Nordwaldkammweg II Tour 10 Dolní Přibrání - Eisenhut

At Dolní Přibrání / Untersinetschlag (reference point N48° 38.084', E14° 36.017') the Nordwaldkammweg III branches off from the Nordwaldkammweg II. From Dolní Přibrání the continuing path through the forest to Zettwing / Cetviny is marked in green. This path was marked in 2007 by the KCT as part of the NWKW Euregio project and is now also used by cycling routes. It follows the old towpath in the green belt. Shortly after Dolní Přibrání you reach a high plateau with meadows, from which you have a view to the south of the heights of the Freiwald near Unterwald in Austria. Those who spend the night at Penzion Jeleni Vyhlidka (N 48°37.984', E 14°35.219', checkpoint 14) return at the reference point Nad Malsi (N 48°37.257', E 14°34.802') to the green marked NWKW II.

The green marking runs essentially parallel to the course of the Maltsch / Malse, sometimes along the edge of the steep slope down to the Maltsch, which can then be heard rushing deep below. Once you come very close to it, it would be only a few meters to descend to the river (recommended). At the height of the mountain Na Cepici we come out of the forest and enjoy the green belt around Janova ves with a view of extensive meadows. Having reached the marking point U Cetvin, a short detour on the yellow marking to the church of Zettwing / Cetviny Kostel is worthwhile. Immediately afterwards, at Hammern, you can also cross the border (footbridge next to the old Czech customs house) to the Austrian side, where there is a museum in the old customs guardhouse.

The Nordwaldkammweg II goes shortly before Zettwing / Cetviny (reference point U Cetvin, N48° 36.896', E14° 33.020') left uphill on the yellow marking over a meadow at the Stations of the Cross to the chapel Panny Marie Lurdské (N 48°36.298', E 14°33.613'). The Stations of the Cross were designed by students of an arts and crafts school from Cesky Krumlov / Krumau. Before the border, on the Czech side, there is a memorial stone for a Czech customs officer who was mistakenly shot by two colleagues in 1938. Worth seeing is the old bridge over the Maltsch (N48° 36.213', E014° 33.741'), which forms the border crossing Mairspindt. Just behind it you can see the customs house Mairspindt along the way. We take the path W2, perhaps visiting the old Hofwieshammer (N48° 35.590', E014° 33.766') or the Venetian saw (N48° 35.527', E014° 33.852') and the Felber mill and reach easily ascending the village Windhaag bei Freistadt. The checkpoint is located in the Green belt center (N48° 35.182', E14° 33.716'), where the exhibition about the Green Belt of Europe with a special exhibition on the history of the Nordwaldkammweg should actually be very interesting for hikers on the Nordwaldkammweg. The Green belt center aims to authentically tell exciting stories in a border region as a meeting and information place and to achieve regional value creation with gentle tourism. The Green Belt Center offers a total of 1000 square meters of space for exhibitions and information about nature, history and the future of the Green Belt. Visitors can thus get to know the special features of the border region before setting out on a discovery journey.

Now follows a piece of asphalt road through the village of Windhaag to the south until the newly marked Nordwaldkammweg II together with the bridle path turns right to Schlöglmühle towards the watershed – sculpture path. Slightly uphill, we soon reach the weather shuttle and the sculpture path. 19 granite artworks by the Windhaag sculptor Gerhard Eilmsteiner have been pictorially placed near the “weather shuttle” on the European watershed in the landscape. The chapel on the right with its beautiful view should also be worth a photo.

At the end of the sculpture path we are in Pieberschlag, where the guesthouse Zum Waldlehrpfad invites you to rest. From Pieberschlag the ridge to the Reisingerberg (886m, forest trail, sacrificial bowl, bee tree on the descent, both rather in dissolution, caution at the archery range!) is crossed. Afterwards, there is the possibility to take the path W2 as a detour to the guesthouse Pammer in Mardetschlag. On the Nordwaldkammweg II the Leopoldschlägerberg (879 m) with its beautiful sacrificial bowls is climbed and then Leopoldschlag is reached at the Lias am Berg accommodation. In the village Leopoldschlag (Hafnerhaus, hiking shoe, border land stage) you switch to the hiking trail L2, which leads via Hiltschen / Maria Schnee to Eisenhut. Along the way, the Maltsch / Malše is reached (local hiking trail L2: European protected area Natura 2000, wheelchair-accessible potter's path). Here the Maltschauen offer untouched nature and a viewing station for water buffaloes in the Natura2000 area. Not far from the Nordwaldkammweg II in the village Hiltschen, the new Maria Schnee Church stands along the way, from which you can see the old Maria Schnee church (on the Nordwaldkammweg III) on the Czech side. Remains of the horse railway also stand in Hiltschen.

We stay on the path L2 or on the horse railway path, see a horse railway bridge on the way downhill to Eisenhut, pass the village and reach uphill the Czech border. Over the horse railway path, you could switch to Nordwaldkammweg III towards Trojany (connecting path V10).