Pfarrkirchen: dream view route

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INTERESTING POINTS ALONG THE WAY:

Fabulous cultural life:

• Pfarrkirchen with fresco painting by Carlone from 1697


• Falkenstein castle ruins, Altenhof castle,


• Show confectionery Bauer,


• Highland beekeepers

Nature(space) & movement:.

• Pfarrkirchen golf course


• Panoramic view Pfarrkirchen


• Natura 2000 area Rannatal - new since January 2010


• Rest area "Lost Reith" (dreamlike view)

Webcam Pfarrkirchen http://www.pfarrkirchen.at/webcam.htm

SPIRITUAL HIKING ON THE DONAUSTEIG:

Pilgrimage routes from all over Europe lead to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Individual sections of this network of routes also run within Austria. Pfarrkirchen lies on the "Jakobsweg" (Way of St. James), which leads from the Czech Republic through the Mühlviertel to Passau. From Pfarrkirchen the Jakobsweg goes via Altenhof and on the Bishop Firmian Path to Neustift and Gottsdorf (on the Sonnenweg) and further via Untergriesbach (on the Zeller Donausteigrunde) to Passau. Along the Donausteig you can walk beautiful stages of the Jakobsweg. Next to the Pfarrkirchen church is the Lorettokapelle with the "Black Madonna".
So-called Black Madonnas go back to the Slavic culture of the mother goddess faith (Trinity). The white Madonna leads to life, the red sustains life, and the black leads to other worlds (today one would say to the afterlife).

I use the dream view route to "feel good".
I pay special attention to my personal needs, pace, rest breaks, hunger, thirst...

Directions:
We start in Pfarrkirchen at the elementary school. Through the golf course it goes into the forest and over the "Salzweg" hiking path on field paths to Hofkirchen, where we turn right. We head towards Neubau. After the last farm, we descend through the forest to Niederranna. In Niederranna, we walk along the Danube towards Rannamühl (Rannamühl starting point). There we turn right into the Rannatal nature reserve and ascend towards Falkenstein ruins. Leaving the forest, we find ourselves in Altenhof (Altenhof castle). Via Wehrbach, we reach Pfarrkirchen again.Tip:

• THE WINDOW TO THE ALPS – 47 church towers can be seen from Pfarrkirchen at an altitude of 800 m


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  Discovery trips with a tasty stopover! This route leads directly past the following culinary partner:

  
  

  Bäckerei Konditorei Panoramacafé Bauer

  
  

Equipment:
Hiking backpack (incl. rain cover), sturdy footwearAdditional information:

Tourism community Pfarrkirchen in the Mühlkreis
Pfarrkirchen No. 13
4141 Pfarrkirchen in the Mühlkreis
Tel.: 0043(0)7285/415 Fax: 415-4
pfarrkirchen@oberoesterreich.at
www.pfarrkirchen.at

www.schloss-altenhof.at

DONAUSTEIG-HOST ALONG THE ROUTE:

Gasthof Draxler
Niederranna 3, 4085 Wesenufer, Tel.: +43 7285 511, www.donau-urlaub.at
- Austrian, hearty cuisine and good drops from the rustic wine cellar
- 40 beds

ANOTHER BUSINESS ALONG THE ROUTE:

Guesthouse - Panoramacafe - Show confectionery Bauer
Pfarrkirchen 40, 4141 Pfarrkirchen, Tel.: +43 7285 428, closed Wednesday afternoon, 16 beds