--- title: "Hiking trail Plöckensteinerseeweg | Klaffer am Hochficht" url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-tour/detail/430000304/ploeckensteinerseeweg.html" description: Plöckensteinerseeweg (CZ) from Klaffer am Hochficht. Cross-border hiking trail in the Böhmerwald holiday region in the border triangle of Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic, 19.30 km. date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Hiking trail Plöckensteinerseeweg | Klaffer am Hochficht Plöckensteinerseeweg ====================== **Path number:** 21 **Starting place:** 4163 Klaffer am Hochficht **Destination:** 4163 Klaffer am Hochficht ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/238754/B5EA4AF4F45B014938C2C5ACCBEF4C64F028CA4FFFA297599B6E42D6D4BE945C/ausblick-ploeckensteinersee.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/238755/9C13B4DA4E0A6F03E65AF6C9D314499172E5847BCF954775750420B8385C4D10/ploeckenstein-abendstimmung.jpg) ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/238756/368BF3BA9A578E4AE01B4D6B1EBFAA8B10AB2A58301C2E9BDE9568298812A992/ploeckensteinerseetvbmuehlviertelspitzl.jpg) © Open copyright © Ferienregion Böhmerwald/Spitzl Close copyright [ ![In the foreground a bare tree trunk, in the background the Plöckensteinersee lake and a distant view as far as the Vltava reservoir in the Czech Republic.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/238754/B5EA4AF4F45B014938C2C5ACCBEF4C64F028CA4FFFA297599B6E42D6D4BE945C/ausblick-ploeckensteinersee.jpg "© Ferienregion Böhmerwald/Spitzl") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/238754/B5EA4AF4F45B014938C2C5ACCBEF4C64F028CA4FFFA297599B6E42D6D4BE945C/ausblick-ploeckensteinersee.jpg) © Open copyright © Oberösterreich Tourismus/Böhmerwald/Robert Maybach Close copyright [ ![Fantastic view from the Plöckenstein over the border triangle of Austria/Germany/Czech Republic - far-reaching views over the Mühlviertel to the Alps as well as to Bavaria and southern Bohemia](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/238755/9C13B4DA4E0A6F03E65AF6C9D314499172E5847BCF954775750420B8385C4D10/ploeckenstein-abendstimmung.jpg "© Oberösterreich Tourismus/Böhmerwald/Robert Maybach") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/238755/9C13B4DA4E0A6F03E65AF6C9D314499172E5847BCF954775750420B8385C4D10/ploeckenstein-abendstimmung.jpg) © Open copyright © TVB Muehlviertel_Spitzl Close copyright [ ![The Plöckensteinersee.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/238756/368BF3BA9A578E4AE01B4D6B1EBFAA8B10AB2A58301C2E9BDE9568298812A992/ploeckensteinerseetvbmuehlviertelspitzl.jpg "© TVB Muehlviertel_Spitzl") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/238756/368BF3BA9A578E4AE01B4D6B1EBFAA8B10AB2A58301C2E9BDE9568298812A992/ploeckensteinerseetvbmuehlviertelspitzl.jpg) © Open copyright © Oberösterreich Tourismus/Böhmerwald/Robert Maybach Close copyright [ ![The summit cross of the Plöckenstein in the Bohemian Forest holiday region.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/238757/8748B2ED9B134CEC7DF55300273764F3FDE49A1EFDF95C8E0D2B9D50AE50D5D8/ploeckenstein-gipfelkreuz.jpg "© Oberösterreich Tourismus/Böhmerwald/Robert Maybach") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/238757/8748B2ED9B134CEC7DF55300273764F3FDE49A1EFDF95C8E0D2B9D50AE50D5D8/ploeckenstein-gipfelkreuz.jpg) © Open copyright © TVB Muehlviertel_Spitzl Close copyright [ ![View of Plöckensteinersee.