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Haus zur Wildnis Tree Top Walk We will not bring wilderness inside, you have to discover it NATIONAL PARK CENTRE MT LUSEN From the carpark, you can access the yourself outside. The Haus zur Wildnis is intended to arouse longest tree top walk in the word through interest in and to create understanding for dynamic processes in Along the mountain range and its peaks Mt accumulates, the mixed mountain forest with spruce, fir and Hans-Eisenmann-Haus an entrance tower, which also enables nature. Displaying details is expected to make visitors feel like beech trees at warm slopes, and above 1200m sea level the The oldest information Falkenstein, Mt Rachel and Mt Lusen, the first German National senior citizens, disabled and parents with exploring nature on their own: To discover that wilderness is not mountain spruce forest with its rough climate and long snowy centre of a German Natio- Park extends next to the Czech borderline. Together with the buggies to have a comfortable and plea- only in remote countries, but also “just around the corner“ in the winter periods. They are home to the typical flora and fauna nal Park, the Hans-Eisen- adjacent Šumava National Park, this forms the largest forest sant stay. The 1300m-long path reaches its Bavarian and Bohemian Forests. You only have to wish to see it, of Central European mountain forests, among which rare mann-Haus, has been protection area of Central Europe, with a size of more than 900 peak on the platform of the tower with an this gorgeous wilderness full of mystery. We want to quicken your species like owls, three-toed and white-backed woodpeckers made fit for the future with km². Both parks were classified “Transboundary Parks” in 2009. all impressive view from 44m height. “appetite” for wild nature in the Bavarian Forest and the Šumava or the smallest European owl, the pygmy owl as well as lynx a total renovation of its "Leaving Nature to its own devices" that is the main idea behind. National Park. Just wait and see the exhibition! Go on a journey and black stork are found; not to forget the most distinguish- exhibitions. In addition to Company run by: ErlebnisAkademie Kötzing And indeed, nowhere else between the Atlantic Ocean and the through wilderness watching a ing flowers of humid mountain forests, snowbell and traditionally proven parts, Ural Mountains, nature is allowed to develop into a wild forest on 3D film in the cinema. Discover Bohemian gentian. i.e. the information desk Wildlife Enclosure such a large scale following its own ancient laws only. hidden wilderness in the and the National Park shop, there are many new features, like the In the spacious enclosures and large aviaries of the Wildlife “Wurzelgang”, an adventurous Visitors do not only meet primeval forests in the National Park, „Access to Nature“; that is the name of the exhibition in which “a story Enclosure, 30 species of animals, endemic to the mountain forest, More than 300kms of well-signposted and connected hiking trails trip through forest soil. Or be which convey the impression of ancient forests in . of people and forests” is told; the exhibition also demonstrates that in live in their natural environment. This group comprises wolves and - despite their subalpine character some even suitable to wheel amazed at the “constructors of Out of a sudden and very closely, they have to deal with mixed a forest people and nature are closely connected and are depending of bears, extinct for 150 years, lynx and black storks who re-settled, chairs or buggies, almost 200 kms of cycling paths and approx wilderness”: Wind fall, snow feelings: Consequently to hot and dry summers in the mid- each other. Discover never expected views onto the Bavarian Forest wisents, red deer, wild boars and European otters, but also birds 80kms of cross-country skiing tracks open up the untouched debris and bark beetles. Chil- 90ies, and winters poor with snow, a 3 to 5 mm tiny beetle, National Park – in a playful way, with the whole family. A