Danube cycle route stage 1 south bank: Passau - Schlögen

Difficulty: Easy
Distance: 42,14 km
Duration: 3:00 h
Ascent: 116 m elevation gain
Descent: 142 m elevation gain

With water elevator and emerald lizard

Starting point of the tour: Passau
Tour destination: Schlögen

Difficulty: Easy
Distance: 42,14 km
Duration: 3:00 h
Ascent: 116 m elevation gain
Descent: 142 m elevation gain

Fitness level required:
1/6
Overall experience:
5/6
Scenery:
6/6

Lowest point280 m
Highest point335 m

Stage tour
Nice views
With refreshment stops
Suitable for families and children

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With water elevator and emerald lizard

The THREE_RIVERS_CITY of Passau at the confluence of the Danube, Inn and Ilz rivers provides you with a magnificent start to a great cycle tour. So make sure you take time to see the sights of this "Bavarian Venice": Explore the baroque old town or the prince-bishop's residence with the museum at the cathedral. St. Stephen's Cathedral, which is well worth a visit, is also right on your route. It is home to the largest cathedral organ in the world with almost 18,000 pipes. And you will also pass the Glass Museum with its more than 15,000 exhibits of European glass.

And this is just the beginning of this varied stage. The view of Krämpelstein Castle, perched on a rock high above the Danube, is exciting. Legend has it that a tailor once fell to his death here, from the so-called "Schneiderschlössl", when he wanted to bury his goat in the Danube. No less inspiring are the Gothic murals in St. Peter's Church in Pyrawang: although they date back to the 14th century, they look surprisingly modern.

For young cyclists, the "Mini-Danube Water Experience" in the charming town of Engelhartszell is the highlight of the stage. There is not only a themed playground here, but also the "Giant of the Danube", the almost two-metre-long Hausen in the large aquarium. You may also have time to pay a flying visit to the nearby, magnificent Trappist monastery of Engelhartszell with its remarkable rococo church and magnificent monastery garden. The SCHÜTZ Art Museum houses top-class works of art ranging from classical modernism to international contemporary art.

Shortly before you reach Schlögen, the medieval castle ruins of Haichenbach beckon from the other side of the Danube - from the mountain ridge around which the famous "Schlögener Donauschlinge" curves.

Route description Passau - Innstadt - Pyrawang - Kasten - Engelhartszell - Kramesau - Niederranna - Wesenufer - SchlögenRoute descriptionFrom Passau main station, first head north until you meet the Danube. Here turn right and follow the road to the Glass Museum, where you turn right again into Schrottgasse. Here a first detour to St. Stephen's Cathedral is already worthwhile, which has had the largest cathedral organ in the world since 1928. After crossing the Inn, you ride downstream on sometimes narrow and winding paths to two small wooded islands. At the height of Erlau – a village on the opposite riverbank – the Danube makes a distinctive left curve. Here is Krämpelstein Castle, often also called Schneiderschlössl. It consists of a residential tower and an attached palace. The walls are only partially preserved. Already here you can admire the Donauleiten nature reserve on the other bank: It marks the southern edge of the Bavarian Forest and offers an enormous biodiversity and impressive botany. In Pyrawang a short visit to the small Peter's Church is worthwhile, where Gothic murals from the 14th century were discovered during restoration work. In Engelhartszell, highlights include the Trappist abbey and the Mini-Danube (with large aquarium). Since 2018, you can stay on the new cycle path on the south bank here and head towards Oberranna. Visit the Roman fortress Oberranna - the best-preserved Roman building in Upper Austria and part of the 2018 state exhibition.You cross the Wesenufer directly at the river and follow the newly developed Danube cycle path to Schlögen. Soon you see the Haichenbach ruin for the first time and then reach the first stage destination: Schlögen.
Parking Parking in Passau.
Getting there Drive on E56 to the Passau-Mitte (116) exit and then follow the B12 towards Fürstenzell/Donau. Turn right directly onto the B8/Regensburger Straße at the Danube and follow the signs for "Bahnhof".
Public transport By train to Passau main station.

Danube cycle route stage 1 south bank: Passau - Schlögen

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