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  • Frymburk and the Lipno water reservoir
    Frymburk and the Lipno water reservoir
    Photo: Jižní Čechy, CC BY, South Bohemia

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    The route, which has the shape of butterfly wings on the map, will lead you from Frymburk around the Lipno Reservoir, across the border into Austria, and back along the Schwarzenberg navigation canal.

    moderate
    Distance 72 km
    5:48 h
    902 m
    901 m
    1,013 m
    569 m

    From Frymburk, you cross the Lipno Reservoir by ferry to Frýdava, from where you head towards the hill Vítkův kámen. On it is the ruins of the castle of the same name from the 13th century, which served as a border guard post during World War II. Below Vítkův kámen, you will find a resting area with a parking lot and a bistro; in the settlement of Svatý Tomáš, there is a former hunting lodge that now serves as a hotel with a stylish restaurant. Through the Sv. Tomáš nature park and along the Horský Brook Nature Reserve, you will reach Pasečná and turn to the state border to the Austrian St. Oswald and further to Aigen. In both towns, you will find charming churches and tourist facilities. The route then leads to the Moldaublick lookout tower near the village of Schöneben. There are resting places and a refreshment stand nearby. A little west of Moldaublick is another lookout tower - Alpenblick. The route then turns back towards the Czech state border and to the Schwarzenberg Canal, then to Soví vrch and to the shore of the Lipno Reservoir. Along its shore, you return to Frýdava and then by ferry back to Frymburk. 

    Author’s recommendation

    In Frymburk, a short distance from the ferry station, there is a public beach where you can pleasantly refresh yourself after the end of the trip. 

    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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    Landscape
    Highest point
    1,013 m
    Lowest point
    569 m
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    Track types

    Asphalt 28.85%Dirt road 36.50%Forested/wild trail 2.72%Road 27.26%Unknown 4.64%
    Asphalt
    20.8 km
    Dirt road
    26.3 km
    Forested/wild trail
    2 km
    Road
    19.6 km
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    3.3 km
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    Tips and suggestions

    Bistro Krmelec under Vítkův hrádek: https://www.facebook.com/pg/bistrokrmelecSumava/about/?ref=page_internal

    Hotel Sv. Tomáš: https://hotel-svatytomas.cz/ 

    Ferry Frymburk - Frýdava: https://privozfrymburk.cz 

    Roadbook

    The route starts in Frymburk at the ferry, which crosses the Lipno Reservoir to Frýdava. From here, the route continues along cycle path no. 1021 around the hill Vítkův kámen with the ruins of Vítkův kámen castle (1035 m above sea level), through the Sv. Tomáš nature park and along the Horský Brook Nature Reserve, in concurrence with cycle path no. 1033 up to Pasečná. From Pasečná, the route leads to the crossroads "U Korandy" and turns to the state border, which it crosses into Austria at St. Oswald. In Austria, the route connects to the cycle path "Günterreith Grenzlandradweg," continuing to Aigen. Here, the route transitions to another Austrian cycle path no. L590 – "Diendorf Böhmerwaldradweg." In Diendorf, the route turns onto a forest road to Grünwald, continues to Moldaublick and further to Schöneben. Here, the route begins to return to the Czech border along the cycle path "Sonnenwald Böhmerwaldradweg" through Sonnenwald to the Schwarzenberg Canal at the state border, where it joins the Czech cycle path no. 1019A and leads to the crossroads "U Korandy." The route continues along cycle path no. 1019 under Soví vrch, where it merges again with cycle path no. 1033 and leads to the intersection on the shore of the Lipno Reservoir. Here, the route joins the "Vltava cycle path" (concurrent with path no. 1019), which returns back to the ferry Frýdava and across Lipno back to Frymburk. The route is 70.8 km long – suitable for a full-day trip.

    Public transport

    Public-transport-friendly

    You can reach Frymburk by bus. Timetables here: https://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/vlakyautobusy/spojeni/ 

    Parking

    In Frymburk, you can park, for example, at the ski resort.

    Coordinates

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    48.658272, 14.166021
    DMS
    48°39'29.8"N 14°09'57.7"E
    UTM
    33U 438584 5389804
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    Equipment

    Trekking bike, cycling helmet.

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    Parts of this content were machine translated from Czech.

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    Difficulty
    moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    72 km
    Duration
    5:48 h
    Ascent
    902 m
    Descent
    901 m
    Highest point
    1,013 m
    Lowest point
    569 m
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