The best road cycling routes in Pfahl

The marking of the hiking trails is a bit confusing here. The understandable information board is located north of the St 2152 behind the sign Naturpark Oberer Bayerischer Wald.

Kröblitz Castle The origins of the Kröblitz castle and manor date back to around the year 1000. A large defensive structure must have existed on the cellars that still exist. The old castle or palace complex was built on a small promontory on the Schwarzach and was surrounded by the Schwarzach to the east and south. Georg the Prackendorfer is named as the first lord of the castle in Kröblitz in 1255; the manor was awarded to him by the emperor for his services in the crusade. He was followed in 1304 by his brother Heinrich the Prackendorfer, who fought from 1264 to 1268 on the side of the emperor Rudolf of Habsburg against the bishop of Basel, Heinrich of Neuenburg. Kröblitz is mentioned for the first time as an iron hammer in 1423, owned by Mertel Walzer. On April 17, 1517, Elector Ludwig V and Count Palatine Friedrich issued a hammer certificate in favor of Lorenz Heber. The Heber family owned the hammer until 1581. From May 19, 1581, Hans Manner, later Hanns Sannter, is named as the hammer master. After the Thirty Years' War, around 1650, the Kröblitz iron hammer was desolate and burned down. In 1716, Baron Kaspar von Wildenau bought the land and built the baroque castle that still exists today, which was completed in 1735. In 1743, the attached chapel was consecrated in honor of Saint Nepomuk. Baron Michael Franz von Wildenau, who had taken over the land from his parents in 1751, bought the Kröblitz hammer together with the associated flour and sawmill, and a brewery was added in 1773. In 1782, the Kröblitz castle estate and hammer passed from Baron von Wildenau to Willhelm Freiherr von Weinbach for 27,000 guilders. As late as 1870, there was a charcoal blast furnace in Kröblitz, one of the few private smelters in the Upper Palatinate at that time. Iron ore from the Erzberg in Amberg was smelted here and processed into semi-finished products such as rail and bar iron. The smelter was later converted into a mirror grinding and polishing plant. Today, a small power plant stands here. In 1886, Johann Hofmann from Nabburg acquired the remaining Kröblitz estate with the castle, and it has been in the family ever since. The names changed through marriage from Hofmann to Sinzger to Grimm. In 1973, the property was completely renovated and guests have been entertained in the castle walls ever since. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de / www.schloss-kröblitz.de

Filial Church of St. Ägidius The church in Dautersdorf, once a parish church, fell victim to a fire on July 28, 1810. The lower part of the nave walls dates back to the old Romanesque church from the 12th or 13th century. An old octagonal baptismal font made of granite, which is set up in front of the church, dates from this period. In the 14th century, a spacious Gothic choir was added in place of an apse; its surrounding walls are not recessed, but continue in line with the nave walls. The choir comprises a long bay and ends with five octagonal sides. The cross-ribbed vault with hollow ribs is supported by corbels and ends with pointed choir arches towards the church. A pointed arch window is still preserved on the eastern side behind the altar. In the 17th century, pillars were built into the long walls for a vault, which fell victim to the fire in 1810. It was replaced by the current flat ceiling. The tower, built in 1856, stands on the west side in the longitudinal axis. The church was renovated on the outside from 1982 to 1987, the church and tower roofs in particular were damaged. On the south side there is an old stone portal that has been uncovered again, which was covered for a long time by a war memorial. The sacristy is attached to the south side of the church. It was demolished and completely renovated during the church renovation. The neo-Romanesque altar was purchased when the church was rebuilt in Bodenwöhr. It bears an altarpiece with St. Giles and a deer. On the left side there is a reliquary. In the middle there is a picture of St. Mary Help of Christians, the Madonna comes from the Franciscan monastery in Neunburg v. Wald, which was secularized on June 13, 1802. The pulpit has shellwork, on the body there is a bas-relief of the Holy Family, a sounding board with a dove, a canopy and carvings in Rococo. The wooden figures in the church are folk art: on the right side, St. Francis Xavier and St. Leonard with a cow; on the left, St. John of Nepomuk and Mary with the child. In the pointed arch to the choir, a crucifix with Dolorosa, wreathed on a bed of clouds, is attached. On a processional pole are images of St. Hubertus and St. Anthony. The processional cross standing on the pew is interesting because of its special proportions. Source: Church guide of the Neunburg vorm Wald deanery

The terrace operation is great again

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Wonderful landscape with many interesting sections

Nice view of adults

Wonderful landscape with beautiful stretches around the lake