Mushroom Experience Trail Gräfenwarth

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5.53 km long
Round trip
Difficulty: medium
Condition: easy
Hiking
  • 1:35 h
  • 5.53 km
  • 74 m
  • 74 m
  • 408 m
  • 483 m
  • 75 m
  • Start: Hikers' car park Gräfenwarth (exit of town towards Saalburg)
  • Destination: Hikers' car park Gräfenwarth
On the approximately 6 km long family-friendly circular trail on the shores of the Bleiloch reservoir, you can experience the construction, development and diversity of mushrooms at various stations. 

The mushroom man "Maroni" takes young and old into his diverse world of mushrooms at 13 different stations. From mycelium to mushroom hats, from mythology and legends to athlete's foot or radioactivity, young and old can learn a lot of interesting facts about mushrooms from the mushroom man "Maroni" and actively try them out. Starting at the hikers' car park at the entrance to Gräfenwarth with a mushroom mycelium made of ropes, you can trace the life of mushrooms. Multi-dimensional mushroom hats, mushroom stems and mushroom spores made of wood bring the variety of shapes of mushrooms close at the various stations. In the "fairy tale room" you can learn about the mythology and legends of mushrooms. Fairy tales written especially for the adventure trail deal with how mushrooms got their appearance. The functions of mushrooms in the ecosystem or topics such as athlete's foot, mould or radioactivity are also vividly demonstrated. And quite incidentally, you can enjoy magnificent views of the Saale.

Places of interest:

  • Picturesque views of the Bleiloch reservoir
  • Barrage of the Bleiloch Reservoir with pumped-storage plant, OT Sperrmauer, 07907 Schleiz
  • Oberlandradweg (Schleiz - Saalburg)
  • Viewpoint "Schöne Aussicht" (beautiful view) (short detour)
  • Stone Rose
  • Upper Bleiloch view
  • Lower weather view
  • Mariechenblick

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Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Directions

Hiking car park Gräfenwarth - Mushroom adventure trail starting at the mushroom mycelium - Hiking car park Gräfenwarth 

Tour information

  • Loop Road

  • Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

You can reach Gräfenwarth via the A 9 Berlin-Nuremberg. Leave the motorway at the Schleiz exit (No. 28) and continue in the direction of Saalburg. After only about 3 km you will reach the village of Gräfenwarth.
Hikers' car park Gräfenwarth
You can reach Gräfenwarth by regional bus: https://www.kombus-online.eu/fahrplaene/fahrplanauskunft/fahrplanauskunft/

Additional information

Schleiz town information office:

Neumarkt 13, 07907 Schleiz

Tel.: +49 3663 428735

Mail: tourist-info@schleiz.de

Restaurants en route:

Gasthof "Zur Post" OT Gräfenwarth, Stauseestraße 36, 07907 Schleiz, Tel.: 036647 22828

Hofcafé Orlamünder OT Gräfenwarth, Am Teich 11, 07907 Schleiz, Tel.: 036647 22379

Hotel Piccolo OT Gräfenwarth, Stauseestraße 6, 07907 Schleiz

Imbiss Heuschkel OT Gräfenwarth, Hikers' car park, 07907 Schleiz, Tel.: 036647 2989

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Literature

https://www.schleiz.de/export/sites/schleiz/tourismus-und-freizeit/pdf/Pilzerlebnispfad.pdf 

Author

Tourismus Marketing Gesellschaft Sachsen mbH
Bautzner Straße 45/47
01099 Dresden

Organization

Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Family tip - sights and leisure experiences near/along the route:

with mushroom manikin "Maroni" experience 13 different stations on the construction, development and diversity of mushrooms

Safety guidelines

Characteristics: near-natural paths, agricultural paths, forest paths, hard surface

Map

https://www.schleiz.de/export/sites/schleiz/tourismus-und-freizeit/pdf/Pilzerlebnispfad.pdf 

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Mushroom Experience Trail Gräfenwarth
07907 Schleiz