The best traffic-free bike rides around Holzheim am Forst

On this street, the path leads up to the Kallmünz castle ruins. Also reachable by bike.

Filial Church of St. Giles Unfortunately, the exact date of the first church in Pottenstetten's construction cannot be determined. Like in most other medieval villages, it was probably a simple wooden structure that over time gave way to a stone building with thick walls. The church, which existed in this form until 1964, with its almost 1-meter-thick walls and tower, was probably built in the 12th or 13th century. The church is built in the Romanesque style, with a Baroque onion-shaped dome. On the high altar of the old church is a picture of St. Giles, framed by the two princely apostles Peter and Paul. In the fall of 2023, a statue of the Virgin Mary from Burglengenfeld was hung in the old St. Giles Church. The "new" St. Giles Church, with its octagonal floor plan and distinctive tent roof, was designed by the Parsberg architect Alfred Spitzner and completed in 1964, the ceremony taking place on November 8, 1964. The church was created as an octagon, which not only dominates and concentrates, but also gives a convincing expression to the connection between old and new in a diffuse blend of light and dark. The roof structure has a unique tent-like character. Also unusual is the fact that there is no depiction of the "Crucified Christ" anywhere in the entire church. The central cross in the middle of the altar wall is an eye-catcher for everyone entering the church. There is no depiction of the Crucified Christ anywhere in the entire church. Thus, the "Gemmenkreuz" (gemstone cross) represents a victory cross. The sculptor Peter Mayer from Schwandorf attempted to do justice to the new architecture of the church with elementary and conservative stone forms, which he achieved excellently. The individual stone groups, consisting of the altar, ambo, baptismal font, and column, were intended to speak to one another through their related forms, forming a family, as it were. The painter Erich Schickling from Ottobeuren was responsible for the design of the modern Stations of the Cross. It wasn't until 1970, five years after the new church was completed, that a new organ was installed. The Weise company from Plattling was commissioned to build it, and an organ was created that met the needs of the branch congregation. Source: www.stadtkirche-burglengenfeld.de/kirchen-gebaeude/st-aegidius-pottenstetten/

a nice idea, hang watering cans on the tree

Flat and good

We always enjoy eating here; I am very satisfied.

The "house without a roof", as it is officially called, is a cave dwelling that is still in use in the Upper Palatinate town of Kallmünz. The cave dwelling is located north of the Vils at the southern end of the Schlossberg, on which the Kallmünz castle ruins stand. The entrance is set back from Vilsgasse at the foot of a 20-meter-high limestone wall of the Schlossberg, and access leads between the listed residential buildings at Vilsgasse 26 and Vilsgasse 28. The house consists of a natural cave in the dolomite rock, the opening of which is closed off by a plastered wall with a door and windows. Inside there is a hallway, a living room, two storage rooms fitted into rock niches and a historic smokehouse. The oldest known mention of the cave dwelling can be found in a document kept in the land registry archive in Amberg with the year 1707. In the 19th century it was also known as the "house under the rock". In 1908 it was sold to the owner of the blacksmith's shop across the street, and it remains in his family's possession. The last permanent resident left the house in 1937 because he had developed rheumatism due to the damp cave air.

Picturesquely situated small artists' town on the Naab, the smallest cave dwelling in the rock can be seen directly above the main street. Stop at the outer market in the tiny restaurant "Zum Bürstenmacher" - main course "Bauchstecherla" (Schupfnudeln with various ingredients as desired), local beer daily from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Since then, the new attraction has been standing just after the entrance to Schmidmühlen: a tree around 20 meters high, decorated with watering cans in bright colors. A total of around 250 of them hang from the branches. Mayor Peter Braun describes the tree as one of the most photographed motifs in Schmidmühlen. The tree is decorated every year before Easter - the watering cans then remain hanging until All Saints Day. However, to ensure that they can withstand heavy downpours, the building yard employees also had to take precautions. Among other things, the watering cans were drilled so that rainwater does not collect in them and the watering cans could become too heavy for the tree. Schmidmühlen's mayor Peter Braun simply calls this tree the "Kannenbaum". The name came about at an autumn festival organized by the Schmidmühlen senior citizens' group. The senior citizens there came up with something and turned the song "Oh Tannenbaum" into a humorous "Oh Kannenbaum" - a reference to the attraction at the entrance to the town. After the dreary winter - during Lent - the tree is decorated freshly every year. And in doing so it brings a bit of colour to the community - and perhaps currently to the whole time. https://www.otv.de/schmidmuehlen-giesskannenbaum-am-ortseingang-430939/