The best road cycling routes around Windberg

gives some nice spots on the Danube to linger

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.

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

our village should become more beautiful ;-)

Village square in Perasdorf, beautifully maintained and perfect for a short break.

Here you can always enjoy a beautiful panorama 👍.

Parish Church of St. Florian The path to St. Mary's Church on the Bogenberg (completed in 1463) was difficult for the citizens of Bogen. They therefore tried to obtain permission from Duke Albrecht IV and the prelate of Oberalteich for a permanent early mass and thus the construction of a chapel. Duke Albrecht IV agreed to the construction of the chapel, but Abbot Christian and his Oberalteich convent refused to give their consent. Abbot Christian received assurances from the Bishop of Regensburg that the right to fill the priest position in the Bogen market would remain with the Oberalteich monastery forever. Duke Albrecht IV stood by his decision to build the chapel. Therefore, in the late summer of 1486, the citizens of Bogen and the leper brotherhood began building a new chapel in Bogen. From 1927 to 1937, the existing St. Florian's Church was enlarged. Bogen had now become its own parish, so Pastor Franz Xaver Schiller finally pushed through the enlargement of the parish church - as had already been approved in 1866. This goal was achieved in three renovation phases. From 1931 to 1935, the church of St. Florian was expanded to include the former sacristan and schoolhouse, and from 1969 to 1970 the church was redesigned inside. The modern winged altar dates from 1984 and shows scenes from the Passion of Christ: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, the crucifixion and the resurrection of Christ. The altar is crowned by the Holy Trinity. In the choir are the statues of St. Sebastian (left) and the namesake of the church, St. Florian. The altar shows the relief of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples and the ambo the relief of St. Christopher carrying the baby Jesus. Of the late Gothic fresco cycle from around 1521, only two remain: on the left apse wall, the Madonna of the Protective Cloak and Jesus on the Mount of Olives and on the right apse wall, the Risen Christ with four saints. On May 4, 2003, the new organ of the parish of Saint Florian was consecrated. It replaced the old "post-war organ". Source: www.bayerischer-wald.me / https://www.pfarrei-bogen.de/

Monastery Church of St. Peter and Paul The first church building, which was part of the Oberaltaich Abbey, founded around 1102, was consecrated in 1129 and was a three-aisled Romanesque basilica without a transept, with a flat roof inside. At the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, the medieval monastery church was demolished in 1621 and rebuilt from 1622 to 1630 - using the two western towers again. This was done under Abbot Veit Höser, who was also responsible for the planning, while the construction management was in the hands of the Graubünden master mason Ulrich Walchner. The church was consecrated in 1630 in the presence of Emperor Ferdinand II and Elector Maximilian I. In 1632, the church and monastery were plundered and devastated by a Swedish army led by Bernhard von Weimar. The current baroque church complex is a three-aisled hall church with a five-bay floor plan, surrounded by galleries on all sides. The unusual spatial form without excluding an actual choir building is further articulated by the fact that a two-storey chapel extension with a three-quarter circular floor plan is attached to the church building on all four sides. The vaulting of the church space is achieved by an unarticulated groin vault in the central nave, groin vaults in the side aisles and lancet vaults in the galleries. The principal piece of the church furnishings is the baroque high altar from 1693 with its six-columned structure, the altarpiece of which with the crucifixion of St. Peter by Johann Georg Knappich could be lowered by a mechanism on holidays in favor of the stage-like staging of the handing over of the keys to Peter, which was created around 1730. In the south-west corner of the church is the tomb of the founders of Counts Friedrich and Aswin von Bogen with a red marble cover plate from 1418, and in the northern Albertus Chapel is the high grave of Blessed Albert with a red marble cover plate from 1395. In 1727-1730, Abbot Dominicus II. Perger had the abbey church, built in 1630, refurbished on the occasion of the monastery's upcoming millennium celebrations. Joseph Anton Merz from Straubing carried out the extensive fresco work on the vaults according to the prelate's precise instructions, which are among the top achievements of southern German ceiling painting. Source: Excerpts from www.wikipedia.de