children's such as owls, ural owls, common ravens and capercaillies. nature of the Bavarian Forest National Park in summer and in dren can explore occult natural the bark beetle, has caused large scale dying of ancient spruce trail opens up a new and exciting approach to the forest for young Photographers will find precious opportunities. Abundantly winter. The panoramic view from the peaks reveals the extension wonders in the Adventure forests, especially in high altitude around Mt Lusen and Mt visitors. The barrier-free realization of the exhibition makes visitors illustrated text panels inform on the animals’ living habits, of the forests of the Bavarian Bohemian border mountain range. A Room. Rachel. In the shelter of old tree “sceletons” and rotting wood, indulge without any limits. Czech and English speaking guests can particularities and ways of behaviour. great number of refreshing mountain streams with cascades and And there is still more to see in a new and outstandingly divers generation of trees has been make use of new media accompanying the exhibition with the From Christmas to the beginning of april, there are guided tours on little falls start their way there. Flowerishing plants, like Austrian the Haus zur Wildnis ... developing into an unlimited forest wilderness; to the visitors’ respective translations. different subjects. Leopard’s Bane or Asian Goatsbeard and demanding tree species very amazement! Another new highlight is the media lounge where you can browse to like European Ash or Norway Maple line their shores. Moraine your heart's delight, relax while listening to an audio book or surf the tracts and the legendary Lake SERVICE POINTS Animal Enclosures web. National Park Service Point with exhibition on the subject A comfortable, two-and-a-half-km-long trail leads through the Rachel, are witnesses to the last Don't hesitate to visit us and have a look yourself! Forest Wilderness Ice Age, which terminated here “Forest Rafting”, attended Mo to Fr. generously designed animal enclosures to the Haus zur Wildnis. 8,000 years ago. Bogs and Observe the lynx family, the howling wolf pack or the peacefully Geological-Botanical Open-air Exhibition National Park Service Point with exhibition on the grazing Przewalski’s horses and Heck cattle in the 3 open-air moorland provide places to retreat More than 700 species of the Bavarian Forest fauna, classified subject “Forest Train System”, attended Mo to Sat. without Borders for many skilled survivors of flora enclosures designed in harmony with nature. A roofed bridge according to their habitats, are presented - from the colourful world of National Park Service Point at the Glass Museum with made of round timber and a filigree tower open up spectacular and fauna. Three different kinds of meadow flowers to the “weeds”, passing by plants humid stream forest grow in the National Park: exhibition on the subject „Bogs and Pastures“, open daily. angles to monitor the animals and to enjoy the famous view on the valleys and particular places like bogs, moors, springs, marges or stone sheer endless forested landscape between Mt Arber and Mt the lowland spruce forest in the runs. Expecially attractive is a visit from May to October. Embedded in Border Train Station humid valleys, where cold air Falkenstein. Apart from a short period, lynx and wolves have the exhibition, you will find an information pavillon and a stone Bavarian Bohemian information centre on Nature and National always ranked among the natural array of species of the Bavarian garden, where the geological conditions are discribed and the ancient Parks (Run by: Nature Park Bavarian Forest). Forest. Presenting Przewalski’s horses and Heck cattle, we open a stones of the Bavarian Forest are presented. window to the past; then, these species were native to our region.

