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Baummarder Loop - From Reschbachklause to the Moldauquelle

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Baummarder Loop - From Reschbachklause to the Moldauquelle

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Baummarder Loop - From Reschbachklause to the Moldauquelle

03:31

11.9km

340m

Hiking

The cross-border tour leads from the Bavarian Forest National Park to the Šumava National Park. Schwellgraben and Reschbachklause are witnesses of the former wooden trift. In good weather, the Siebensteinkopf offers a distant view of the Alps. Via the Vltava spring it goes to the border town Bučina and back…

by Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald

Last updated: February 11, 2026

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Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald

Národní park Šumava

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1.19 km

Reschbachklause

Highlight • Lake

The refuge and the table / bench corner on the other side of the pool are ideal for a short break with a snack. You can also see traces of the local residents of the Reschbachklause along the basin ...

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2.33 km

Siebensteinkopf

Highlight • Summit

Easy ascent with a great view

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4.26 km

source of the Moldau

Highlight • River

From a rather inconspicuous hole in the earth emerges the Warm Vltava, one of the two source rivers of the longest Czech watercourse.

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7.84 km

Bučina (Buchwald) – Memorial, Chapel, and Alpská Vyhlídka Hotel

Highlight • Historical Site

Former village that was completely demolished in 1956 because it was in the border strip. Only a chapel and a hotel remained. Today there is a memorial for the "Iron …

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10.5 km

Teufelsbachklause — dam and shelter

Highlight • Monument

An old hermitage (mountain stream dam) to dam water for the wood drift and today a technical monument for the timber industry in the Bohemian Forest.

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10.7 km

Feeder channel to the Teufelsbach Klause

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Well reminiscent of the South Tyrolean Waalwege. Engineering (the way to lead the whole mountain) is easily underestimated.

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11.9 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.28 km

2.89 km

2.63 km

795 m

245 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.76 km

4.20 km

1.74 km

849 m

276 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (1,250 m)

Lowest point (990 m)

Weather

Saturday 6 June

19°C

9°C

16 %

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Comments

June 16, 2022,Finsterau-Siebensteinkopf-Moldau Quelle-Hochmoor Finsterau

Holiday 💪😎 So lace up your hiking boots and up the mountain! Today again in the super beautiful Bavarian Forest National Park and once again I was not disappointed! Good hiking trails with pleasant hills, the Siebensteinkopf had little view to offer, but the Moldau source and high moor were all the more beautiful! 🤓
It's always amazing how such …

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June 13, 2021,Über die Grenze zur Moldauquelle

Wonderful hike in dream weather.
The only exit wide, graveled roads on the Czech side

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April 16, 2025,♥️-Projekt Kinderhospiz Stups, KM-SAMMELN T15 // Auf den Siebensteinkopf und zur Quelle der Moldau

Today, we weren't on our home turf with stups. Quite the opposite – we were back in the Bavarian Forest. Stups even managed to hike up the Siebenstein (1,263 m), to the source of the Vltava River on the Czech side, and admire the historic "Iron Curtain" in Buchwald.

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March 19, 2023,Bayerischer Wald - Finsterau - Rundweg Baummarder

Boundless in the Bavarian Forest - that sums it up quite well. Because quickly you have reached the Czech border. This tour starts at the Wistlberg hiking car park in Finsterau. If you are traveling with a camper, you can also secure a pitch in the "Elsewhere" camp and start walking from here. The path markings are unmistakable on the …

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October 8, 2024,Auf den Siebensteinkopf und zur Moldauquelle

A beautiful tour through the national park, on both the German and Czech sides.
Some of the paths are very small and rustic, and there are also some wider forest paths. The forest is a real jungle in places. Lots of dead wood and really dense, I find it very impressive, I hope that one day all the national parks …

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July 10, 2023,2023_07_10 Moldauquelle

Today's destination was the Vltava spring. We were early enough to drive to the Schwellgraben car park and followed the Pine Marten marker almost the entire way. A short detour brought us to the Siebensteinkopf, where unfortunately there was little to see today.
On the German side, the route ran along beautiful forest paths. This changed with our neighbors. Gravel …

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July 4, 2021,Über die Reschbachklause und den Siebensteinkopf zur Moldauquelle 04.07.2021

Circular hike with the German-Czech border area with many highlights in beautiful hiking weather:
- Reschbachklause
- Siebensteinkopf
- Source of the Moldau (extremely well attended today!)
The paths between the Moldauquelle and Bucina are not so nice for hikers and are heavily used by mountain bikers.
- Bucina with a restaurant and interesting former relics of the border fortifications …

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November 10, 2024,Rundwanderung zum Siebensteinkopf – Bayerischer Wald

Divine tour! Maybe it was the weather. I'd do it again anytime.

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July 1, 2020

The cross-border tour leads from the Bavarian Forest National Park to the Šumava National Park. Schwellgraben and Reschbachklause are witnesses of the former wooden trift. In good weather, the Siebensteinkopf offers a distant view of the Alps. Via the Vltava spring it goes to the border town Bučina and

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July 9, 2020

Do something good for the environment and use public transport to get to your tour:
Igelbus stop Schwellgraben
Line 603 (Finsterau bus)
Igelbus service from mid-May until the end of the Bavarian autumn holidays
Timetables at bahnland-bayern.de﻿

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Baummarder Loop - From Reschbachklause to the Moldauquelle

Reschbachklause

Siebensteinkopf

source of the Moldau

Bučina (Buchwald) – Memorial, Chapel, and Alpská Vyhlídka Hotel

Teufelsbachklause — dam and shelter

Feeder channel to the Teufelsbach Klause

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