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Gondola · Bayerisch Eisenstein, Germany

6er-Gondelbahn

6er-Gondelbahn is a gondola near Bayerisch Eisenstein, Germany. It climbs 338 m over 850 m, from 1,053 m to 1,392 m above sea level. Between its 12 pylons, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.

How scary is it?

13/100 · Gentle

By the numbers, 6er-Gondelbahn is scarier than 13% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 59 of 64 in Germany.

  • Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 709 m after the bottom station.
  • Longest stretch without a pylon: 172 m.
  • Steepest stretch of cable: 26°.

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Where does it start?

The bottom station of 6er-Gondelbahn is near Bayerisch Eisenstein, Germany, at 1,053 m above sea level (49.12063° N, 13.14185° E). From there it runs 850 m up to the top station at 1,392 m.

Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗

Capacity
2,000 people per hour
Per cabin
6 people
Ride time
about 4 min

Nearby lines

Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.