Hochfichtrunde

Pleasant hiking trail up into the Bohemian Forest with beautiful vantage points that give you wonderful far-reaching views over the Mühlviertel and the enchanting Bohemian Forest holiday region.

0 km  You start the hike in the local centre of Klaffer am Hochficht. Follow the signs and  leave the village heading north towards the Bohemian Forest.
Cross the road at the carp pond and follow the meadow path briefly uphill and pass the sports facilities on the left. You come to the tarmac road, where you turn left and continue along it. After about 1.0 km you will reach a tarmac access road on which you continue to the right. Shortly afterwards, leave the road and turn left, following the dirt track towards the forest, where a forest road leads moderately uphill. In a short while, don't miss the turn-off to the left down to the Russenstein Shortly and steeply downhill, through a small wetland, you reach the ...

3.0 km Russenstein. A Russian occupying soldier has carved "Death to the organiser of war" in Cyrillic on a large granite block. Now continue uphill. At the forest road, take a short left and then immediately turn right onto a forest path. Pass the edge of the Sonnleitnerwiese meadow and continue uphill through the forest on a forest road and then on a road until you reach ... 

4.6 km the Freundorfer Häusln, where you have a beautiful view of the Bohemian Forest. Immerse yourself in the forest in front of you. After about a 10-minute walk, you will see a simple wayside shrine on a spruce tree, the Mitgutsch-Marterl: The folk tale tells of a man from the Freundorfer Häusln who staggered home drunk from the pub one evening. Suddenly, black cats - as big as dogs - appeared in front of him. In his fear, he prayed to God. And the monsters really did disappear. In gratitude, he had this votive plaque made. (Legend told by Frieda Gabriel from Freundorf.)
You continue along this beautiful forest path and come to a forest road. Turning right, you will soon reach an idyllic clearing. Klein Holzschlag used to be a woodcutters' settlement. Today, the self-catering huts offer overnight accommodation for youth and adult groups. Follow the forest road downhill to the ...

7.1 km valley station of the Zwieselberg lift.  After crossing the road and the Klafferbach stream, a short steep climb follows to the ...
 
7.5 km Holzschlag event house. The trail continues past the former forester's lodge and the Holzschläger Chapel (this chapel was built by Schlägl Abbey in Holzschlag in 1876-77 under Abbot Lebschy) and crosses the access road to the Hochficht ski area after 900 metres. You continue along the forest road 

9.0 km  A little later, at the "Gschreinwiese" clearing (above the reservoir), you leave the forest road and turn right downhill into the forest. In the past, seeds for forest plants and trees were grown here for the forests of Schlägl Abbey. You follow the shady forest path, which then turns into a forest road and continues downhill until you emerge from the forest, where the Pfaffetschläger houses come into view. Shortly afterwards you reach an access road and immediately turn left again onto the field path, where a hedgerow on the right accompanies you down to the village. There you turn left onto the tarmac road (the road to the ski area is on the right). You walk through ...

11.0 km Pfaffetschlag downhill and at the end of the village turn right towards Klaffer. At the beginning of the village of Freundorf, turn right before the first house. Shortly afterwards, turn left onto Haselweg and ascend briefly to ...

12.6 km Haselberg (746 m). You will pass the Teufelsstein

Here, the devil is said to have once performed his wild dances and was interrupted by the ringing of Ave from the village. Out of anger, he stamped on the stone so that it broke in two, leaving behind his footprint. You march  following the markings down to the valley and uphill back to the ...

15.7 km starting point. 

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