The best walks and hikes around Wenzenbach

The small stream is called Gambach and flows into the pond at Fußenberg.

Beautiful hiking trail along the Gambach stream. The MTB trail is not easy (S2 difficulty).

Highly recommended for a fun family outing. A very well-maintained facility, extremely friendly staff, and an exciting show.

St. Peter's Parish Church The historic hall building, built between 1425 and 1482, rises on a rectangular floor plan, to which the recessed, four-part apse and the square-plan tower are connected to the east. Today, the old building forms the entrance hall with the sacristy and weekday chapel. The modern extension is accessed via the former north portal of the historic church. It has an elliptically inspired floor plan, tapering towards the new chancel in the south, thus forming the characteristic nave shape. Two additional entrances are located on the east and west sides of the new building. Approaching the church from the northeast via the main street, the only thing that immediately catches your eye is the narrow, metal-clad window protruding from the roof and wall of the old church. This window, along with the portal below it, marks the new main entrance. The west side of the old building and the entire extension – a construction of iron girders and glass on a brick base – are clad with 15-meter-high wooden slats. The sanctuary is highlighted externally by a ship's prow-like roof elevation and a cross. The tower dates from the Romanesque period and is crowned by a regionally typical pointed helmet on four triangular gables with finials and gargoyles. The entire furnishings of the new church were created by the artist Helmut Langhammer from Pressath, Upper Palatinate. A uniform granite floor connects the old and new buildings. At the junction stands the baptismal font, a silver bowl on a gray stone body. The altar, also made of stone and framed by four candlesticks, encloses a bronze column of Christian faith. Behind the altar, a bronze, slightly curved sail repeats the ship motif. To the right of the altar rises the silver tabernacle in the shape of an oar. On the left, a bronze figure of the Virgin Mary supports the Christ Child, raised in a cruciform position. The weekday chapel still features, among other things, the original high altar and stained-glass windows from the neo-Gothic remodeling in the mid-19th century. Source: Excerpts from www.strasse-der-moderne.de

Schönberg Castle The castle was built in the 13th century. In 1269, it was mentioned as the property of the Lords of Hohenfels. Later owners were the Bishops of Regensburg and the Dukes of Bavaria. In the following centuries, there was a constant change of ownership, including the Satelbog family, the Hauzendorf family, the Auer family, the Hof family, the Murach family, and the Zenger family. On September 12, 1504, the castle was conquered by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I. After the Battle of Wenzenbach, Duke Albrecht moved into Schönberg and granted it in 1508 to Bernhardin von Stauff, Baron of Ehrenfels. Schönberg passed as a dowry to the Lerchenfelder family, who resided here until 1753, when it was sold to the Breslau canon Georg Karl Joseph von Stingelheim. The Stingelheim family remained in possession of Schönberg until 1817, when Karl Alexander von Thurn und Taxis purchased the estate. In 1927, the castle passed to the Vilsmeier family, who established an inn in the outbuildings a year later. In 1957, the property came into the possession of the Fichtl family. The current owner is the physician Hans-Hermann Klünemann, who, with the assistance of the German Foundation for Monument Protection, initiated the renovation of the complex. The renovation of the castle was largely completed in 2010. The castle is a three-story, hipped-roof building with a bay window and an irregularly oriented south-facing floor plan. The core building dates from 1253/54 with a medieval extension. Alterations took place from the late 17th to the early 18th century and around 1770/71. The roof structure dates from 1820/23. There is a Baroque castle chapel of St. Joseph. Also preserved are parts of the circular wall with shell towers, as well as the presumably late medieval moat wall with its ditch and outer wall made of granite rubble. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

A castle near Wenzenbach, towering high above the valley. Built in the 13th century and now privately owned.

Hauzenstein Castle Hauzenstein Castle was first mentioned in 1372. The castle was probably the youngest castle in the Regensburg district. Its owner at the time was Hermann Hauzendorfer. Later owners were the Paulsdorf family, and from 1592 onwards, the Freidl family and Brentano von Brentheim. The current complex was built at the end of the 17th century by the Freidl family using stones from the old castle destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. Since 1830, it has been privately owned by the Walderdorff family. The two-story side wing was added in 1915. The complex features a striking bell tower with an onion dome and a three-story hipped-roof main building with plasterwork. At the rear are a two-story wing with a gable roof and a two-story mansard-roofed building with a dormer window dating from the 17th/18th centuries. The castle chapel, dating from around 1835, is located in the columned hall on the ground floor. The chapel was probably originally a horse stable. The chapel is a square, four-story tower with a clock, pyramidal roof, and onion-domed dome. The gateposts with seated lions and the cast-iron fence date from around 1870. A Baroque garden is located to the south of the complex. Scattered remains of the old medieval castle can be found in the forest about 150 meters west of the castle. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

Castle estate with many cow pastures all around, idyllically situated 😄🥰