Bohemian Forest Bike Path R27

The Bohemian Forest Bike Path leads you into the landscape of the Bohemian Forest. No circular route!

0 km Schwarzenberg - Starting from the car park in the centre of the village, turn right after 50 m into Schwarzenberg Landesstraße. After 1.8 km turn right - parallel to the existing R27 national cycle path - in the direction of ...

5 km ... Klein Holzschlag (forest road). From here, the route descends to the Zwieselberg valley station, where after a short "hill climb" you reach the...

6 km ... Holzschlag Event House. Follow the asphalt road downhill, cross the access road to the Hochficht ski area and reach the forest road, which you take after ...

13 km ... Schöneben. About 140 years ago, a settlement was established here on the salt road to Bohemia, which was mentioned in documents as early as 1588. Today, there is a beautiful recreational area here, which is popular in summer (high rope park) and winter (Nordic centre).
Follow the road towards the border, shortly after the chapel of the expellees turn right, the road takes you to ...

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

23 km ... Schrollenbachschleuse, you reach the Haager Landesstraße, which you turn right into. Uphill, the road takes you past the Schwedenschanzen to ...

25.5 km ... Oberhaag. The road now runs steeply downhill and brings you to the end point of the tour ...

28.5 km ... in Aigen-Schlägl. 

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