Bike round Schärding-Passau-Schärding | Nature & Culture on the Inn Cycle Path
4040 Linz
Nature and Culture on the Lower Inn
Easy bike route on the Inn Cycle Path from the charming Baroque town of Schärding to the three-rivers city of Passau and back.
Recommended season:
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- Loop
- Scenic
- Refreshment stops available
- Cultural/historical value
0 km Schärding. The highlight of the town is the colorful Silberzeile, where the color of each of these townhouses was assigned to a specific professional group. In addition to other urban gems and churches, there is also a city museum in Schärding (open from April to October).
1 km Neuhaus. From the Upper Town Square, head right to the Old Inn Bridge over to the German Neuhaus am Inn. Neuhaus Castle today houses a secondary school run by the English Ladies.
4 km Vornbach. After 4 km on the Inn Valley Cycle Path, you reach Vornbach. There, the church of the former Benedictine Abbey Maria Hilf (Rococo) with the nearby cemetery church St. Martin is especially worth seeing. At the height of the fire station hut, follow the cycle path again, which leads into the Neuburg Forest and to the Inn river breakthrough, the Vornbach Gorge.
7 km Neuburg. Above the forest towers the fortified five-towered complex Neuburg Castle. A paved road leads steeply up to it. Worth seeing there are the district gallery, the outer grounds, and the flower garden from the 17th century, as well as the panoramic view over the Inn Valley.
17 km Passau. The same steep road leads back down to the Inn Valley Cycle Path. On a natural path along the river, the route goes partially considerably uphill and downhill. On the Bavarian side near the Ingling power plant, you reach Passau. Via the university, you get to the old town.
The bike tour returns from the old town over the large Inn Bridge. After crossing the Inn, turn right over Jahnstraße to the Roman Museum Kastell Boiotro (open from March – 15 Nov daily 10 am–4 pm except Monday), through Severin Gate, past St. Severin's Church and cemetery to Austrian Ingling.
21 km Ingling. From Ingling, follow the road turning right ("Nature Experience Path European Reserve Lower Inn") and from there always in sight of the Inn toward Wernstein. Tip: Those wishing to cover part of the return by boat can board the "MS Schärding" of the Inn shipping captain Schaurecker in Ingling (Tue-Sat: 2:50 pm, additionally Sun and holidays at 12 noon) and enjoy the wild romantic Lower Inn Valley up to Schärding. Bicycle transport is free.
28 km Wernstein. In Wernstein, at the foot of the imposing opposite Neuburg Castle lies the more slender Wernstein Castle, now privately owned. In front of this castle stands a Marian column from 1647. The suspension bridge "Mariensteig" leads pedestrians and cyclists to the other Inn side to Neuburg.
34 km Schärding. Four kilometers after Wernstein, the signposting points right under the railway tracks. Then it goes right and immediately left again, directly along the Inn. After crossing the Pram Bridge, you soon reach the center of Schärding again.
Tip:Legendary impressions:
- Passau Roman Museum Kastell Boiotro
- Wernstein Castle
- Baroque Town Square Schärding with Silberzeile
- Schärding Water Gate
- Baroque Garden Schärding with Orangery
- Schärding Castle Park
- Vornbach Monastery
- Neuburg Castle
Experience nature:
Inn river breakthrough, the Vornbach Gorge
E-bike rental points in town:
- Eurofun Touristik GmbH – Eurobike, Haid 70, 4782 St. Florian Tel. +43 (0) 664 80 183 801
E-mail: donau@eurobike.at, www.eurobike.at Fahrrad-Klinik, Bräugasse 10, Passau, Tel. +49 851 334 11,
info@fahrradklinik-passau.de, www.fahrradklinik-passau.de;Fahrradladen Passau, Roßtränke 12, Passau, Tel. +49 851 722 26
info@fahrradladen-passau.de, www.fahrradladen-passau.de;Rent a Bike Bicycle Rental – Bikehaus 29 at the station,
Passau HBF – Track 1, Tel. +49 851 966 25 70 or +49 941 599 81 94,
info@bikehaus.de, www.fahrradverleih-bahnhof-passau.de
E-bike charging stations along the route:
- Schärding Town Square, Silberzeile, 4780 Schärding
- Schärding Tourist Info, Innbruckstraße 29, 4780 Schärding
- Wirtshaus zur Bums'n, Denisgasse 8, 4780 Schärding
- Radsport Schlewitz, Ludwig-Pfliegl-Gasse 25, 4780 Schärding
- Spar, Passauer Str. 35, 4780 Allerheiligen
Zweirad Würdinger, Regensburger Straße 22, Passau;
Fahrrad-Klinik, Bräugasse 10, Passau;
Fahrradladen, Roßtränke 12, Passau;
Rent a Bike Bicycle Rental – at Passau HBF, West Wing,
Bahnhofstraße 29, Passau
Schärding Tourism Association
Innbruckstraße 29
4780 Schärding
Tel.: +43(0)7712/4300 0
info@schaerding.info
www.schaerding.at
Paths covering:
further information:
- Flatly
- Board possible
Public Transit
Train connection:
Schärding station, Bahnhofstraße 62, 4780 Schärding
Parking
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
Please get in touch for more information.
Lindengasse 9
4040 Linz
Phone +43 732 7277 - 800
Fax machine +43 732 7277 - 804
E-Mail info@donauregion.at
Web www.donauregion.at
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