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/238758/D737FD421A638C59EA888D232BFADFCF2F6D4C541DF420317B2B37643B2C2EB5/blickaufploeckensteinerseetvbmuehlviertelspitzl.jpg "© TVB Muehlviertel_Spitzl") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/238758/D737FD421A638C59EA888D232BFADFCF2F6D4C541DF420317B2B37643B2C2EB5/blickaufploeckensteinerseetvbmuehlviertelspitzl.jpg) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Circular route Possible accommodation Dorfplatz 1 4163 Klaffer am Hochficht [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Dorfplatz%201%2C%204163%20Klaffer%20am%20Hochficht "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Dorfplatz%201%2C%204163%20Klaffer%20am%20Hochficht "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&path=enc:esmhHqxwsAxKkDuE~@aElByA|@o@j@W`@Va@sBnAsAdAeC`AwADwAw@u@aA[Y@?o@m@aBi@SDG`@Jt@V|@?@`@xA?TKr@AVT~@Lt@@jAc@vBeAdDQH?AmHvCmMhD}HxBoFjAmFj@yBHcHOaCKgCf@eBRkBM[K@?_A]yCqCs@e@oFbAoC^s@f@}AdA_Af@yDnAkAPkAH_BEkCo@?@qCw@]As@W_Aq@aAk@k@Og@?e@TM?e@Qk@?eA?yCaAwAsAwB}B{BuBaAaBs@aCWw@?@kAiDg@k@iAFm@ToAfA]HeATqAa@{@aAkAsB@?oAyB_AmC{@mB{C{BkAsAmA}BaAsC?@qIsZgAeE?@Oi@{@|AOd@e@fBKjAItA?@FdGGf@Y|As@`D_AjDU`@s@~@K^Ir@Ej@IhBMj@s@bC_BzDe@|@o@p@i@NiABcB`@m@b@a@d@IXMr@MdCe@~Ek@r@h@`@^xA`@|CCdDH|AH`BZrBNpA\`Bv@`Bj@tAn@~AhA~@tBrCr@b@hAn@tAd@\\r@bAnAnBp@fAFr@IhCe@`Ba@QWIEd@At@WhAa@pAy@lB{@tAOhB{@rCkA`DWlBy@|Ai@vAB@ALu@`@_@`@AJYl@IJZVQz@OfBAnABnADtAFtANlA\bAZx@f@ZJx@I`@o@p@e@pA_@|@a@^m@d@_@^Yd@S`AFZn@GZREj@Q|@Qv@DXpA@MrAIb@f@FC|@AdAd@I`@\AbATx@lALXZp@t@v@`@KfAD|@bAhBtB~@t@~@~@z@dACr@QdAC~@cALoAt@MbEqBzBaApAe@XxCB}B`@wC|AoE|@cDtAyEt@mDPe@HWx@QzAt@f@dAv@tA|@jBfA|DJbAZfFTjB`AdBtClFpAnBxAlA`GOqA}@`Au@??zA_ArCqCv@gAlBwBzA}Ar@gAl@mARsA?s@B}AZmCx@iCX_@jDsEt@oAj@qAhCcFj@hGf@rCB\aAb@wAzAhAgA`AeABaAcAwJ|@wDZqEDi@?gBG{Bu@eJk@aD?@Mg@iAyDe@mAs@gCw@qBg@m@_Ak@WK@?WK{@O{@IyCBaARaDx@s@BC@_@QKi@Dw@Ng@l@oCz@}C`@}@R[X_@bAcAb@_@ZmAGyAEuB?@MuDCgEQqH?@Ac@MwAd@Uf@?j@N`Aj@~@p@r@V\@jBh@pDz@~ADjAIjAQxDoA~@g@pCmBnC_@tBa@xBa@r@d@xCpCxAh@jBLdBSfCg@`CJvGPdCKlFk@~Cs@nAWtPwEtEkA~H_DdAeDb@wBA]?@?o@Mu@U_A@WJs@?Uy@yCKu@Fa@RE`Bh@hAfAt@`AvAv@vAE~B{@xAkArBoAn@k@vE}BfEaAtAk@&server=meta.tourdata.at) Demanding tour through the Bohemian Forest to "god's eye" as Adalbert Stifter called the Plöckenstein lake. Other highlights include the Adalbert Stifter monument and the Plöckenstein, the highest peak in Šumava. A hike through the Sumava nature reserve. **0 km** You start the hike at **the Holzschlag event house**. Following the yellow signpost no. 21, you hike slightly uphill on the forest road, crossing the ski slope of the Rehberg lift, into the high forest of the Šumava and come to the ... **3.3 km** **border crossing 1/10**. Continue the hike on the following asphalt path. Here you are accompanied by white-blue-white tree markings. Downhill you reach ... **5.4 km you reach Hirschröhren** (Říjiště). Turn left at the rest hut. The tree markings are now white-green-white. After a short ascent, leave the road and turn left into the forest. A beautiful uphill, stony hiking trail follows. **From here, sure-footedness and good footwear are required.** You are now in a nature reserve. **Do not leave the path!** At the Pod Kamenným Morem site (1050 m), take the right branch of the path. After approx. 