Kogel circular trail (Kogelrundweg)
The eventful circular trail around the Gleichenberger Kogeln shows us the fascination and versatility of the mixed forest. A summit cross? Yes, there is at the Gleichenberger Kogel!
The Gleichenberger Kogel, on which the forest adventure trail leads, is the peak of the oldest and most powerful volcano in the region. Around 16 million years ago, this volcano with a diameter of around 30 kilometers rose as an island from a sea. Today, most of the volcano is buried under thick layers of gravel.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, the millstone quarry at Gleichenberger Kogel was a quarrying area for millstones for fruit and grain mills, but also for countersinks and building stones. The stone blanks were worked out by hand, block by block. The transport of the heavy stone slabs over steep wooden chutes and with ox or horse-drawn carts was often difficult and dangerous.
The Enzian hut on the forest adventure trail once served as a forge where the tools were sharpened. It was renovated by the "Bergkameraden vom Enzian" and is now a popular picnic spot. (Hut not managed).