O P E N T O E V E R YO N E As we all know, Bavaria is a little different. The Free State has its own constitution –

and, with Article 141, even includes its own “Mushroom Clause”: Everyone should

have the right “to enjoy the beauty of nature” and “acquire wild fruits of the forest”.

We have a social duty to shape the forest in such a way that hikers, cyclists or

mushroom hunters can also use it actively. It is a pleasure for us to do so.

AT HOME IN THE OUTDOORS: “The little woodland gnomes” is what the two sets

of seven dwarves call themselves. The Bamberg forest kindergarten offers life that takes place

almost exclusively in the forest. The hut and the caravan are only for snacks, drawing and painting,

or for when it’s raining. The rest is all forest.

OPEN TO ALL As we all know, Bavaria is a little different. The Free State has its own constitution –

and, with Article 141, even includes its own “Mushroom Clause”: Everyone should

have the right “to enjoy the beauty of nature” and “acquire wild fruits of the forest”.

We have a social duty to shape the forest in such a way that hikers, cyclists or

mushroom hunters can also use it actively. It is a pleasure for us to do so.

AT H O M E I N T H E O U T D O O R S : “The little woodland gnomes” is what the two sets

of seven dwarves call themselves. The Bamberg forest kindergarten offers life that takes place

almost exclusively in the forest. The hut and the caravan are only for snacks, drawing and painting,

or for when it’s raining. The rest is all forest.

Man sieht ja den Wald vor lauter Sehenswürdigkeiten nicht! 99 Ausflugstipps in den bayerischen Wäldern.

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Naturwaldreservat Eichhall

Burgruine Kollenburg

Höchste Douglasie Bayerns

Kahlquelle

Aussichtspunkt Haube

Aussichtspunkt Dreistelz

Kloster/Burgruine Schönrain

Keltengräber Stalldorf

Hunnenhügel Kosterforst

Burgruine Stollberg

Burgruine Zabelstein

Prinzregententurm Muppberg

Burgruine Fürther Berg

Schönwappen-Wanderweg

Viktor von Scheffel Blick

Waldkappelle Kirchbühl

Max-Marien-Quelle

Cyriacuskapelle Dürrwangen

Wallanlage Wallenstein

Keltenschanze Arberg

Schwarzwildgehege

Zellerbrünnlein

Limes Gunzenhausen

Burgruine Brunnau

Wallanlage bei Spalt

Uhlberg Ruine

Keltenschanze Deutsch-

Herrenberg

Aussichtspunkt Finkenstein

Burgruine Rundeck

Limesturm

Hügelgräber bei Moritzbrunn

Donaudurchbruch Weltenburg

Burgruine Schwarzenburg

Burgruine Brennberg

Arber

Arboretum „Winneberger Park“

Pankratzruine Karlstein

Theresienklause

Bäckinger- und Hientalklause

Lamprechtshöhle St. Martin

Mucklklause

Schnappenkapelle

Holzknechtmuseum Laubau

Bildungszentrum Laubau

Bayerische Staatsforsten

Geotop Bräundlstein, Erratischer

Block

Ebersberger Forst, Schaukanzel

Behindertengerechter Walderleb-

nispfad

Vogelschutzgebiet

Kreuzweg zur Wieskirche

Arboretum Kranzberger Forst

Hügelgräberrundweg

Waldkapelle St. Hubertus

Perlacher Muckl

Forstenrieder Wildpark

Burgruine Hohenwaldeck

Breitensteiner Fensterl

Alter Torfstich Kollerfilze

Maria-Hilf-Kapelle

Kalvarienberg/Leonhardikapelle

Ludwig-Thoma-Haus

Klosterbasilika

Forsthaus Dickelschwaig

Ammerschlucht

Wamberger Ahorn

Partnachklamm

Hubertuskapelle beim

Wilden Jäger

Höllentalklamm

Grabhügel, Eurasburg

Ringwall Eurasburg

Schneeburg Welden

Grabhügel Horgau

Keltenschanze Peterhof

Haldenburg Schwabegg

Erzschürfstellen Biburg

Gedenksteine Dampfsäger

Lexenrieder Kapelle

Teufelsküche

Römischer Meilenstein

Ruine Wagegg

Waldspielplatz Wertach

Buchenegger Wasserfälle

Waldspielplatz Tannholz

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Grenzkapelle Liebensteiner Tor

