Through the Kemnitzbach valley

20.83 km long
Difficulty: difficult
Condition: very difficult
Great panorama
Hiking
  • 5:30 h
  • 20.83 km
  • 339 m
  • 126 m
  • 364 m
  • 593 m
  • 229 m
  • Start: Pirk station
  • Destination: Reuth station

The path leads through the romantically wild Kemnitz valley from the mouth into the Weiße Elster near Pirk to the Kemnitzbach spring near Grobau. 

Along the way, the hiker passes some extraordinary and historically significant places in the Vogtland. For example, the motorway bridge – begun in 1935 but only completed in 1995 – the only Vogtland thermal spring near the Neumühle, the Schafsbrücke – a stone arch bridge built specifically for sheep in the mid-17th century – the Kienmühle as well as the village of Ruderitz.

Waypoints

Start
Pirk station
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Good to know

Pavements

Unknown
Street
Asphalt
Gravel
Trail
Path

Best to visit

suitable
Depends on weather

Tour information

  • Cultural Interesting

  • Stop at an Inn

Directions & Parking facilities

Pirk is located on the former B 173 Plauen-Hof.
Free parking available near the station

Access by Vogtlandbahn from Plauen to Pirk. Return trip from Reuth to Plauen. Information about travel by bus and train is available at www.vogtlandauskunft.de and by phone at 03744 19449.

Additional information

Office of the Vogtland Mill Quarter & area around Burgstein

FVV Rosenbach/ Vogtl. e.V.

Am Park 1 (in Leubnitz Castle)

08539 Leubnitz

Phone 037431/ 86200 

Author

Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur

Organization

Vogtland - Sinfonie der Natur

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Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

The Burgstein ruins are a popular hiking destination. They were pilgrimage churches of the bishoprics of Bamberg and Naumburg, whose border ran here.

Map

A detailed hiking map is available from the Rosenbach tourist association e.V. in Leubnitz Castle: www.burgstein.de 

Nearby

Contact

Through the Kemnitzbach valley
08538 Weischlitz