Important Addresses Museums A playful understanding Bavarian Forest Forest History Museum Meeting the forest National Park Hans-Eisenmann-Haus Stadtplatz 29 of nature Böhmstraße 35 94227 Zwiesel 94556 Neuschönau Telefon 0 99 22 84 05 83 on adventure trails Telefon 0 85 58 96 150 Today, we have the chance to monitor the emergence of [email protected] Frauenau Glass Museum www.nationalpark- wilderness in the Bavarian Forest National Park - for the first Am Museumspark 1 bayerischer-wald.de time since our ancestors cut down the forest hundreds of 94258 Frauenau Hochwaldsteig - Mt Lusen nature trail Telefon 0 99 26 94 10 20 years ago in order to obtain places to live. Adventure trails Haus zur Wildnis There, where bark beetles seem to have destroyed everything 94227 open up the “wild forest” to the visitors: on nature-friendly since 1995, nature shows amazing strength. More and more Museum of Hunt & Fishery wooden tracks they lead through hardly accessible forest Telefon 0 99 22 50 020 Wolfstein Castle young spruce, rowan or willow trees germinate at the foot of [email protected] areas. The hour of birth of tomorrow’s primeval forests be- old tree trunks and on rotting wood - a new generation of Wolfkerstraße Stone Age Cave www.nationalpark- 94078 Freyung comes a worth seeing spectacle. forest is emerging. bayerischer-wald.de On your trip through time, from Prehistory to the present, we Telefon 0 85 51 57 109 Seelensteig - “a place to contemplate the universe“ Watzlik-Hain - experience of primeval forest would like you to pay attention to a very special facility: The Stone Landscape History Age Cave. The Horse Panel from the famous Chauvet Cave in Finsterau Open-air Museum In summer 1983, a regional thunderstorm tore out huge holes In the area around Mt Falkenstein and Mt Rachel, authentic Museum St. Oswald Museumsstraße 51 of the mixed mountain forests at the foot of Mt Rachel. virgin forests still exist in the wild-romantic Höllbachge- Southern , reconstructed on an artificial rock setting, is Klosterallee 4 thought to be a reminder that Paleolithic people used to live 94151 Finsterau Thousands of cubic metres of spruces, torn off by the wind, spreng and at Zwieslerwaldhaus. A small path, marked as Forest Playgrounds 94568 St. Oswald Telefon 0 85 57 96 060 piled up to an impenetrable mess. Nature succeeded in turning Adventure Trail, leads through the Watzlik-Hain area, passing Experience of Nature and History At the Spiegelau Forest Playgrounds, there is entertainment for together in harmony with these animals. This painting of Telefon 0 85 52 97 48 890 naturalistically drawn wild animals demonstrates not only the [email protected] an apparent chaos into an enchanting forest within a decade - giant trees with a height of over 50m, 2 m in diameter and True to the maxim that "nature does not recognize any everybody, from the toddler to the grown-ups: Slides and swings, Tourism Associations extraordinary power of observation the „old masters“ had, but also www.nationalpark- something, nobody would have believed before. 500 years of age. borders", a cross-border hiking area was established nearby different sorts of games. A generous meadow provides space for ball Tourist Information of their effort to cast a spell on their prey with cryptic signs. bayerischer-wald.de Mauth/Finsterau in the east of the National Park; the area is games or a BBQ. Expanses of water - a little stream and a pond - are Ferienland am Nationalpark Aufichtenwaldsteg - spruce forest trail Erlebnisweg Schachten & Filze equipped with bilingual (German/Czech) information panels integrated. A special attraction is the Nature Adventure Trail. It Wolfkerstraße 3 What was it like, supposedly, when our ancestors could meet a Service Point Spiegelau Nearby Spiegelau, on humid grounds of extensive valleys, a Nature trail pastures & bogs on forest history. On the Bavarian side, the main focus is put brings about the wonderful world of a forest in a playfull way. On Konrad-Wilsdorf-Straße 1 94078 Freyung pristine fauna of huge animals who were roaming the Bavarian natural spruce forest is developing, only having horizontally Like single chain links, the pastures queue up in the high on the hard labour lumberjacks used to perform, furthermore the