The best traffic-free bike rides in Landkreis Straubing-Bogen

The Bogenberg, often called the „Holy Mountain of Lower Bavaria“, is much more than just an elevation on the Danube. It is a historically significant pilgrimage site, an important natural monument, and the „cradle“ of one of the most famous Bavarian symbols. After the family line died out in 1242, their possessions and coat of arms passed to the Wittelsbachs. Thus, the lozenge coat of arms of Bogen became the Bavarian state symbol. You can learn more at the Kreismuseum Bogenberg, which is located directly on the mountain.

A beautiful church, whose architecture is typical for the region. Definitely worth a visit.

Currently a construction site, you have to push your bike.

In addition to the hotel, there is also a restaurant with a garden. Events are held regularly (e.g., garden days, medieval festivals). The castle is also popular for weddings and family celebrations.

Nice place, would love to come back.

Nice place, would love to come back.

Nice place, would love to come back.

Mallersdorf Monastery The monastery dedicated to St. John the Evangelist was founded in 1107 by Heinrich von Kirchberg, a ministerial of the Imperial Abbey of Niedermünster in Regensburg. In 1109, Bishop Hartwig consecrated the St. John Chapel, which had already been consecrated by Bishop Wolfgang, as Mallersdorf's first monastery church. In 1136, Abbot Eppo dissolved the double monastery (as a community of men and women) that had probably existed in Mallersdorf up to that point, and the women's convent moved to neighboring Eitting. Romanesque church buildings in the 12th century, a religious heyday in the 13th century, and the Kastler Reformation in the 15th century shaped the later Middle Ages. The abbey was on the verge of dissolution in the middle of the 16th century. The monastery's position was consolidated when the monks from the Ebersberg Benedictine Abbey, which had been abolished by Pope Clement VIII in 1595, moved there. Under Abbot Anton Schelshorn (1665–1695), the central training center of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation was established in Mallersdorf. In the 18th century, the monastery experienced another cultural, scientific and religious heyday. This was expressed in the redesign of the monastery church, which culminated in the construction of the artistically outstanding high altar by the Munich sculptor Ignaz Günther. The Latin school run by monks in the monastery on the Johannisberg enjoyed an excellent reputation. In 1803, the monastery was dissolved as part of the secularization in Bavaria. The goods were auctioned off, and from 1807 onwards the monastery buildings were used as offices for the district authorities and as official residences. Since 1869, sisters from the order of the Poor Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Family have lived in the monastery. Today they run a monastery brewery there, which brews around 60 hectoliters of beer per week. The monastery also runs the "Specialist Academy for Social Pedagogy of the Poor Franciscan Sisters of Mallersdorf". There is also the Nardini Secondary School, named after the founder of the community. In August 2014, it was reported that Sister Doris Engelhard, a nun at the abbey and certified master brewer, is the last beer-brewing nun in Europe. She has been brewing beer in the abbey for over 40 years. Brewing in the abbey was revived in 1881. On brewing days, she is exempt from morning prayers and begins work in the abbey's brewery at 3:30 a.m. Source: www.wikipedia.de