1 km, a path lined with mountain pines and blueberries leads to the ... **8.3 km Plöckensteinersee,** which Adalbert Stifter called "The Eye of God". *Legend has it that there was once a magnificent castle on the Plöckenstein with greedy lords. One day, a judgment fell upon them. Suddenly the sky clouded over, lightning flashed and heavy rain poured down. A ray of lightning struck the Plöckenstein and split the mountain in two. A chasm opened up and the mountain massif sank along with the castle. When the storm was over, the people saw that the castle had been destroyed and that where the lightning had split the mountain, an abruptly falling rock face and a dark lake had formed.* Follow the white-yellow-white tree markings along a steep, rooty, stony but beautiful forest path through the nature reserve up to the ... **9.9 km Adalbert Stifter monument**. The effort of the approximately ¾-hour steep climb is rewarded with a magnificent view of the lake and into the countryside. At the request of Friedberg school principal and writer Jordan Kajetan Markus, this obelisk was erected in 1876/77 in memory of the famous Bohemian Forest poet Adalbert Stifter. After 15-20 minutes you reach the ... **11.0 km Plöckenstein,** with its 1379 m the highest mountain in the Mühlviertel. Here you are again accompanied by trail marker no. 21 to the starting point. You walk left along the border line until the terrain drops steeply downhill. Here you continue to the right, past the "burnt stones" (as the sea of rocks is called). Continue downhill to the forest road and further downhill along the forest path to the "Zwieselberg" shelter hut and the old customs hut. Here you meet the Nordwaldkammweg. Turn left onto the forest road and stay on it. **13.6 km** Here you can take the 300 m long **detour to the Lisei picture** , where you can read the sad story of the forester's daughter who was madly in love with a smuggler. Back again, walk along the forest road to the place where the Sterzvilla once stood. This is a simple hut where the woodcutters cooked their food. Sterz is a dish made from potatoes, flour and lard. **16.0 km** From the **1/10 border crossing** , you walk back along the familiar forest path to the ... **19.3 km Holzschlag event house.** [Ask for our hiking map for EUR 3.00!](https://www.boehmerwald.at/kataloge-karten/prospekte) [With the free outdooractive app, you can hike the route using navigation.](https://www.outdooractive.com/de/route/wanderung/region-boehmerwald/ploeckensteinerseeweg/802594418/) **You can find the detailed description under the menu item "Inspiration" as a convenient download for printing.** [ Tour and route information ](#ttgCollapseTourdetails) --------------------------------------------------------- **Path number:** 21 **Starting place:** 4163 Klaffer am Hochficht **Destination:** 4163 Klaffer am Hochficht **duration:** 6h 4m **length:** 19,0 km **Altitude difference (uphill):** 675m **Altitude difference (downhill):** 678m **Lowest point:** 893m **Highest point:** 1.368m **difficulty:** difficult **condition:** difficult **panoramic view:** Great panorama **Paths covering:** Path / trail, Gravel, unfixed, Hiking trail **Starting point:** Ereignishaus Holzschlag. **Destination:** Ereignishaus Holzschlag. **further information:** - Circular route - Possible accommodation - Board possible [ ![Altitude profile Plöckensteinerseeweg](//static.et4.de/ElevationProfileChart/Go.ashx?Experience=hoehenprofil-meta&Server=meta.tourdata.at&AddElevations=true&AddOfftrackWaypoints=false&AddSurfaces=true&AddWaypoints=false&globalid=tourdata_tour_430000304&width=355&height=250&FontSize=12&mkt=en) ![Altitude profile