Nordwaldkammweg II Tour 13 Svatý Tomáš na Šumavě - Zadní Zvonková

On the red-marked road, we leave Svatý Tomáš heading west. This starting path is also bike route 1033 and the nature trail Stezka Svatý Tomáš. At the next building, we leave the road to the left onto a gravel path that continues downhill to the orientation point Růžová Cesta (N48° 38.722', E14° 3.934'). Since our next destination is the Lipno Reservoir, where the old Nordwaldkammweg of the Bohemian Forest Association passed through villages "submerged" by the lake, one could theoretically stay on the red KCT marking towards the orientation point and skip the scenic spot Korunda / Rosenhügel (N48° 38.726', intersection: road to the Lipno Reservoir, L.c. Růžová to Svatý Tomáš, road to Pasečná, road to St. Oswald, canal road to Iglbach) with the watershed sculpture, where the Schwemmkanal crosses the transcontinental watershed.

However, we follow the NWKW II slightly downhill on the yellow marking to the European watershed. This flat area in Korunda is repeatedly used for events. Here the Schwarzenberg Schwemmkanal changes from the Baltic Sea catchment area to the Black Sea catchment area. From Korunda, one can hike on the connecting path V4 via the power sculpture "Connect it" at the border crossing and the customs house to the classic Nordwaldkammweg in St. Oswald near Haslach. A round on the steep-step path Schwemmkanal (path 70) is also highly recommended and enhances understanding of the engineering feats involved in the construction of this wood transport system to Vienna.

According to the Euregio project Nordwaldkammweg / Sumavska hrebenova cesta of 2007, the Nordwaldkammweg II leads from Korunda along the Schwemmkanal over Iglbach, the former federal road B50 (Krumau road) to Sonnenwald and then over the Rotbach lock to the daily destination Zadni Zvonkova (bike path R27). This path is marked in blue and easy to find, as it always follows the Schwemmkanal. Attractions include some locks, artworks, and the Bohemian Forest school near Sonnenwald. At the request of the board of Arge-Nordwaldkammweg member Alpenverein Rohrbach, no new long-distance path should be added in the working area of the AV section Rohrbach; hence, the official Nordwaldkammweg II follows, in deviation from the Euregio project map, the route marked as Nordwaldkammweg III on this map.

We therefore leave the beautiful area of Korunda on bike routes 800 Moldaustausee bike route / 803 Rosenhügel bike route / 805 Wittinghausen bike route downhill to the orientation point Janova cesta (N48° 39.954', E14° 3.869'), where we meet the red marking of Růžová cesta. Unlike the Schwemmkanal, here unfortunately we must accept car traffic until Kyselov. The Kyselov bike route, which is the old federal road B50 (Krumau road), has recently been reopened to car traffic. The red marking accompanies us the rest of the day along the Lipno Reservoir / Údolní nádrž Lipno. We get closer and closer to the Lipno Reservoir. At the orientation point U mostu (N48° 40.344', E14° 4.126'), we turn west on the asphalt road. Soon we stand at the spot where the Lipno Reservoir reaches Austria and therefore at the time of the Iron Curtain a bay with a dam and a bridge had to be built (Rakouska zatoka). To the south, we see from the bridge the nature reserve Bayrische Au. Uphill, we reach the junction point Kyselov rozc. (N48° 41.000', E14° 3.405'). Here begins the connecting path V3 to Oberhaag, from which after the border the forest path (path 40) branches off to the left, showing us the Bayrische Au as a detour. For the botanically interested, it should be noted here that in the center of this raised bog area extending to the Czech border, the Ice Age relic Spirke (Pinus Mugo ssp. Rotundata, also called mountain pine) can be found as a special feature.

From Kyselov rozc. northwards, it is not far to the ferry across the Lipno Reservoir to Dolni Vltavice / Untermoldau and further to Cerna v Posumavi.

We are now finally off the asphalt road and enter the terrain along bike routes 800 / 1033 on a red-marked path. One can stay on this bike route, but it is actually intended to branch off west at the orientation point Racin (N48° 42.568', E14° 1.835') and then again reach the bike route before Predni Zvonkova / Vorderglöckelberg (N48° 43.754', E14° 0.177'). The last stretch goes on the asphalt road towards Schöneben to the junction to Pension Marie at the Schwemmkanal near Zadní Zvonková.

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