7 Hills - 7 Benches Circular Route

Hiking suggestion

Geiersberg (426 m): From the fountain at Neumarkt approx. 200 m on Alten Hartmannsdorfer Straße, then straight ahead to the edge of the forest at Geiersberg. Left along the forest edge and immediately right up the hill. Continue through the beech forest (Bench 1/0.6 km).

Kreuzhübel (428 m): Turn left uphill over the Geiersberg settlement to Alten Hartmannsdorfer Straße. Follow this to the right to the wooded Kreuzhübel (Bench 2 left on the hill /1.6 km).

Krähenberg (441 m): Follow a field path down to Saupersdorf, cross Auerbacher Straße and follow Zum Sauersack street about 200 m. Up to the left to the quarry where the summit once was (Bench 3/2.8 km).

Kratzberg (478 m): Continue west along the path past the quarry to the first house at Sauersack. Keep right at the fork and curve left, gently uphill into Gerichtsweg, follow it to Gerichtseiche. Follow the path left towards the town to the forest edge (Bench 4/4.3 km).

Quirlsberg/Ottensberg (398 m): Follow the path northeast slightly downhill to the junction with Burkersdorfer Straße and turn left. After about 300 m turn right to Ottensberg (Bench 5 right on the forest edge /6.1 km).

Schießhausberg (440 m): Down from Ottensberg steeply to Rosa-Luxemburg-Straße. Turn right, cross Schneeberger Straße, past Sonnenberg, Täubertsberg and Scheringerstraße, past the children's home to the location (Bench 6/7.4 km).

Borberg (435 m): Past the city estate down to Wiesener Straße. Follow this and Robert-Seidel-Straße (Kaffeeberg) towards town and sharply right on Hinterm Bahnhof street to Bahnhofstraße. Follow this briefly left and after crossing, climb on Anton-Günter-Weg to Borberg with observation tower and restaurant (Bench 7/10.2 km). (Hiking time: 3-4 hours depending on time spent at the benches)

From Borberg back to Neumarkt, walk through the Bergmannsiedlung down into the valley, then right along Rödelbach to eventually reach the town hall and finally Neumarkt via Torstraße past Margarethenkirche.