The best traffic-free bike rides around Hochburg-Ach

With over 100 km², the Weilharter Forst is one of the largest contiguous forest areas in Upper Austria and an absolute paradise for gravel bikers. 🌲🚴‍♂️ This awaits you: Surface: Thanks to the glacial moraine gravel soils, the forest paths here are extremely firm and usually super rideable even after rain. Perfect for high-speed segments! Pure nature: The forest is a huge water reservoir and provides pleasant cooling in summer – like a natural air conditioner. Topography: It is rather flat to gently hilly (highest point Adenberg approx. 531 m), which allows for relaxed kilometer collecting far away from car traffic. In this section, you will find the section from Weißplatz/Werberg towards Hochburg (or vice versa)

The border between Germany and Austria is in the middle of the Salzach

The Powder Tower is located on the edge of Lake Wöhrsee

The town hall was built in the 18th century by combining three originally separate residential plots. The western façade was redesigned as a unified structure after the merger. The core of the Gothic atrium dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, while the façade dates back to the 18th century. The building was inhabited by the noble Mautner family before being acquired by the town in 1439. The façade features the Burghausen town coat of arms, with the Bavarian heraldic symbols of diamonds and lions above it.

The bronze sculpture "Icarus" on the Old Bridge is by Bernd Stöcker. Stöcker is one of the most important living German sculptors. Since 1997, the Bremen native has shared his studio in Triftern, Lower Bavaria, with his wife, the sculptor Ingrid Baumgärtner.

A bridge over the Salzach at this location was first mentioned in 1272. Even after that, salt from Hallein continued to be transported here by boat, but was only permitted to be landed and paid customs duties in Burghausen. The salt toll made the town and the Wittelsbach dynasty, who ruled here, wealthy in the late Middle Ages. The Old Bridge connected Burghausen with Hochburg-Ach, which belonged to the town, on the opposite bank. Only after the Innviertel region—all areas east of the Salzach and Inn rivers—was ceded to Austria in 1779 following the War of the Bavarian Succession did Hochburg-Ach develop its independence. Following devastating floods in 1959, the Old Bridge was rebuilt and opened to traffic on August 23, 1963. It was extensively renovated in 2000 and 2025.

The Burghausen castle complex acquired its present character mainly between 1480 and 1503 during the Wittelsbach period, for whom it served as a state fortress and residence.

Wanghausen Castle is probably much older than its first documented mention in 1240. The four-story, plastered quarry stone building with a high gable roof, which acquired its present appearance in the 17th century, has a striking stepped gable on the east side, dating from the 19th century. The castle is privately owned; the interiors, with their Renaissance ceilings, cannot be visited. The many details of the facade are fascinating. The castle was once a knight's residence. Until 1779, the building, then still called Ach Castle, belonged to the castle and judicial district of Burghausen in Bavaria. Following the separation of the Innviertel region, it subsequently became Austrian.