Hiking in Rain

The blue signs with the Romantic Road logo mark the long-distance hiking route Romantic Road, which runs for about 500 kilometers from Würzburg to Füssen.

The "Follow the River" route series aims to completely hike the Lech on the German side in 4 stages from Füssen to the Danube estuary. With these routes, I want to draw attention to the massive destruction of our environment and raise awareness about these issues, because the construction of a total of 20 weirs between Füssen and Augsburg straightened, concreted, and practically constrained the Lech in a corset, resulting in drying out and massive species extinction in the Lech floodplains. The Lech was once a proud wild river. Sometimes up to two kilometers wide, with side arms, channels, and floodplain landscapes that were true natural paradises. Strongly fluctuating water levels testified to its primeval and untamed power; debris masses, as well as typical mountain flowers, were transported from the mountains to the valley, and after each flood, a new landscape was presented. Almost extinct fish now swam in its waters, alpine flowers bloomed on its gravel and sandbanks, and rare birds like the Lech tern nested in its floodplains. Due to the long-distance hike, I made sure that the respective start and end points are accessible by public transport. Therefore, the stages do not always follow the flow direction of the Lech!

Three-day hike through the lower Lech valley: Start in Burgheim on the Danube, located between Donauwörth and Neuburg; point-to-point tour parallel to the Lech, passing Thierhaupten and Gersthofen into the Bavarian Swabian capital Augsburg; plenty of time and several kilometers for city sightseeing; and finally across to Friedberg, also in Bavaria, ...the 14th stage of the long-distance hike from our book "2 x 2 Feet to Hiking Happiness", but also the 14th stage on the Hans & Thomas Trail, as it connects Westphalia, Hesse, and Bavaria continuously with Tyrol, South Tyrol, Trentino, Lombardy, and Ticino.

On the Tilly Trail In the Battle of Rain in 1632, the Bavarian general and commander-in-chief of the Catholic League, Count von Tilly, was seriously wounded and died about two weeks later. However, the battle also had an impact on the further course of the Thirty Years’ War, as the victorious Swedes were now able to advance unhindered into Bavaria and even as far as the Lech Valley in Tyrol. The hike takes us from Rain—which was founded as a town in 1250 to secure the Bavarian border against the Swabians—across the Lech River, which forms the border, to Oberndorf, where the Fugger family once ruled, and through the floodplain forests—some of which remain largely in their natural state—with streams and oxbow lakes where the extremely rare kingfisher also nests.

Circular hike from the power plant in Rain through the Lech meadows towards the south, and back along the Lech.

Wanderung zur Märzenbecherblüte bzw. Blüte der Blausternchen am Lechspitz.

30.07.2015 Donnerstag ist Roller Tag heute bin ich nach Nördlingen und Dinkelsbühl gerollert, habe auf dem Rückweg die Altmühltaler Lammtage am Waldgasthof " Zum Geländer " bei Eichstätt besucht. Jede Menge politische Prominenz war anwesend.  Alle Fotos auf www.bayernfranz.de

Von St. Gallen/CH bis Skagen/DK (nördlichster Punkt Dänemarks). Diese Langstrecke bietet kulinarisch, landschaftlich, kulturell sehr viel. Grossen Wälder der Pfalz, des Fichtelgebierges und des Harzes ist für Naturbeobachter Balsam für die Seele. Seltene und scheue Tiere und geschützete Pflanzen können mit Glück beobachtet werden. Die Strecke bin ich von 10. Mai bis zum 15. September gewandert. Weitere Beschreibungen folgenoder mehr auf dem Blog : https://guidoh.com Teil 2 Obergünzburg - Dietfurt an der Altmühl ,  307 Kilometer Von Obergünzburg nach Augsburg und weiter zum Altmühal. Die folgende Strecke von Sonthofen nach Dietfurt an der ALtmühl ist ein Highlight auf dem zweiten Teil. 

11. Mai 2017 Franzl`s Rollertour nach Nördlingen ins Bayerische Eisenbahnmuseum Alle Fotos auf www.in-roller.de

Kraftwerkstour Lech