The best family-friendly hikes and walks around Forstmühler Fost

Amazing colonnade in a fantastic building with a superb panoramic view 🤩

From above you have a great view of the Otterbach stream and the rock formations below.

Near the hiking parking lot, the face is somewhat hidden in the rock, and you can actually see it quite well if you know where to look 😊.

The Otterbach The Otterbach originates in the church village of Süssenbach, in the municipality of Wald in the Chams district, at approximately 477 m above sea level, through the confluence of the Weismühlbach and Steinbach streams. From there, it flows steadily southwestward, initially also called the Süssenbach, in loops that are particularly wide at the beginning. After passing through about a dozen smaller villages in Wald, it crosses the border into the Regensburg district and enters the municipality of Altenthann, passing through the village of Forstmühle there, and then flows northwest past the large, unincorporated forest area of the Forstmühle Forest. It passes successively the Altenthann hamlet of Bruckhäusl on the left bank, its church village of Heuweg on the right bank and on the heights above the valley, the village of Oberlichtenwald, which is located on the same bank as the stream, and the village of Unterlichtenwald on the right bank of the estuary in the wide floodplain. There, the most important tributary, the Sulzbach, flows along the other side of the village. Its upper reaches, together with its own course, even exceed the length of the Otterbach main branch up to this point, but contribute about a quarter less to the catchment area. From there, the St. 2145 state road uses the valley. The valley now narrows again between steep forest slopes, and the Otterbach enters the territory of Markt Donaustauf, where it successively passes the isolated villages of Neumühle and Klammer on its banks. The valley then widens into a large field bay, where it flows between the hamlets of Hammermühle and Dachsberg. Before Scheuchenberg, the stream, which ultimately flows almost southward, deviates to the right and southwest, crosses the church village of Sulzbach an der Donau, flows under the St. 2125 state road, which follows the stream, and flows into the Danube on the left after 17 kilometers. A popular hiking trail runs along the stream between Forstmühle and Hammermühle. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

Pure history.

The mighty columns testify to the craftsmanship of our ancestors. Acropolis feeling.

The Walhalla, a hall of fame in the form of a columned temple, has a total of 14 columns. Eight columns are located in the front row, while six more are arranged in a second row. The Walhalla was built on the orders of King Ludwig I and serves as a memorial to important figures in German history. The architect was Leo von Klenze, who also designed the Liberation Hall in Kelheim, among other buildings.

Stairs in the avenue up to Walhalla