoustics and a variety of interesting museums await visitors. Numerous music and theater festivals offer cultural enjoyment at the highest level. 

Bayreuth has top-class leisure facilities, such as the feel-good oasis Lohengrin-Therme in the immediate vicinity of the Hermitage. Well-kept inns invite you to relax and forget everyday life. Franconian and international restaurants provide variety and culinary delights. In the Bayreuth city center, an attractive pedestrian zone and the “Rotmain” Center with many specialty stores invite you to store, stroll and linger.

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A theater created for a single composer: the Bayreuth “Festspielhaus”. With an auditorium in which music unfolds like in no other theater in the world. Without ostentation, reduced to the essentials: the experience of his works as a celebration. 

Connoisseurs, friends, skeptics - they all come to the “Grüner Hügel” every summer to engage with his legacy, away from the big cultural metropolises. Since 1876, when he first performed his "Ring des Nibelungen" as a cycle. 

Richard Wagner: revolutionary, utopian - his legacy remains alive here. At the most exciting music theater festival in the world.

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Enjoy a vacation with plenty of space, restful tranquility and relaxed hospitality.

The monastery town of Waldsassen, whose origins date back to the founding of the Cistercian monastery in 1133, is one of the most beautiful vacation destinations in the “Stiftland” vacation region in northeastern Bavaria and offers a package full of surprising vacation ideas.

Waldsassen is one of 100 places of pleasure in Bavaria, many inns and cafes provide for your successful stop. Cyclists and hikers will find a wonderful selection for their tours. Creatively designed squares, extensive nature and cordial citizens make for relaxing vacations.  The magnificent basilica and the large figures in the abbey library will definitely impress you. Take a detour to the forest adventure trail, to the “Kappl”, Kneipp in the monastery garden and find the coziest corners or join a feeding at the ostrich farm!

The pilgrimage to the “Kappl” church looks back on a long tradition: the roots go back to the time when the Waldsassen monastery was founded around the year 1133.

Basilica: Already the first view into the interior of the church shows that the basilica rightly belongs to the most important and most splendid baroque churches of the South German area.

After the Thirty Years' War, the church was one of the first truly sophisticated new buildings and - along with Passau Cathedral - the largest sacred building in Bavaria at the time. Abbot Martin Dallmayr (1612-1690) initiated the new building, Abbot Albert Hausner (1690-1710) was able to complete it. Both won renowned artists of their time for it.

Their ingenious collaboration created a church space of special harmony and radiance, for the greater glory of God and the joy of the people who worship here and visit this church.

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This unique pond landscape in the heart of Europe is a popular recreational area and at the same time one of the oldest fish farming areas in Europe.

In the east of the district Tirschenreuth lies a unique pond area, the Tirschenreuther “Teichpfanne”. Approximately 2,500 ponds lie side by side as if strung on a string of pearls. The substrate for this pond landscape is kaolin, which is also used for porcelain production. The pond pan is part of a geological rift valley, without which this amphibious natural landscape would not exist.

About 1100 years ago, ponds began to be created on the marshy terrain around Tirschenreuth. This profitable special agricultural crop was extended more and more in the course of the Middle Ages. At the beginning of the 17th century, a statistical survey in the area of the Waldsassen monastery counted 4,625 ponds. Today, the Tirschenreuth pond basin not only serves the fishing industry, it is also a popular recreational area. Several cycling and hiking trails cross this man-made pond landscape, whose flora and fauna are exceptional. Part of the pond basin lies in the area of the “Waldnaabaue” nature conservation project. The district of Tirschenreuth is one of four fishery promotion areas of the EU in Bavaria. Visible signs are the annual Fish Experience Weeks from the end of September to mid-November.

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Europe's largest special museum for porcelain with its locations in Selb and Hohenberg an der Eger is located in the middle of the northeast Bavarian porcelain region. A history spanning more than 200 years has made porcelain production the dominant industry here, which is still of great importance today.

