Path Along the Vils River – View of Kastl Monastery Castle loop from Kastl

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Upper Palatinate

Path Along the Vils River – View of Kastl Monastery Castle loop from Kastl

Moderate

4.7

(23)

101

riders

Path Along the Vils River – View of Kastl Monastery Castle loop from Kastl

03:49

55.5km

640m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 19, 2026

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Naturpark Hirschwald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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858 m

Lauterach Valley Cycle Path

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Beautiful bike path through beautiful nature. Hardly any gradients, good surface and again and again it goes directly along the Lauterach.

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8.49 km

Lauterach Riverside Trail in Hirschwald Nature Park

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Beautiful bike path through beautiful nature. Hardly any gradients, good surface and again and again it goes directly along the Lauterach.

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12.6 km

Café Hammermühle

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Nice organic restaurant with café, great beer garden, very nice service and a great latte. Good food at a fair price in the best location right on the cycle path. …

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13.3 km

Historic center of Hohenburg

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Hohenburg is a market with a beautiful town center, sights include the bat house, the "Black Town Hall", the church of St. Jakobus and the pilgrimage church of Stettkirchen. The …

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25.1 km

Path Along the Vils River

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Fantastic cycle path. Overall, the cycle paths along the Naab and Vils are wonderful.

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39.6 km

View of Stettkirchen and Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of Mary

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View of Stettkirchen & Catholic Pilgrimage Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary

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41.5 km

Trail guardians and views of the Hohenburg castle ruins

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Easy to drive trail with a view of the Hohenburg castle ruins and the trail guards at the southern end / beginning.

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55.2 km

View of Kastl Monastery Castle

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From here you have a great view of the monastery castle, just stop and enjoy.

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55.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.8 km

17.8 km

6.41 km

4.99 km

4.30 km

156 m

Surfaces

30.7 km

9.20 km

7.29 km

6.34 km

1.83 km

148 m

Elevation

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Highest point (490 m)

Lowest point (360 m)

Weather

Tuesday 20 October

12°C

3°C

85 %

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Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

June 9, 2023,🚵‍♂️Schöne Bergradltour über den 🥾Wacholderwanderweg🦗 und 🥾Jurasteig🌲 - ⛰️Rechenfels - 🏞️Lauterachtal - ☕Bio-Café Restaurant🐂 Hammermühle - ⚔️Burgruine Hohenburg🛡️ - 🏰Schmidmühlen - 🦇Fledermausturm - 🍨Eiscafé "Cappuccino Station" 09.06.2023

Today we went to the area between Kastl and Schmidmühlen, to the beautiful Lauterachtal with its beautiful juniper slopes and the fragrant juniper heaths. On the varied hiking trails you can feel a touch of Italy everywhere and it is not for nothing that this area is also called the "Upper Palatinate Tuscany". A wonderful spot in the Hirschwald Nature …

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April 26, 2025,Kastl - Trails und Wege Lauterachtal, Hohenburg, Schmidmühlen, Jurasteig, Allersburg

A really cool 😎 tour on "neutral" terrain. After talking about it for a while (or more like "writing" these days 📝), I met up with @Norbert in Kastl today 🙋. I've been looking forward to this loop (well, loop 😉) since the fall, as it's been in my drawer 🗄️ ever since. You have to like the first half …

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