Ammerthal: Hiking Trails, Art and Karst Valleys

Ammerthal offers several reasons to plan a trip around outdoor activities and the landscape: hiking trails are equipped with a professional waymarking system, and karst valleys shape the local scenery. The different routes offer distinct highlights for your planning. The Lord’s Prayer Trail passes works of art and scenic stops; “Through Quiet Forests” is an 11.5-kilometre half-day hike.

Hiking Trails and Karst Landscape

Ammerthal’s hiking trails are equipped with a professional waymarking system. Numbered signs point the way at decision points, with precise distance information. They also provide information about places to eat and overnight accommodation, and draw attention to public transport stops. This gives you clear points of reference along the trails for your hike.

Numerous karst valleys, most of them running eastwards, shape Ammerthal’s landscape. From St. Nicholas Church, you can see across the dry valleys of Pürschläg and Götzendorf. The valleys are as much a part of the landscape experience as the waymarked trails.

Art Along the Lord’s Prayer Trail and a Half-Day Hike

The Lord’s Prayer Trail, marked by 11 steles, leads from the Lower to the Upper Church Path. The steles feature ten weather-resistant reproductions of oil paintings by Wilhelmine Müller, an Ammerthal artist. The pictures depict scenes from the Lord’s Prayer. The trail also leads to sunny terraces above the Ammerbach and down to the sports grounds. Its artistic theme and route give this trail a character of its own.

“Through Quiet Forests” is a comfortable 11.5-kilometre half-day hike, notable for its tranquillity and also suitable for hot summer days. The route starts and ends in Ammerthal. Unlike the description of the Lord’s Prayer Trail, which highlights its art stops, this route is specified in terms of distance and duration. This makes it easy to distinguish between the two hiking options based on their respective highlights.

The dirt bike track is also part of the development of the Purschläger Valley. It was officially opened on 11 August 2025 and was, at the time, the final element of the project to revitalise and shape the valley.

A Festival in July

The Ammerthal Kirwa is celebrated in July. If the festival is a key factor in planning your stay, check the specific event dates in advance.

In the Wider Amberg-Sulzbach Destination

The wider Amberg-Sulzbach destination also offers distinctive landscape and cultural attractions. For hiking, the Amberg-Sulzbach region features towering limestone cliffs, gentle Jura hills, extensive forests and charming river valleys. The Felsenweg is a 2.7-kilometre hike from Sackdilling through the rock labyrinth to the Bauernlöcher; the walking time is about 45 minutes. By comparison, “Through Quiet Forests” in Ammerthal is described as an 11.5-kilometre half-day hike. These differences in distance and duration give you a practical basis for choosing a route.

Another cultural attraction in the wider Amberg-Sulzbach destination is the East Bavarian Mining and Industrial Museum at Kultur-Schloss Theuern. It researches and documents mining and industry in eastern Bavaria, keeping their history alive. Alongside local hiking trails, you can therefore choose from regional cultural and landscape attractions.

Discover more destinations: Kastl, Vilseck, Königstein, Ebermannsdorf, Weigendorf, Birgland, Hohenburg, Kümmersbruck

Go to the wider travel overview: Amberg-Sulzbach.