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Upper Ilz – Ettl Mill on the Ilz loop from Flugplatz Elsenthal-Grafenau

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Upper Ilz – Ettl Mill on the Ilz loop from Flugplatz Elsenthal-Grafenau

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Upper Ilz – Ettl Mill on the Ilz loop from Flugplatz Elsenthal-Grafenau

02:54

10.7km

140m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 10, 2026

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Naturpark Bayerischer Wald

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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7 m

Ettlmühle parking area

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At the Ettlmühle mill, the headwaters of the Großer Ohe, Kleine Ohe, and Mitternacher Ohe converge – and from this point onward, they are known as the Ilz. If you …

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1.36 km

Upper Ilz

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Very nice section on the Upper Ilz

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1.36 km

The Last Ferryman on the Ilz – Information Board

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2.26 km

Upper Ilz Information Boards

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Great, information boards were set up at regular intervals to inform the attentive and interested hiker about life in and around the Ilz.

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10.1 km

Confluence of the Kleine Ohe and Große Ohe (source of the Ilz)

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Origin of the Ilz through the confluence of the two Ohen (small and large) and the beginning of the Ilz cycle path.

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Ettl Mill on the Ilz

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You don't have to be an expert on this hike. You should have a bottle of water and weather-related clothing with you. A super nice walk on the Ilz.

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10.5 km

Ilz River Landscape

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A hike along the Ilz is always an experience, as it is truly a natural pearl.

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10.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.08 km

635 m

556 m

333 m

117 m

Surfaces

7.03 km

2.38 km

902 m

299 m

108 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 15 July

29°C

17°C

57 %

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Comments

June 23, 2022,Tolle Rundwanderung am Wildwasser Ilz, der schwarzen Perle des Bayerischen Waldes

The start of today's tour through the enchanting Ilztal was the Furthsäge car park. The Ilz is the last untamed white water in East Bavaria.
In the first section of the Danube-Bayerwald route, it appeared rather seldom, in the meadows it hid behind tall grass, you could only hear it rustling every now and then.
We then went over a …

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Upper Ilz – Ettl Mill on the Ilz loop from Flugplatz Elsenthal-Grafenau

Ettlmühle parking area

Upper Ilz

Ettlmühle on the River Ilz

The Last Ferryman on the Ilz – Information Board

Upper Ilz Information Boards

Confluence of the Kleine Ohe and Große Ohe (source of the Ilz)

Ettl Mill on the Ilz

Ilz River Landscape

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