When a mountain is canonised in Bavaria, it usually has something to do with beer. This is also the case with the Kreuzberg in the Rhön. The Franciscan monks have been brewing their famous monastery beer on this "Holy Mountain of Franconia" for almost 300 years. But for the past year, more and more mountain bikers have been joining the stream of pilgrims. The reason: the longest flow trail north of the Alps was opened here at the summit of the 928-metre-high mountain: the two-kilometre-long Kreuzberg Trail, which has already been certified by the DIMB.
Longest flow trail for bikers north of the Alps
If you just want to ride the trail itself, park your car in Bischofsheim at the "Irenkreuz" car park or at the Berggasthof Neustädter Haus. We, however, take the pilgrimage seriously and start our trail fun from Schönau in Krumbachtal. That makes a total of 40 kilometres and 1100 metres in altitude. After the roll-in phase on the cycle path towards Bischofsheim, the first mountain stage branches off to the Teufelsmühle and on along root paths to the Holzberghof hunting lodge. The route continues almost flat to the Schwedenwall before a short meadow climb takes us up to the Würzburger Bergbundhaus. From up here, you have a view of the Kreuzberg with its monastery and the striking transmission mast at the summit. Only topped by the view of the following meadow trail, which will take us down 300 metres past the Rhön sheep to Oberweißenbrunn.
You can find everything about the Kreuzberg Supertrail in the PDF download below.
