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Martinsklause Reservoir

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Martinsklause Reservoir

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Please check local regulations for: Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald

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    1. On the Lusen via Teufelsloch and Himmelsleiter

    12.2km

    03:57

    530m

    530m

    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required.

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    Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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    May 27, 2020

    The Martinsklause is one of the best preserved Klausen (also called thresholds) in the Bavarian Forest National Park. As an artificial reservoir, the water was created in the 19th century for the wood drift. Outside the snowmelt times, the mountain streams did not have enough water to transport wood into the valley. That is why the water was dammed up and flooded out up to two times a day. The building is now preserved as a cultural monument.

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      July 16, 2020

      Idyllic place for a rest before climbing the Lusen. In the past, the water was dammed here for the Holztrift.

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        August 16, 2021

        The Martinsklause is a timber rafting hermitage in the Bavarian Forest in the district of Freyung-Grafenau.
        The hermitage is located in the Bavarian Forest National Park in the unincorporated area of Waldhäuserwald about 2 km west of the Lusen mountain and about 1 km northeast of the village of Waldhäuser at an altitude of 974 m. The water surface is about 3,400 square meters. It is a water dam built for timber rafting in 1835 and was renovated by the National Park Administration in 1976/1977. The headwaters of the Kleine Ohe collect in the Martinsklause.

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          Location: Waldhäuser Wald, Freyung-Grafenau, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

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