The best road cycling routes around Murner Lake

From here you can watch the wakeboarders very nicely. A cozy spot. And I love watching the wakeboarders on their course.

Lake Steinberger Lake Steinberger is part of the Upper Palatinate Lake District and, with an area of 1.84 km², is the largest lake in the Upper Palatinate. It was named after the municipality of Steinberg am See. It is 1.98 km long, 1.4 km wide, and has a maximum depth of 50 meters. The Schreckerbach stream feeds and drains the lake. After the Bavarian lignite industry ceased mining operations in the mid-1980s, the open-cast mine "Steinberger See" was flooded by reducing the water level. Remaining mining equipment was demolished and still lies on the lakebed. Two small, wooded islands also remain, which now divide the lake into a northern and a southern section. In the following decades, tourism developed at Lake Steinberger, bringing a degree of economic growth to the region. In addition to the Steinberger Yacht Club (SYC), founded in 1987, the area now boasts a sailing school, a water ski lift, a boat rental, a leisure park for families and children, a surf club, and most recently, an adventure golf course and a roughly 40-meter-high wooden "adventure sphere" with viewing platforms, an obstacle course, and a giant slide. Numerous restaurants, inns, and cafés complement the leisure offerings. A water rescue station has been established for the safety of visitors. Due to the increasing improvement in water quality and visibility in recent years, Lake Steinberger has become one of the most popular diving areas in the Upper Palatinate. Like all lakes in the Upper Palatinate Lake District, which originated from lignite mines, the water is acidic due to leaching. Because of the ongoing improvement in water quality, fish populations are steadily increasing. Perch and the occasional pike have been observed most frequently. The water is very clean; on windless days, visibility is possible to a depth of at least 10 meters. Occasionally, the tops of dead trees can be seen on the bottom. According to the ordinance issued by the Schwandorf District Office on August 8, 2002, the entire Steinberger See is open for diving. Especially in summer and winter, very good visibility (up to 20 meters) has been possible in recent years. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de

A wonderful challenge: climbing up the motorway towards Dölnitz

Catholic church of the Schwarzenfeld-Stulln parish community. The newly built church was consecrated in 1954.

Beautiful path around the lake, unfortunately a bit crowded in summer

The two-part fountain symbolizes art on the one hand and the waterway on the other. Both could stand alone, but together they form a symbiotic relationship through their blending forms. Source: https://www.bodenwoehr.de/freizeit-tourismus/kunst-und-wasserweg/

The view of the wakeboarding facility is a great place to enjoy water sports for all ages, a sunbathing lawn and the beach volleyball court with a great view.

Blasturm According to a document dated December 6, 1459, Schwandorf began to build a city wall. The 1.3-kilometer-long wall encompassed the medieval core of Schwandorf with the castle complex, the market square, the parish church and the hospital. The wall was 1.2 m thick and supposedly the wall was 13 to 16 m high; however, this seems to be greatly exaggerated. The wall had four square towers and eight semicircular towers. At the highest point of the city wall is the Blasturm, which is mentioned in 1555 as the new tower or Neuturm. A tower keeper lived in the Blasturm, who had to warn the citizens of a fire or the threat of war. One of these tower keeper was the father of Konrad Max Kunz, creator of the Bavarian anthem. The last tower keeper was Karolina Luschner, who held the office after the death of her husband in 1899 until her death on April 9, 1929. The Blasturm was a motif for Carl Spitzweg, who painted it in 1860. The picture now hangs in the Georg Schäfer Museum, after the town of Schwandorf refused to buy the picture for 27,000 German marks in 1960. The building has an almost square floor plan with sides measuring 7.50 meters by 7 meters. The wall thickness of the substructure is 1.65 meters, tapers towards the top and reaches a thickness of 0.85 meters under the roof. The height of the individual floors also varies, measuring 20.48 meters without the foundation wall up to the top of the roof. The first floor is reached via a wooden staircase on the outer, inner side of the city wall. The other upper floors are accessed via internal staircases. The tower has a pyramid roof and is equipped with a lantern on a rectangular floor plan. To the south is a remaining section of the city wall about 50 meters long. Immediately after the Second World War, a local history museum was set up in the empty tower. After the museum moved to new premises in 1963, the tower stood empty again for years. In 2006, a new, small museum opened here, commemorating the profession of the tower keeper and Carl Spitzweg. The Blasturm is the only completely preserved relic of the Schwandorf city wall. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de