The best traffic-free bike rides around Kist

Blutsee-Moor near Kleinrinderfeld, beautiful there.

Very nice rest areas

The walk up to Käppele is worth it

A bit spruced up, the place is beautifully maintained. Nice for a quick stop.

The trail leads through the Irtenberger Wald protected area, past numerous interesting natural features, such as the so-called "Blutsee," a lowland moor. A very beautiful and idyllic setting. On foot, please avoid the Blutsee in the crescent shape. You have to leave the main path 😃. Not suitable for bikes; only possible on foot. Mosquito repellent recommended. There are tree trunks along the trail that you have to climb. Most of them are quite deep. In some places, it's best to walk to the left or right of the trunks.

TECHNICAL DATA The visible height of the water tower is 30.40 m. The basement is located below ground at a depth of 2.50 m. This contains the gate valve, water meter, supply line, check valve, and various elbows. The water tower is divided into 7 floors. The external dimensions range from 7.00 m (ground floor) to 9.75 m (observation floor). The exterior walls are made of 0.49 m thick reinforced concrete. The ceiling between the service floor and the tank floor is 0.60 m thick. The tower stands on a 3.00 m wide and 0.80 m thick reinforced concrete ring foundation. The water chamber is located at a height of 20.30 m and has a capacity of 150 m³. The water tank has a total height of 7.35 m and is fed with water via an insulated 100 gauge pipe. Photo: K. Hepp The tank level and the observation level are lined with 0.60 cm thick copper plates. 155 steps lead from the ground floor up to the observation level in a spiral staircase. From here, a magnificent view of Kist opens up. In the evenings, the water tower draws attention with the blue lighting of the observation level. Searching for clues KIST Discovery tour of local history www.gemeinde-kist.de Financed with funds from the Free State of Bavaria, the Federal Republic of Germany, and

In the mid-1950s, many Kister houses often lacked the necessary water pressure. On days with high water consumption, and in the upper village, the water supply was insufficient. In cooperation with the Bavarian State Office for Water Supply and Water Protection and an engineering firm from Nuremberg, a solution was found: the construction of a water tower. CONSTRUCTION Otto Seubert, former Kister mayor, reported on the positive negotiations regarding the land acquisition for the necessary tower site at the municipal council meeting on March 14, 1959. On January 30, 1960, the building application was submitted to the municipal council for approval. The contract for the execution of the work was approved on March 5, 1960. The contract was awarded to a Munich company at the bid price of 249,472.28 Deutsche Marks (DM).

According to the confirmation of the Episcopal Ordinariate on July 15, 1854, the later union of Kist with Kleinrinderfeld was a union based on equality before the law, through which the previously existing legal conditions were not changed, as a result of which Kist still has its own parish seal and parish register and the pastor of Kleinrinderfeld has called himself "Pastor of Kleinrinderfeld and Kist" until recent times. If one bases this view of a union based on equality before the law, which is said to have taken place in the 17th century, it can therefore be said that at that time two independent parishes still existed and the pastor of Kleinrinderfeld was also the pastor of Kist in personal union, but a chaplain was nevertheless assigned to the Kist parish. After the parish was granted the status of an Expositure [1] in 1890 and as such was assigned to the parish of St. Martin, it regained its legal independence in 1952.