Plöckensteinerseeweg](//static.et4.de/ElevationProfileChart/Go.ashx?Experience=hoehenprofil-meta&Server=meta.tourdata.at&AddElevations=true&AddOfftrackWaypoints=false&AddSurfaces=true&AddWaypoints=false&globalid=tourdata_tour_430000304&width=450&height=350&mkt=en) ](#ttgHoehenprofilModal "Plöckensteinerseeweg") [ Arrival ](#ttgCollapseAnreise) ---------------------------------- [ Suitability ](#ttgCollapseEignung) -------------------------------------- **Most economical season**- Spring - Summer - Autumn [ Accessibility ](#ttgCollapseBarrierefreiheit) ------------------------------------------------- Please get in touch for more information. [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Plöckensteinerseeweg** Tourismusverband Mühlviertel - Informationsbüro Böhmerwald Dorfplatz 1 4163 Klaffer am Hochficht Phone [ +43 5 07263 - 200 ](tel:+43507263200) E-Mail [boehmerwald@muehlviertel.at](#mailto) Web [www.muehlviertel.at/](https://www.muehlviertel.at/ "New window") https://www.muehlviertel.at/ --- **You can also visit us on** [ Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/boehmerwald) [ Instagram ](https://www.instagram.com/ferienregion_boehmerwald/?hl=de) [ YouTube ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPuOzzRMW3O0eGYhkvzdlUw) --- **We speak the following languages** German English [ Inspiration ](#ttgCollapseMultimedia) ----------------------------------------- **Documents:** [Detailed description: Plöckensteinerseeweg ](https://assets.tourdata.at/original/238759/DCA303823ADEC3D1AF407CFD5A08C015CAAA1FBF96FDFE8DB228C6A942FF104E/detailbeschreibung-ploeckensteinerseeweg.pdf "Link will open in a new window") [ Discover more ](#ttgCollapseMeineEmpfehlungen) -------------------------------------------------- [ © Open copyright © Copyright: Ferienregion Böhmerwald/Spitzl Close copyright ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/660x495/207803/2240E9543C496AED2300EBE964066E63B3B2C920762EF9521FAE41A7F2D83CDA/adalbertstifterdenkmaltvbmuehlviertelspitzl-jpg.jpg "AdalbertStifterDenkmal_TVBMuehlviertelSpitzl.JPG (© Copyright: Ferienregion Böhmerwald/Spitzl)") Adalbert Stifter monument ](https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430000719/adalbert-stifter-monument.html) [ © Open copyright © Copyright: Maria Felhofer Close copyright ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/660x495/208003/160022D528CA131D9BD248E3F1FD286C1205326B44711E6FCC76124DE803F456/adalbert-stifter-musuem.jpg "Adalbert Stifter Musuem (© Copyright: Maria Felhofer)") Adalbert Stifter museum and home house ](https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430000967/adalbert-stifter-museum-and-home-house.html) [ © Open copyright © Copyright: Leitner Fotografie Close copyright ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/660x495/215173/C2CD93FC944894AA86CAAD594260E11536031892002FA05B8F8B9E9242A2EF77/ploeckenstein.jpg "Plöckenstein (© Copyright: Leitner Fotografie)") Plöckenstein 1.379 m ](https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430015030/ploeckenstein-1-379-m.html) [ © Open copyright © Copyright: Ferienregion Böhmerwald Close copyright ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/660x495/207971/06DF8DD7E8CF9E185AE5567245DF2D651BEDA2DE754D1204693107A7C1717962/ploeckensteiner-see-in-tschechien.jpg "Ploeckensteiner See in Tschechien (© Copyright: Ferienregion Böhmerwald)") Lake Plöckenstein in the Czech Republic ](https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/430000934/lake-ploeckenstein-in-the-czech-republic.html) 1. 2. 3. 4. 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