exciting trip, you will meet a meeting-tree, a fairy cottage, a 94518 Spiegelau Telefon 0 85 51 57 121 Forest during the Ice Age period? It is certain that then wild [email protected] growing roots which do not provide much stability. Above all, altitude areas along Mt Falkenstein and Mt Rachel. In the on skillfully built boardwalks, ancient sledge tracks and the barefoot path, a wooden xylophone and humming stones. Telefon 0 85 53 96 00 17 horses, aurochses and reindeer but not people gave distinction to www.bayerwald-info.de recurring windfalls determine the natural forest development. middle of the 20th century, mainly young cattle was still sophisticated system of water supply flumes, prepared log Wilderness Camp / Forest Youth Residence the scenery. Service Point Mauth grazing the Bavarian Forest mountain pastures in summer. rafting waterways and logging dams. On the Bohemian side, Werbegemeinschaft Ancient sycamore maples and beech trees give distinction to the history of people who used to live there and the alteration In the Wilderness Camp at Mt Falkenstein at Zwieslerwaldhaus and Mühlweg 2 Illustrated panels and 3D animations additionally display 94151 Mauth Zwieseler Winkel Urwaldsteig - virgin forest trail Bayerisch Eisenstein these „islands“ in the forestal landscape. of landscape due to historical occurances are principal in the Forest Youth Residence at Schönbrunn, youth groups and alteration of climate, landscape and fauna of the last Ice Age and Telefon 0 85 57 97 38 38 Infozentrum 1, 94227 Zwiesel Walking over Mt Hochberg and through the virgin like forest In the Bavarian Forest, bogs are called „Filze“. The most subjects. school classes can experience the fascinating wilderness in more- Telefon 0 99 22 43 47 at Johannesruhe, you can closely look at the alteration which original and therefore especially precious bogs have preserved day stays. beginning Postglacial period, and demonstrate how people Bavarian Forest [email protected] is accelerated by storms and bark beetles, of an economic to a in the planations of high altitude areas. A nature-friendly reacted to these environmental and climatic changes inventing Nature Park www.nationalparkregion.de innovative hunting techniques. natural forest full of different structures. path of round timber connects the characteristic pastures and Infozentrum 3 bogs; it is equipped with information panels and runs above 94227 Zwiesel Zweckverband der Buchenau. Telefon 0 99 22 80 24 80 Nationalpark-Gemeinden Kaiserstraße 13 Information Centre 94556 Neuschönau Border Station Telefon 0 85 58 91 021 Bayerisch Eisenstein [email protected] Bahnhofstraße 54 www.nationalparkregion.de 94252 Bayerisch Eisenstein Telefon 0 99 25 90 23 Touristisches Service Center ArberLand Bayerwald-Ticket Amtsgerichtstraße 6 - 8 www.bayerwald-ticket.com 94209 Telefon 0 99 21 96052100 info@touristisches-service- center.de www.arberland-bayerischer- Impressum: Landkreis Freyung-Grafenau, Grafenauer Str. 44, 94078 Freyung Landkreis Regen, Poschetsrieder Straße 16, 94209 Regen Nationalparkverwaltung Bayer. 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A3 B85 FREYUNG customs, legends and fairy tales, music - an individual culture Jährling- edn 92 ol ik A D l schachten P rei se emerged. ittagsberg München Linz / Passau ses H (M ) H Höllbach 1315 m NATIONAL PARK CENTRE Scheuereck Hamerský potok Horská Kvilda The region of the Bavarian Forest National Park is very well accessable The Forest History Museum Zwiesel, the Frauenau Glass Museum, FALKENSTEIN (Innergefild) the Landscape History Museum St. Oswald with its entirely new Red Deer Enclosure Rokyta H by public transport. No matter, whether you head for a holiday in the Weiße Brücke (Schätzenwald) H exposition area in a unique media-based way of presentation, the H H primeval forest, for a day trip to the most important sightseeing Ludwigsthal Schleicher H Museum of Hunt and Fishery, Wolfstein Castle in Freyung and the Kreuzstraßl H destinations or a hiking tour, or you are on your way back home, you Kolbersbach