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The Fichtelgebirge is one of the most beautiful and interesting mountain landscapes in Germany. This area has been settled since the 11th century. From the Middle Ages on, various landlords and sovereigns ruled the region around the horseshoe-shaped low mountain ridge. A rich and diverse natural and cultural landscape was the result. Even today, numerous testimonies to the past can be found in the region, which has always been characterized by trade and commerce, and later by various branches of industry. 

The museums with their locations in “Wunsiedel” and “Arzberg-Bergnersreuth” see themselves as active, living museums with numerous offers for individual visitors and groups. The exhibition areas and the special shows inform the visitor comprehensively and entertainingly about the Fichtelgebirge region and its eventful history.

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The Egerland Culture House in Marktredwitz serves the cultural preservation of Egerland traditions. The origins go back to Expellees of the Egerland, who collected souvenirs and memorabilia of their homeland as early as 1949.

The first Egerland museums were established in Regensburg and Bayreuth. Since the market town of Redwitz (Marktredwitz) had belonged to the Egerland empire for centuries, an Egerland culture house was also established here. The town of Marktredwitz was connected to the Czech town of Cheb (Eger) for a very long time and did not become part of the Kingdom of Bavaria and thus of present-day Germany until 1816.

The Egerland Culture House contains the Egerland Museum, the Egerland Art Gallery, where special exhibitions are held from time to time, and a study library.

The newly designed Egerland Museum is mainly dedicated to the cultural history of Egerland in the 19th and the first half of the 20th century and the history of the expelled Egerlanders. The complex and extensive collection of exhibits is structured and presented according to the latest didactic and design aspects: thus, the visitor wanders through the history of the Egerland in a journey through time.

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The Upper Franconian Farm Museum Kleinlosnitz is located not far from the mountain of “Grosser Waldstein” in the market town of Zell im Fichtelgebirge. In 1983, the “Dietelhof” was first opened to the public. The Upper Franconian Farm Museum Association acquired the farm, which had not been inhabited since 1968, in 1974 and began restoration. In 1978 the neighboring farm could be acquired. Further buildings were transferred to the museum and the area could be enlarged and rounded off in 2000. In 2006 a new entrance building was erected.

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Visitors to the Maisel Brewery's Beer Experience World can see how the craft of brewing has evolved over the course of four generations. Past steam engines and copper kettles, the tour leads from the brewhouse through the hop chamber and the old cooling system to a modern brewing workshop. In addition, the 19th century brewery building houses an extensive collection of beer glasses and mugs, enamel signs and beer mats.

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The distillery, Dr. Gerald Rauch GmbH, founded in September 1969, offers a very special kind of excursion. The schnapps museum with factory outlet takes you into the history and present of the spirits industry. 

Here antiques and rarities from the art of the distillery are shown to you in a unique ambience. A video show will guide you through the state-of-the-art production facilities of today with bottling capacities of over 100,000 bottles of 20 ml per hour. 

After the "look behind the scenes" you are invited to the "Schnapps Boutique" to taste the more than 80 different spirit specialties. 

New bargains and special offer prices are always waiting for you in the factory outlet. In the "Gifteria" there are all spirits great packaged, so that everyone can find the right gift for home!

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Let us take you on a journey through the past - you will be thrilled! Do you still know the old workshops of carpenters, shoemakers, saddlers or locksmiths? What was it like in the hat store, the Kramer, the barber or the Muenchenreuth school in the good old days? The era of mining and porcelain production is remembered as well as the tradition of nativity scenes.

On more than 50 topics, spread over 4 floors, you will find lovingly collected and original exhibits in the regional focus museum of the district of Tirschenreuth. In addition to many different topics on areas of our homeland, you will find the largest collection of old workshops and handicraft equipment in the Upper Palatinate.

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Experience under expert guidance - with a miner's lamp in hand - the sparkling and glistening treasures of the "underworld"! Through ancient hand-cut tunnels, gleaming with silver ore, past a 35-meter-deep vertical shaft, you will reach dizzying, huge cavities about which you will be amazed. And maybe you will be lucky and meet our sleeping Goblin from the "Gleissinger Fels"?

