--- title: "Circular hiking route Oberland" url: "https://web.destination.one/en/tour/circular-hiking-route-oberland" description: "Highlights of this route include the viewpoints Leitenberg, Steinpöhl, and the high path to Schönbach. The church in Hohndorf is a sight on the cultural path of the Vögte. A detour to the Elsterberg castle ruins is worth it. If the entire route is too long, two signposted route variants of 10 or 16 km are available (see route description)." language: "en" type: "SportsActivityLocation" image: "https://dam.destination.one/2731386/17db7e8de0faf136f800bcf41207e95a3f80dfb66a0912f9431aad98367a516b/evangelische-kirche-hohndorf-bei-greiz-ansicht-von-s-den.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Homepage > Special > Destination.Data Details > Tour" --- GPX Share Circular hiking route Oberland ============================== - 25.07 km long - Round trip - Difficulty: medium - Condition: medium - Hiking - 6:50 h - 25.07 km - 392 m - 418 m - 288 m - 448 m - 160 m - - Start: Church Hohndorf - Destination: Church Hohndorf The marked circular hiking route leads through the Vogtland Highlands, a scenically attractive area south of Greiz at the state border with Saxony. Highlights of this route include the viewpoints Leitenberg, Steinpöhl, and the high path to Schönbach. The church in Hohndorf is a sight on the cultural path of the Vögte. A detour to the Elsterberg castle ruins is worth it. If the entire route is too long, two signposted route variants of 10 or 16 km are available (see route description). Read more Waypoints --------- View on map Start Start Church Hohndorf CC-BY-SAVogtland - Sinfonie der Natur | - Church CC-BY-SAVogtland - Sinfonie der Natur | - Inn CC-BY-SAVogtland - Sinfonie der Natur | - Inn Destination Destination Church Hohndorf Show more Good to know ------------ Pavements Unknown (3%) Street (10%) Asphalt (18%) Gravel (28%) Trail (40%) Path (1%) Best to visit suitable Depends on weather - Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun - Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec Directions From **Hohndorf** you walk out along a farm road to **Tremnitz** and the Tremnitz dam. You cross to the other side either over the dam or below it via a creek bridge. Through a small forest area you reach the crossroads at the **Swallow Bridge** and, keeping left, uphill to **Pansdorf** and the **Leitenberg viewpoint**. Through the Loosbach valley and past the **Kulm rest hut**, you reach a crossroads from where you can go left back to Hohndorf (red horizontal bar). Continuing right on the circular route, you pass Schädlich's pond and see an old coat of arms stone before Gablau. From **Gablau** you take a side road to **Leiningen**, a unique widespread scattered settlement in the area. Then the route leads to the **Steinermühl pond**. From here you can go left back to Hohndorf (yellow horizontal bar). Our circular route now leads steeply upwards to the viewpoints at **Steinpöhl** and along the beautiful high path to **Schönbach**. At Dreimädelhaus, the B 92 is crossed, and on the Kirchsteig and the Old Salt Road you come to **Cossengrün**. The village is crossed, and on field paths you reach **Görschnitz**. Then it goes downhill over meadows and through forest to the "state border" at the B 92. After carefully crossing the road again, a last steep path leads up to **Hohengrün** and soon you reach **Hohndorf**, the starting point of the route, again. Read more Tour information - Loop Road - Stop at an Inn Directions & Parking facilities **Getting there**Drive on the federal road B 92 Plauen-Greiz to the turnoff "Ländergrenze" to Hohndorf. Read more **Parking**Parking is available in the town of Hohndorf. There is also a hiking parking lot at Cossengrün on the Old Salt Road. Read more **Public transportation**You can reach Hohndorf by PRG regional transport: . Alternatively, take the Vogtlandbahn to Elsterberg-Kunstseidenwerk and use the district Gippe as the starting point for the circular hiking route. Read more Additional information "Hiking recommendations in the Greiz region" (available, among others, at the Greiz Tourist Information) Read more Author Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbHBautzner Straße 45/47 01099 Dresden Organization Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur License (master data) Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author There are attractive dining options at the Gasthof Schweizerhaus in Schönbach, the Ratskeller Hohndorf, and the Gippenschänke. Read more Nearby ------ View on map - Place of interestCC-BY-SAVogtland - Sinfonie der Natur | - Church CC-BY-SAMarkus Dassler / Archiv TVV | - Church - ToursCC-BY-SAArchiv TVV_S. Theilig created by Canva | 9.19 km - Hiking CC-BY-SAArchiv TVV / Tino Peisker | 15.00 km - Hiking CC-BY-SAStadtverwaltung Elsterberg | 16.02 km - Hiking Contact 07973 Greiz Download GPX file - -