Passau - Innstadt - Pyrawang - Kasten - Engelhartszell - Kramesau - Niederranna - Wesenufer - Schlögen
Route description
From Passau main station, first head north until you meet the Danube. Here turn right and follow the road to the Glass Museum, where you turn right again into Schrottgasse. Here a first detour to St. Stephen's Cathedral is already worthwhile, which has had the largest cathedral organ in the world since 1928. After crossing the Inn, you ride downstream on sometimes narrow and winding paths to two small wooded islands.
At the height of Erlau – a village on the opposite riverbank – the Danube makes a distinctive left curve. Here is Krämpelstein Castle, often also called Schneiderschlössl. It consists of a residential tower and an attached palace. The walls are only partially preserved. Already here you can admire the Donauleiten nature reserve on the other bank: It marks the southern edge of the Bavarian Forest and offers an enormous biodiversity and impressive botany. In Pyrawang a short visit to the small Peter's Church is worthwhile, where Gothic murals from the 14th century were discovered during restoration work.
In Engelhartszell, highlights include the Trappist abbey and the Mini-Danube (with large aquarium). Since 2018, you can stay on the new cycle path on the south bank here and head towards Oberranna. Visit the Roman fortress Oberranna - the best-preserved Roman building in Upper Austria and part of the 2018 state exhibition.
You cross the Wesenufer directly at the river and follow the newly developed Danube cycle path to Schlögen. Soon you see the Haichenbach ruin for the first time and then reach the first stage destination: Schlögen.
