With water lift and emerald lizard
The THREE_RIVERS_CITY Passau at the confluence of Danube, Inn and Ilz offers you a magnificent start to a great bike route. So be sure to take your time for the sights of this "Bavarian Venice": Explore the baroque old town or the prince-bishop's residence with the Museum at the Cathedral. The worthwhile St. Stephan's Cathedral is also directly on your route. It houses the largest cathedral organ in the world with almost 18,000 pipes. You will also pass the Glass Museum with its more than 15,000 exhibited objects of European glass.
But this is just the beginning of this varied stage. An exciting view is offered by Krämpelstein Castle, which towers high above the Danube on a rock. According to legend, a tailor once fell to his death here from the so-called "Schneiderschlössl" while trying to bury his goat in the Danube. Equally stimulating are the Gothic murals in the Peter's Church in Pyrawang: Although they date from the 14th century, they appear surprisingly modern.
For young cyclists, the "Water Experience Mini-Danube" in charming Engelhartszell is the highlight of the stage. Not only a themed playground attracts here, but also the "Giant of the Danube", the nearly two-meter-long sturgeon in the large aquarium. Perhaps you have time to also make a quick visit to the nearby magnificent Trappist monastery Engelhartszell with its remarkable Rococo church and the splendid monastery garden. The SCHÜTZ Art Museum shows high-ranking artworks from classical modernism to international contemporary art.
Shortly before reaching Schlögen, the medieval Haichenbach castle ruin waves from the opposite Danube bank – from that ridge around which the famous "Schlögener Danube loop" bends.
