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Frauenau Drinking Water Reservoir – Ruckowitzschachten loop from Zwiesel (Bay)

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Frauenau Drinking Water Reservoir – Ruckowitzschachten loop from Zwiesel (Bay)

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Frauenau Drinking Water Reservoir – Ruckowitzschachten loop from Zwiesel (Bay)

05:06

60.1km

1,390m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.6 km for 194 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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12.2 km

Frauenau Drinking Water Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

This dam serves as flood protection, drinking water storage and energy generation. Information boards provide information about the construction and much more about the dam. Worth seeing!

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13.3 km

Waterfall in Naturpark Bayerischer Wald

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There are many great hiking and biking opportunities around the Frauenau drinking water dam 👌 everyone gets their money's worth here 👍 This place is 100% worth a visit 😉

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27.1 km

View of the valley in Bavarian Forest National Park

Highlight • Viewpoint

There are many great hiking and biking opportunities around the Hochschacht 👌 everyone gets their money's worth here 👍 This place is 100% worth a visit 😉

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36.7 km

Rindlbach

Highlight • River

A scenic dream here. I'll be back, no question :-)

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41.4 km

Ruckowitzschachten

Highlight • Viewpoint

Picture book landscape 👌 is always worth a visit

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43.7 km

Chapel on the Großer Falkenstein

Highlight • Religious Site

Nice little chapel....I'll be back no question ☺️

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43.8 km

Falkenstein Mountain Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

The mountain hut is a cozy place to stop, recharge, and enjoy the view, and it offers shelter in bad weather.
The cozy common room of the mountain hut can …

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49.1 km

View of Großer Arber

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From here you have a great view of the Gr. worker
I'll be back, no question :-)

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60.1 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

41.3 km

8.19 km

5.97 km

3.16 km

908 m

602 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

34.7 km

23.5 km

868 m

671 m

440 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,300 m)

Lowest point (560 m)

Weather

Sunday 12 July

28°C

13°C

0 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

May 31, 2023,Trinkwassertalsperre Frauenau zum Falkenstein u. zurück über Buchenau

This quite demanding tour from the drinking water reservoir up to the shafts and from there to the summit of the great Falkenstein and back via Buchenau has it for itself
e-bikes in themselves. If you don't economize on your battery, you have a good chance of running out of juice on the last big climb to the summit with …

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October 7, 2023,Trinkwassertalsperre_Hochschachten_Albrechtschachten_Falkenstein_Buchenau_Trinkwassertalsperre

On Saturday we went on the Schachten tour with Falkenstein... unfortunately it wasn't until 14 Thursday... the weather was wonderful, but autumn was just beginning at the dam and Hochschachten...

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August 24, 2021,Im Bayerischen Wald ➡ "Hochschachten & Falkenstein"

Inspired by yesterday's hike at the Oberlocal Sepp, I jumped onto the bike again after the warm-up lap on the rain, in order to be able to see with my own eyes an extraordinary area that I hadn't even had on the radar before.

The high shafts.

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Frauenau Drinking Water Reservoir – Ruckowitzschachten loop from Zwiesel (Bay)

Frauenau Drinking Water Reservoir

Waterfall in Naturpark Bayerischer Wald

View of the valley in Bavarian Forest National Park

Rindlbach

Ruckowitzschachten

Chapel on the Großer Falkenstein

Falkenstein Mountain Hut

View of Großer Arber

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