Great Heights
If you love nature and sports, Bad Staffelstein is just the place for you, especially if you are a climber. Whoever comes to Bad Staffelstein with climbing equipment in search of a personal adventure won’t be disappointed.
The mountain Staffelberg with the city located at its foot, offers the nearest opportunity for an excursion. However, you need to take a short walk starting in Romansthal which is 2km away from Bad Staffelstein to reach the climbing tours, because driving up the mountain is prohibited. Each visitor has the choice of various levels of climbing ability. Remember that using magnesia or climbing outside of the signed routes is strictly prohibited. We recommend you planning your hiking tour during the week because of the increasing number of visitors and hikers at the weekend.
The Staffelberg (mountain) with its rock from the Jurassic age that was already populated 5000 B.C. isn’t just a destination for historians, but also for climbers. You will find routes for all levels of climbing ability here in the conservation area.
An ideal destination for families that want to take a day off to go climbing is the “Kemitzenstein” in Kümmersreuth. The short rock face is at the edge of a meadow that invites visitors to have a picnic and entices children to discover the playground. The climbing routes may be short, but they are also demanding at the same time.
The idyllic “Kemitzenstein” welcomes families with small as well as with nearly grown up children who want to spend a sunny day outside climbing. Hikers and mountain bikers are regular visitors as well, who love to take a rest here.
For 100 years the “Fränkische Schweiz”(the Franconian Switzerland) in the southeast of Bad Staffelstein has been known as the most famous paradise for climbers in Germany. It takes about one hour by car to get to the tours that legends like Wolfgang Güllig or Kurt Albert have already mastered. But not just professionals will get what they are looking for, beginners and amateurs will also find many “easier” tours. The abundance of climbing schools will inspire beginners with a taste for climbing.
There is no need to worry if the weather isn’t good, because within half an hour you are in Coburg and within an hour you are in Forchheim where indoor climbing centres run by the DAV (German association of climbers) also offer an exciting experience for little money (detailed information can be found on the homepage of DAV).
Tip:
Visit http://www.klettern.frankenjura.com where you can look for routes of different levels of climbing ability, find a description of how to reach the routes you have planned to go to or simply research other – maybe unknown - opportunities for climbing and collect more information.
Sources:
http://www.qype.com/de24/categories/276-klettern-in-oberfranken
http://www.klettern.frankenjura.com/deutsch/index.php3
http://www.roadster-club-gundelfingen.com/images/touren/2007/Vorschlaege/fraenkische%20schweiz%20karte.jpg
http://www.fraenkische-schweiz.com/sport/klettern.html
text written and translated by Luisa Kraus, P-Seminar 10/12 “Werbung für Bad Staffelstein” am MGL
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