will safely reach your destination by bus and by train. Finsterau Open-air Museum tell the story of this country and its H people. The region of the Bavarian Forest National Park is comfortably reached - H Spiegelhütte Jezerní slat´ by EC-, IC- and ICE-connections via Plattling train station. There, long mühle Hirschbach- (Seefilz) Lindberg- schwelle H distance trains arrive every 2 hours. From Plattling the green Wald- Schachten Hirschbachschwelle bahn shuttles hourly serve the direction of Zwiesel, Bayerisch Eisen- H Filipova hut' stein and Bodenmais, and every two hours the direction of Frauenau, Rabenstein Lindberg Zwieselter Filz . Kvildský potok Farmstead (Philippshütten) Spiegelau and Grafenau. Museum Roklanský potok H In the region of the National Park three transport networks provide a H H Kohlschachten Buchenau comfortable connection to the hiking areas and other important Pastures and Bogs destinations. Nature Trail Unter- ModravaH Campsite H zwieselau Hochschachten Latschen- Kvilda Getting around see (Mader) H(Außergefild) H without a car ZWIESEL Ober- Forest History Museum Teplá Vltava in the National Park region H D to J H Campsite Reservoir Bodenmais Dam All important facilities as well as the main hiking areas can be reached Pommerbach Almschachten by Igel buses and Waldbahn. Kleiner Regen Verlorener Schachten arme Moldau) Igel buses in the Mt Rachel Mt Lusen Area Modravský potok Flanitz (W Igel buses are natural gas run, environmentally-friendly public transport buses which run from 15 May to the beginning of November Nature Park Centre Oberfrauenau H in close time intervals and serve the areas around Mt Rachel and Mt to Plattling H Lusen, the Hans-Eisenmann-Haus and Finsterau. In Spiegelau and ICE Station D Grafenau they are linked to the Waldbahn. J H Frauenau Prices: Single day ticket 4 €/person and 3-day ticket 10 €/person as Glass Museum a h ern ora well as individual tickets with prices depending on the distance. 2 C hwarzbe . Rach c rg) Gr el Rachel- (S children below 15 free of charge. Bicycle and 1 dog without charges. kapelle H 1453 m 1315 m Rachelsee Moldauquelle Bucina Waldschmidt- The Igel bus in the Mt Falkenstein Mt Rachel Area Březnik haus This Igel bus starts from Zwiesel train station and serves the hiking Finsterau area around Mt Großer Falkenstein, the National Park Visitor Centre Bavarian Forest Siebensteinkopf H Haus zur Wildnis and the villages Lindberg, Buchenau and Reschbach- Experience of Zwieslerwaldhaus; it runs daily in summer and from Monday to Friday klause andand BohemianBohemian ForestForest -- H Gfäll Nature & History in winter. H Prices: Single day ticket 3,50 €/person and individual tickets with Europe‘sEurope‘s GreenGreen RoofRoof Flanitz- prices depending on the distance. 2 children below 15 free of charge. hütte H Rachel- Blaue Säulen Bicycle and one dog without charges. The Bavarian Forest and Sumava() National Parks H `´ SeelensteigSeelensteig diensthütte combine into the heart of „Europe‘s Green Roof“. Where the „Iron The Waldbahn train system links both bus systems in Spiegelau Curtain“ used to embody an insurmountable borderline, today, Flanitz Campsite respectively in Zwiesel. The Waldbahn links Bayerisch Eisenstein, the both national parks are linked by hiking and cycling trails. Klingenbrunn H Station Haus zur Wildnis in Ludwigsthal, Zwiesel, Frauenau, Spiegelau and to eufelsloch Lusen P+R Föhrau- T 1373 m H Grafenau. In the main hub of Zwiesel, trains from and to Plattling, The Sumava National Park comprises a territory of about Regen Althütte Schwarzach filz Schutzhaus `´ Deggendorf, H H Bayerisch Eisenstein and Bodenmais arrive at clock hour. Trains in the 69,000ha. Destinations worth a visit are for example: the riparian Ohe Große Mt Lusen Nature Trail München Spruce Forest Trail direction of Spiegelau and Grafenau, as it is of the National Park Mt zones at the Vltava river, the extensive bog areas around Modrava, Glass Ark Open-air Museum Finsterau Rachel Mt Lusen area, leave Zwiesel at the odd hour, whereas they Mt Polednik