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Since the beginning of July 2014, the ROGG-IN has enriched the cultural landscape in the Fichtelgebirge. On 300 m² inside and approx. 1300 m² outside you can experience the theme "Rye - The Gold of the Region" in a variety of ways. Rye was once the main bread grain in the Fichtelgebirge. The relatively undemanding "gold of the region" ensured the bread supply of the local population, as it thrived on the meager soils.

The „Foerderverein für Roggen-Kultur in Weißenstadt“ does not aim at a mere knowledge transfer on the subject of "rye". Through the operation of the ROGG-IN, it recalls the cultural-historical and nutritional-physiological importance of rye. In doing so, it promotes appreciation for this grain and thus contributes to a respectful and sustainable approach to bread.

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The Americans called it "Little Berlin," this village at the end of the world that, like its big brother, became a symbol of German division. In Moedlareuth there was a wall, but no checkpoint. For over 37 years, it was not possible to legally cross the border to get from one part of the village to the other. Here was a restricted area on the one side and a crowd of visitors on the other. Here it was forbidden to wave or greet from east to west. 

A border right through the middle of a small village - the reasons for this in Moedlareuth go back centuries. In 1810 new boundary stones were set along the “Tannbach”. The carved initials "KB" (Kingdom of Bavaria) on the western, "FR" (Principality of Reuß) on the eastern side still document Moedlareuth's affiliation to various sovereigns.

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Welcome to Duckburg!

And that is meant literally. Donald Duck's house, Daniel Duesentrieb's workshop and the money bin, including the Talerbath, can all be visited here. But the Erika Fuchs House - Museum for Comics and Language Art is above all one thing: Germany's first comic museum. Dr. Erika Fuchs, the translator and editor-in-chief of Mickey-Maus magazine, lived in Schwarzenbach for 50 years. She left a lasting mark on the German language with her word creations, linguistic playfulness and interspersing of classic quotations. The museum invites visitors to playfully explore her linguistic art. Who knows ericatives, onomatopoeia and alliteration? – “Gruebel”, gruebel ... But sure! Zack, Bumm, Peng!

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In the climbing park you can go up to a height of 14 meters - to the Flying Fox. And the Gold course includes a ride across the lake (but not on the water).

Even the first climb is a real highlight! The arrangement of the climbing elements at heights of up to 12 m allows participants to decide for themselves which climbing elements to climb and to choose the difficulty of their route. Two of the eight courses even lead over the lake at dizzy heights.

As a visitor of the climbing park Untreusee you experience fun and action - without any risk. The climbers are instructed and are permanently secured by professional climbing safety harnesses with snap hooks. Falls are impossible if the safety instructions are followed. Trained personnel are permanently on site.

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At 1,024 meters, the legendary Ochsenkopf mountain is the second highest mountain in the Fichtelgebirge. It is the most famous mountain in Upper Franconia and the Fichtelgebirge and is located about 20 kilometers (as the crow flies) northeast of the Upper Franconian government town of Bayreuth. It is also the mountain that attracts the most visitors. This is primarily due to the fact that it is easy to get to its summit. Since 1969, chairlifts have been leading to the mountain from the north (Froebershammer, part of the municipality of Bischofsgruen) and from the south (Fleckl, part of the municipality of Warmensteinach), which, after renovation work, are among the most modern lifts of their kind. In winter, the two ski slopes and cross-country ski trails attract many winter sports enthusiasts.

Even from a distance, the Ochsenkopf can be recognized by its "thin, long needle" (saying of a Berliner). In 1958, the reinforced concrete tower was completed, which at that time provided radio broadcasts not only to the people of the Fichtelgebirge, but also to many citizens of the former GDR. But the real landmark of the mountain is the "Asenturm", the lookout tower of the “Fichtelgebirgsverein e.V.” with a day restaurant. 

In summer a mecca for hikers, mountain bikers, summer tobogganers and climbers, in winter a paradise for downhill and cross-country skiers, the Ochsenkopf is a worthwhile destination for families and sports enthusiasts, for locals and tourists alike, all year round.

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https://erlebnis-ochsenkopf.de/

https://www.ochsenkopf.info