Burgruine Hirschstein

Bärenfang am Waldstein

Allerheiligenkapelle Wernersreuth

Nikolauskirche Mähring

Aussichtsturm am Ochsenkopf

Fichtelsee

Informationszentrum am Wald-

haus Mehlmeisel

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schänke

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Siegesturm bei Eckersdorf

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Schöpfungsweg (Meditationsweg)

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T H E T R E E A N D T I M E Around 300 years ago the seed of a wych elm settled 1200 m above sea level close to what is now the Brandlalm in the Karwendel mountains. Today, the tree stands proudly on the slope – and is an amazing piece of history.

No wood for sights: 99 tips for trips in the Bavarian forests.

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Burgruine Kollenburg

Höchste Douglasie Bayerns

Kahlquelle

Aussichtspunkt Haube

Aussichtspunkt Dreistelz

Kloster/Burgruine Schönrain

Keltengräber Stalldorf

Hunnenhügel Kosterforst

Burgruine Stollberg

Burgruine Zabelstein

Prinzregententurm Muppberg

Burgruine Fürther Berg

Schönwappen-Wanderweg

Viktor von Scheffel Blick

Waldkappelle Kirchbühl

Max-Marien-Quelle

Cyriacuskapelle Dürrwangen

Wallanlage Wallenstein

Keltenschanze Arberg

Schwarzwildgehege

Zellerbrünnlein

Limes Gunzenhausen

Burgruine Brunnau

Wallanlage bei Spalt

Uhlberg Ruine

Keltenschanze Deutsch-

Herrenberg

Aussichtspunkt Finkenstein

Burgruine Rundeck

Limesturm

Hügelgräber bei Moritzbrunn

Donaudurchbruch Weltenburg

Burgruine Schwarzenburg

Burgruine Brennberg

Arber

Arboretum „Winneberger Park“

Pankratzruine Karlstein

Theresienklause

Bäckinger- und Hientalklause

Lamprechtshöhle St. Martin

Mucklklause

Schnappenkapelle

Holzknechtmuseum Laubau

Bildungszentrum Laubau

Bayerische Staatsforsten

Geotop Bräundlstein, Erratischer

Block

Ebersberger Forst, Schaukanzel

Behindertengerechter Walderleb-

nispfad

Vogelschutzgebiet

Kreuzweg zur Wieskirche

Arboretum Kranzberger Forst

Hügelgräberrundweg

Waldkapelle St. Hubertus

Perlacher Muckl

Forstenrieder Wildpark

Burgruine Hohenwaldeck

Breitensteiner Fensterl

Alter Torfstich Kollerfilze

Maria-Hilf-Kapelle

Kalvarienberg/Leonhardikapelle

Ludwig-Thoma-Haus

Klosterbasilika

Forsthaus Dickelschwaig

Ammerschlucht

Wamberger Ahorn

Partnachklamm

Hubertuskapelle beim

Wilden Jäger

Höllentalklamm

Grabhügel, Eurasburg

Ringwall Eurasburg

Schneeburg Welden

Grabhügel Horgau

Keltenschanze Peterhof

Haldenburg Schwabegg

Erzschürfstellen Biburg

Gedenksteine Dampfsäger

Lexenrieder Kapelle

Teufelsküche

Römischer Meilenstein

Ruine Wagegg

Waldspielplatz Wertach

Buchenegger Wasserfälle

Waldspielplatz Tannholz

www.baysf.de

Grenzkapelle Liebensteiner Tor

Burgruine Hirschstein

Bärenfang am Waldstein

Allerheiligenkapelle Wernersreuth

Nikolauskirche Mähring

Aussichtsturm am Ochsenkopf

Fichtelsee

Informationszentrum am Wald-

haus Mehlmeisel

Wildgehege Eslarn

Wildgehege Hufeisen und Wald-

schänke

Aussichtsturm Rauher Kulm

Siegesturm bei Eckersdorf

Kunigundenkiefer

Schöpfungsweg (Meditationsweg)

Hubertusbrunnen

Kosbacher Altar

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THE TREE AND TIME Around 300 years ago the seed of a wych elm settled 1200 m above sea level close to what is now the Brandlalm in the Karwendel mountains. Today, the tree stands proudly on the slope – and is an amazing piece of history.