with its lookout tower on top or the park-like scenery H Guglöd P+R H Neuhütte leave Grafenau at the even hour. nearby Bucina and Knizecí Plane. D J H Prices are subject to the tariffs of AG. H H Fatimakapelle Waldhäuser Heinrichsbrunn Schlag Forest Playgrounds H The Bayerwald Ticket Klingenbrunn The Bayerwald Ticket enables you to use public transport throughout Information Centres H Höhenröhren Bavarian Forest Core Area Großer Filz Tummelplatz the National Park for € 7/day the whole year round. This combined National Park Trails subject Campsite H Reschbach Kašperské Hory P+R ticket can be used in the Waldbahn, the Igel Buses in the National Park Signposted cross-border Size 24.250ha to regulations Spiegelau Ohe Kleine Tel.: 00 420 376 582 734 Klosterfilz Altschönau and many other public transport networks. hiking trails Kirchdorf Tourist Info Prices: Bayerwald Ticket: 7€/person/day; Kvilda i. W. H Šumava Rest Area - BayerwaldTicketPLUS: 14 €/person/day (includes distance from and to Tel.: 00 420 388 435 544 National Park Entering subject to the whole year round Riedlhütte Plattling and Deggendorf) for pedestrians, cyclists and cross- Size 69.000ha signposted trails Svinná Lada Mauth Valid: throughout the year from Mon to Fri from 8a.m., Sat, Sun and country skiers Höhenbrunn Tel.: 00 420 388 434 180 Oberkreuzberg NATIONAL PARK CENTRE D Holidays the whole day. Bavarian Forest Reichenberg J H - Bayerisch Eisenstein - Želežna Ruda HLUSEN Free of charge: 2 children or all own children below 15, as well as dogs. Rokyta Nature Park H - Ferdinandsthal - Debrník Size 307.000ha Felswandergebiet Service In numerous National Park communities the Gästeservice- Tel.: 00 420 376 599 009 St. Oswald H P+R Point - Scheuereck - Prášily Weid- H Umweltticket (GUTi) can be used as Bayerwald Ticket with Public Roads Stožec - Finsterau- Bučina Landscape History hütte to no cost. Museum Glashütte Philippsreut Tel.: 00 420 388 335 014 the whole year round Temporaryly Closed Tip: All guests who use public transport only pay half the price doing a Haslach Neuschönau H guided tour in the National Park and have other advantages with Alžbêtín only for pedestrians Signposted hiking trails Abtschlag - Siebensteinkopf - Moldauquelle Forest Youth Residence about 75 partners. (Bayer. Eisenstein Train station) Suitable to Buggies B 85 Groß- Tel.: 00 420 376 387 060 and Wheel Chairs armschlag Ameiskapelle from 15 July to 15 Nov Schönanger Grünbach Cross-border transport into the only for pedestrians Signposted Cross-border The information centres are Hiking Trail only for Pedestrians · Several times a day, you can directly go to Spicák by Waldbahn; no presumably closed from - Hirschbachschwelle-Poledník from 15 July to 15 Nov Grüb change is necessary at the border train station. Please note the 1 Nov to 15 Dec and in the Rosenau Sagwasser - Blaue Säulen - Březnik Signposted Cycling Trails different seasonal timetables. The Bayerwald-Ticket is valid to month of Apr. Schönbrunn a. Lusen Spicák. Mountain Trails · At Bayerisch Eisenstein, there is connection to the Czech National National Park Cycling Trail GRAFENAU Kirchl Railways(CD) in the direction of Klatovy and Plzeñ. National Park Authority B 533 · From Bayerisch Eisenstein station square, you can go to Želežná Mountain Inn Ruda by RBO bus 6080. The Bayerwald-Ticket is valid in this bus, too. · At the border crossing point of Bayerisch Eisenstein, the Šumava Attended Information Centres Bierhütte Bus runs to Sušice via Srni tree times daily. B 533 Information BAB Hengersberg Neudorf Kreuzberg · In the Šumava National Park, the green National Park buses are Deggendorf, Border Crossing München Schönberg linked to the Igel Buses at the border crossing of Finsterau-Bučina. There is an 800m-walk between both bus stops.

Further information: www.Bayerwald-Ticket.com or at regional 0 5 km Museum of Hunt and Fishery tourist information centres and National Park service points. Wolfstein Castle, Bavarian Forest National Park Authority November 2010 to Galery Passau FREYUNG B 12