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Bohemian Forest Bike Path R27

Path number: R27
Starting place: 4163 Klaffer am Hochficht
Destination: 4160 Aigen-Schlägl
Partial lock: Partial Road Closure
Time period: 14.09.2026 - 16.09.2026

Description: Due to forestry work, the forest road from the area just before the Schwarzenberg Lift entrance to the Rehberg Lift in the Hochficht ski area will be CLOSED from September 14–16, 2026!
The affected section is marked in purple on the map.

diversion information: An alternative route is available via the bike path through Klaffer am Hochficht, Freundorf, Pfaffetschlag, and Lichtenberg to Schöneben. The alternative route is marked in yellow on the map section.

The Šumava Cycle Route R27 leads through the beautiful landscape of the Šumava. Not a circular route!

0 km  Starting from the car park at the Klaffer bathing lake, follow the road through Vorderanger. The Große Mühl accompanies you for a short distance. Then cross the Hinteranger district road and follow the Hinteranger goods road which leads you to Dreisesselbergstraße. Turn left and then reach the centre of Schwarzenberg.

6.7 km  After the Municipal Office Schwarzenberg, turn right onto Plöckensteinstraße in the direction of the Hochficht ski area. Follow this road for 1.5 km and then turn right again onto the forest road - 

8.2 km  Klein Holzschlag. Follow the signs. From here, it's downhill to the Zwieselberg valley station, where you will reach the...

13.2 km Holzschlag event centre after a short "mountain climb". Follow the tarmac road downhill, cross the access road to the Hochficht ski area and reach the forest road, which takes you to...

20 km  Schöneben. Around 140 years ago, a settlement was established here on the salt road to Bohemia, which was mentioned in documents as early as 1588. Today it is a beautiful recreational area.

Follow the road towards the border, turn right shortly after the chapel for displaced persons, the road will take you to...

22.6 km Sonnenwald. Only a few people still live in the few remaining houses in this forest clearing. In its heyday, there were 16 buildings in the village. The abundance of timber, a glassworks and the Schwarzenberg alluvial canal attracted many workers from the surrounding area. The glassworks, of which nothing remains today, was shut down in 1900. Some artefacts can be found in the Ulrichsberg Glass Museum.
From here, follow the Schwarzenberg Alluvial Canal. Shortly after the...

29.6 km Schrollenbachschleuse you reach the Böhmerwald Landesstraße, which you turn right onto. The road takes you uphill, past the Schwedenschanzen, to...

32.0 km Oberhaag. The road now runs steeply downhill and takes you to the end point of the tour in...

35.3 km  Aigen-Schlägl.

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Path number: R27
Starting place: 4163 Klaffer am Hochficht
Destination: 4160 Aigen-Schlägl

duration: 2h 55m
length: 35,3 km
Altitude difference (uphill): 725m
Altitude difference (downhill): 733m

Lowest point: 584m
Highest point: 974m
difficulty: difficult
condition: difficult
panoramic view: Great panorama

Paths covering:
Gravel, Street

Starting point: Car park in the centre of Schwarzenberg am Böhmerwald.
Destination: Grenzlandradweg R27 to Aigen-Schlägl.

further information:
  • Board possible

Accessibility / arrival

West motorway - Linz - B 127
Via Munich - Landshut - A92 - Deggendorf - Passau A3 - exit
Nord via Wegscheid
Via Nuremberg - Regensburg A3 - Passau - exit Nord via Wegscheid

Travelling by public transport
Route planner for independent travellers
Most economical season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn

Please get in touch for more information.

Bohemian Forest Bike Path R27
Tourismusverband Mühlviertel - Informationsbüro Böhmerwald
Dreisesselbergstraße 18
4160 Aigen-Schlägl

Phone +43 5 07263 - 200
E-Mail boehmerwald@muehlviertel.at
Web www.muehlviertel.at/
https://www.muehlviertel.at/

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