W O R T H S E E I N G

Adventure trails, look-out towers, game observation reserves, forest playgrounds plus over 90 cultural heritage sites, listed chapels,

castle ruins and hunting lodges: The forest is the biggest outdoor museum in Bavaria and

the choice of places to go on excursions is huge. You can find a selection here:

www.baysf.de/ausflugsziele

FICHTELGEBIRGE How can you make a Sunday outing enticing for your children? By pulling their leg. You tell them, for example, that there is a house on the Große Waldstein which has been used to catch bears since the Middle Ages. And the best thing is: It’s a true story. Although the last time a predator was caught here was apparently in 1760.

WORTH SEEING

Adventure trails, look-out towers, game observation reserves, forest playgrounds plus over 90 cultural heritage sites, listed chapels,

castle ruins and hunting lodges: The forest is the biggest outdoor museum in Bavaria and

the choice of places to go on excursions is huge. You can find a selection here:

www.baysf.de/ausflugsziele

F I C H T E L G E B I R G E How can you make a Sunday outing enticing for your children? By pulling their leg. You tell them, for example, that there is a house on the Große Waldstein which has been used to catch bears since the Middle Ages. And the best thing is: It’s a true story. Although the last time a predator was caught here was apparently in 1760.

K L A N G F E S T I WA L D Completely new sounds were to be heard in

the forest near Kelheim on lots of small stages in the middle of the forest at the first

music festival held by the Bavarian State Forest Enterprise. The programme was

organised by the Bavarian jazz institute in Regensburg, and more than 1500 people came to listen – despite the bad weather.

HUFEISEN GAME OBSERVATION RESERVE In the Veldenstein forest there

is an animal reserve that is 40 hectares large. It started

with red deer and roe deer and as the years went by

fallow deer, wild boar, mouflon and sika deer came along too. Now, almost all game species

of the state forest live here. There are a particularly large

numbers of young ones to be seen in the spring!

KLANGFESTIWALD Completely new sounds were to be heard in

the forest near Kelheim on lots of small stages in the middle of the forest at the first

music festival held by the Bavarian State Forest Enterprise. The programme was

organised by the Bavarian jazz institute in Regensburg, and more than 1500 people came to listen – despite the bad weather.

H U F E I S E N G A M E O B S E R VAT I O N R E S E R V E In the Veldenstein forest there

is an animal reserve that is 40 hectares large. It started

with red deer and roe deer and as the years went by

fallow deer, wild boar, mouflon and sika deer came along too. Now, almost all game species

of the state forest live here. There are a particularly large

numbers of young ones to be seen in the spring!

SCHÖNRAIN RUINS The centuries whistle through all the cracks in this

thousand-year old monastery in Spessart. Monks, pillages, lootings, a knight who took his “shield and helmet with

him to the grave”: Here you can meet the ghosts of the past. Or you can search for the passageways which have still

not been found – and which supposedly exist. One of them is even said to lead all the way down to the river Main.

T H E O C E A N O F U P P E R F R A N C O N I AIn the Middle Ages there were stories of large waves on the Fichtelsee that apparently reached right up to the Ochsenkopf – probably a Bavarian cock-and-bull story. Today’s reservoir is almost 11 hectares large, lies in a nature reserve in the Fichtelgebirge and is used as a natural outdoor pool for swimming, boating and walking.

S C H Ö N R A I N R U I N S The centuries whistle through all the cracks in this

thousand-year old monastery in Spessart. Monks, pillages, lootings, a knight who took his “shield and helmet with

him to the grave”: Here you can meet the ghosts of the past. Or you can search for the passageways which have still

not been found – and which supposedly exist. One of them is even said to lead all the way down to the river Main.

THE OCEAN OF UPPER FRANCONIAIn the Middle Ages there were stories of large waves on the Fichtelsee that apparently reached right up to the Ochsenkopf – probably a Bavarian cock-and-bull story. Today’s reservoir is almost 11 hectares large, lies in a nature reserve in the Fichtelgebirge and is used as a natural outdoor pool for swimming, boating and walking.