The best walks and hikes around Östlicher Neubäuer Forst

Church of Our Lady of the Nativity Around 1500, Count Fürstenberg built a castle, which presumably stood in the current village center of Neubäu. A wooden chapel was built under the caretaker Hans Georg Rotenthan after 1599. It was expanded with an annex in 1806. Neubäu belonged to the parish of Neukirchen-Balbini. Since 1817, a cooperator was responsible for pastoral care in Neubäu, thus making Neubäu a branch of Neukirchen-Balbini. In 1900, Johann Müllbauer, the parish priest of Neubäu, asked the bishop for permission to build a new church. After the foundation stone was laid by Pastor Christian Wimmer, the church was built in the Neo-Romanesque style. The architect was Johann Baptist Schott from Munich. The sandstone blocks were brought from the nearby Schwärzenberg mountain by manual labor and haulage. Despite a minor accident, construction progressed rapidly. The new church was completed in 1901. On July 20, 1907, Bishop Antonius Henle ceremoniously consecrated the new church. The church consists of a nave crossed by a transept, a church tower to the west, and a semicircular apse to the east. Its walls are articulated externally with pilaster strips and arched friezes. The top square story of the church tower houses the clock tower, while the octagonal one above, behind the bell tower arcades designed as bifora, houses the belfry, in which four church bells hang. A pointed helmet sits on top. The interior is spanned by a groined vault. The transverse arches rest on consoles. The church furnishings date from the time of construction. On the high altar, we see the crucified Jesus with Mary and John; above the crucifixion group, a pelican can be seen. According to legend, the pelican gives its blood to feed its young; this was seen as a symbol of Jesus Christ, who gave his life for us. The left side altar depicts the Sacred Heart motif, while the right side altar depicts the Holy Family. The baptismal font stands in front of the right side altar. In the vault of the apse, Christ the Judge of the World greets the high altar, filled with light and splendor. In the organ loft, Christ is depicted as the "Good Shepherd" surrounded by the four evangelists. Three special images of the Virgin Mary were retained from the old church: the image of the "Mother of God," the image of the "Heart of Mary," and the image of "Mary Help." Source: Information panel and excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

View over the lake

Here, you can observe the birds in a sheltered and hidden environment. There are lookouts at various heights so that even children can see something.

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Very nice and easy circular hike possible

Beautiful circular hike around the Neubäuer Weiher possible

A tree blocks the path between the lakes

Pilgrimage Chapel of St. Mary Magdalene The wooden predecessor served as a meeting place for the Beghards, who lived as hermits scattered throughout the forest. They were members of a religious community that was founded in the Netherlands around 1220 and it was the only settlement in the diocese of Regensburg. The Beghards dedicated the first wooden chapel to the penitent Mary Magdalene. It became a popular place of pilgrimage because a never-ending spring rises nearby. In the chapel people prayed for rain during droughts. After the Beghard community had to disband in the 14th century on papal orders due to accusations of heresy and its members moved to the Reichenbach monastery, the wooden chapel fell into disrepair. The stone successor building, which the Benedictines of Reichenbach had built in 1669, also fell into disrepair over time and was to be demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. However, there was a long back and forth because of a stock of assets that belonged to the chapel. In 1844, the manager of the Einsiedelhof (now Waldhaus Einsiedel), Erhard Reisinger, created a fait accompli by having the chapel rebuilt. Above the door are his initials, "ER" and the year 1844, corresponding to the year of reconstruction. The chapel was restored in 2009 by the Nittenau parish, on the initiative of the former mayor Julius Schmatz. The large wooden figure of Magdalena was restored and now stands in the parish church of the Birth of Mary in Nittenau. On special occasions, the parishes of Walderbach and Nittenau hold services in the chapel. Source: www.wikipedia.de and information board