Ehrenbürg (Walberla)
A twin-peaked plateau mountain on the western edge of Franconian Switzerland, with a small St. Walburga chapel on the summit overlooking cherry orchards and the Regnitz valley.
Ehrenbürg consists of the Walberla peak (514 m) to the south and the Rodenstein peak to the north. It is a defining landform of Franconian Switzerland, and the summit was home to a fortified settlement in Celtic times. A 17th-century St. Walburga chapel stands on the top of Walberla. Every year on the first weekend of May, the centuries-old Walberla festival is held, with beer stalls covering the summit. The hike to the top from the Kirchehrenbach or Schlaifhausen car parks takes about 45 minutes. The summit is open dry grassland. The cherry orchards at the foot of the mountain bloom in late April, the best time to visit. Admission is free, but there are no railings at the rocky edges, so take care.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Franconian Switzerland Steam Railway
- Forchheim Old Town
- Fünf-Seidla-Steig
- Egloffstein Castle
- Binghöhle
- Neideck Castle Ruins
- Druidenhain
- Greifenstein Castle