Bohemian Forest Bike Path R27

The Šumava Cycle Route R27 leads through the beautiful landscape of the Šumava. Not a circular route!

0 km  Starting from the car park at the Klaffer bathing lake, follow the road through Vorderanger. The Große Mühl accompanies you for a short distance. Then cross the Hinteranger district road and follow the Hinteranger goods road which leads you to Dreisesselbergstraße. Turn left and then reach the centre of Schwarzenberg.

6.7 km  After the Municipal Office Schwarzenberg, turn right onto Plöckensteinstraße in the direction of the Hochficht ski area. Follow this road for 1.5 km and then turn right again onto the forest road - 

8.2 km  Klein Holzschlag. Follow the signs. From here, it's downhill to the Zwieselberg valley station, where you will reach the...

13.2 km Holzschlag event centre after a short "mountain climb". Follow the tarmac road downhill, cross the access road to the Hochficht ski area and reach the forest road, which takes you to...

20 km  Schöneben. Around 140 years ago, a settlement was established here on the salt road to Bohemia, which was mentioned in documents as early as 1588. Today it is a beautiful recreational area.

Follow the road towards the border, turn right shortly after the chapel for displaced persons, the road will take you to...

22.6 km Sonnenwald. Only a few people still live in the few remaining houses in this forest clearing. In its heyday, there were 16 buildings in the village. The abundance of timber, a glassworks and the Schwarzenberg alluvial canal attracted many workers from the surrounding area. The glassworks, of which nothing remains today, was shut down in 1900. Some artefacts can be found in the Ulrichsberg Glass Museum.
From here, follow the Schwarzenberg Alluvial Canal. Shortly after the...

29.6 km Schrollenbachschleuse you reach the Böhmerwald Landesstraße, which you turn right onto. The road takes you uphill, past the Schwedenschanzen, to...

32.0 km Oberhaag. The road now runs steeply downhill and takes you to the end point of the tour in...

35.3 km  Aigen-Schlägl.

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