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BeerWeeks in Wirtshaus Klosterbrauerei Weißenohe! From March 6th until April 23rd we serve additional dishes cooked with beer. All about the BeerWeeks in Franconian Switzerland with flyer for download or order is statet HERE

Notice: Due to several overlapping dates there won`t be a musical Seasons` Opening in 2019. For interesting events in the Fünf-Seidla-Steig-region check out HERE


Fünf-Seidla-Steig is the winner of the „Golden Beer Idea 2018“ – awarded by the Bavarian Brewers’ Association & Bavarian Hotel and Restaurant Association

…unfortunately over by now: Seasons` Opening 2018! It was a wonderful day out for everybody in great weather and with awesome music. That`s how we celebrated:

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Tips for Day Trips

You want to experience an unforgettable day along Fünf-Seidla-Steig? There are some various requests or interests within your group?
Here we try to assist you – we offer 3 examples for day tours, meeting us and our surroundings.
For guided tours and getting those organised you can contact a TOUR GUIDE. Please take into account that not all of them speak English.
For more combinations and contact information you can take a look at the subpage DISCOVERY TOURS.

Fünf-Seidla-Steig – Discoverd & Explored

For a start we always present the „CLASSIC ROUTE“ – with a tour description and a whole lot of information. With this suggestion there are many variations possible.
For a real experience we would recommend a GUIDE to accompany you – he/she will introduce you to the history of the brewing tradition in the region, the specials features of the natural & cultivated landscape or the history of the town and villages. Unfortunately you would also need somebody able to translate, as there virtually are no multilingual tour guides around.

Of course you can also choose from multiple variations of the tour by yourself.

A good starting point also would be Gräfenberg train station, visiting the inns on the normal route at Hohenschwärz and Thuisbrunn and taking the alternative route back until Weißenohe.

More options:

For a fully comprehensive discovery of Fünf-Seidla-Steig a 2-day-stay with a guided city our, brewery visit and beer tasting should be scheduled. Here we show you some possibilities for OVERNIGHT STAYS.

A day out on Fünf-Seidla-Steig is combinable with a visit or sightseeing of many more highlights in the region. Many options await you – check them out HERE.

Beer tastings are available in all of our inns; please note you can only book them with our APPROVED PARTNERS (only one of them offers events in English language). In “Wirtshaus Klosterbrauerei Weißenohe” you can have a beer tasting by yourself – without explanations or comments – from the menu.

Brewery visits are available by request – from Monday to Friday. „Klosterbrauerei Weißenohe“ offers GUIDED BREWERY TOURS AT REGULAR DATES.

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Fünf-Seidla-Steig with Kids and Family

Bringing prams and buggies is the first thing to talk about… basically Fünf-Seidla-Steig is not entirely suitable for prams along the whole route. However there are some possible variations, if you have to take one. The hike with a pram starts off differently: At the train station in Weißenohe you don`t turn towards the centre of the village (church tower) but head away from it following the signs to the other direction, turning right and then passing the commercial estate and sports grounds – until you reach Gräfenberg .

Here you get many possibilities for a stop in one of the inns – at “Brauereigasthaus Lindenbräu“, „Friedmanns` Bräustüberl” or at “Biergarten zum Bergschlösschen”. But especially for children many more things to do are provided here.

Perhaps you want to split up after lunch and one part of the group wants to hike further on, whereas some parents will accompany the kids for a visit to the TURMUHRENMUSEUM (large size and tower clock museum), the RITTER-WIRNT-MUSEUMSSTÜBCHEN (small museums` parlour of Knight Wirnt) or visiting the Gräfenberg INDOOR– or OUTDOOR-POOL. Also you will find the possiblity for a short beautiful walk OVERLOOKING GRÄFENBERG with kids who are able to walk on their own.

If you continue as a whole group to Thuisbrunn there is the possibility to use the BUS TRANSFER back to Gräfenberg. Also part of the group could use the BUS to rejoin the others again along the route.

If you want to take the pram beyond Gräfenberg toward Hohenschwärz, the actual Fünf-Seidla-Steig-route would not really be recommended. Unfortunately, it would be better use the road until the town exit… 

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Fünf-Seidla-Steig when having Little Time

You only have a half day off and want to experience Fünf-Seidla-Steig for a very brief trip while travelling “Fränkische Schweiz”? Here we introduce 2 examples of feasible and worthwhile parts of the route.
Option 1: Weißenohe – Hohenschwärz, 8 km (circular route back to  Gräfenberg 14 km)
In Hohenschwärz please ask the innkeepers for the feeder path in the direction of Neusles to meet the circular route.
Option 2: Thuisbrunn – Gräfenberg, 6,5 km
For this variation you would have to travel to Thuisbrunn by car or bus. You can either start off with an early get together – maybe having a „Seidla“ and „Weißwurst“ (sausage breakfast – to be ordered in advance).  The direct route takes you to Gräfenberg via Neusles through a beautiful part of the landscape. The time to get to Gräfenberg is about 1.75 hours. Here you can close your hike and take lunch at „Biergarten zum Bergschlösschen“, „Friedmanns` Bräustüberl“ or at „Brauereigasthof Lindenbräu“.
According to the schedules and season you can use a TRANSFER BACK to Thuisbrunn.
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Events along Fünf-Seidla-Steig

Parish fairs or the Andreasmarket in autumn – here you can find out all about day trips with additional experience…

… for example in Gräfenberg:

  • Palm Sunday market on sunday before easter
  • Fair (Kirchweih) on the 1st weekend in August
  • Mi­cha­e­lis­` fair (Kirch­weih) on the autumnal weekend before the date of St. Michael or even on St. Michael`s, if this is a sunday
  • Andreas market on Eternity Sunday
  • Pre-christmas in Gräfenberg on the 3rd Advent sunday

…in Hohenschwärz:

  • Fair (Kirch­weih) on the last weekend of July

…in Neusles:

  • Artisan and craft market on the weekend before easter and on the weekend of Eternety sunday

…in Thuisbrunn:

  • Spring feast on the last weekend of April
  • Fair (Kirch­weih) on the 3rd weekend in August; if August has 5 weekends, then on the 4th

…in Weißenohe:

  • Lodge feast at the Edelweißhütte (hut) (situated above Weißenohe directly on “Frankenweg” – marked footpath)on Pentecost Sunday and Monday
  • Pork fesast on Ascension Day
  • Fair (Kirch­weih) on the 1st weekend of July

All given dates are not guaranteed! More events in the region: www.graefenberg.de und www.thuisbrunn.com

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