Discover Preding: Pumpkin Festival, Gut Hornegg and Hiking Trails

Preding combines a hilly, wooded setting with places to visit, local history and recurring events. If you are looking for a hotel in Preding, plan your stay around what you want to focus on: hiking, a visit to Gut Hornegg, the animal park or an event such as the Pumpkin Festival. The destinations differ in their themes and in the arrangements for individual guided tours.

Landscape and Hiking Trails

Preding lies in a hilly, wooded landscape at an elevation of 336 metres. Marked hiking trails around the town invite you to enjoy extended outings. You can make the landscape a focus of your stay and combine hikes with visits to individual attractions. If you enjoy covering longer distances on foot, the marked trails give your stay a different character from an itinerary focused on individual places to visit.

Gut Hornegg: Organic Fish Farming and Tasting

Around Hornegg Castle, with its 30 ponds, Gut Hornegg offers an interactive experience about organic fish farming, complemented by play and activity stations. This makes the outing different from a hike: the focus here is on fish farming and the ponds. Guided tours are available from April to October, Tuesday to Saturday, with a short advance booking, and can be combined with a tasting afterwards. If you are interested in a guided tour, arrange your visit in advance and take the period and days of the week into account.

Gut Hornegg can be reached on RegioBus route 650 as far as the Preding Friedhof stop. From there, it is about 1.4 kilometres on foot. The bus journey and the walk that follows are therefore specific points to consider when planning your journey.

The Circular Trail at Preding Animal Park

At Preding Animal Park, a barrier-free circular trail leads through the enclosures. There are places to sit and viewpoints along the route. Unlike the marked hiking trails around town, the main focus here is the walk through the enclosures.

Churches and Local History

Preding Parish Church stands on the site of a fortification built in the late 11th or early 12th century. The historical connection is therefore between the church site and the former fortification. At the Maria im Dorn pilgrimage church, church tours and pilgrimage services are available on request; arrange both before your visit. When planning your trip, you can thus distinguish between a historical link to local history and a religious offering available on request.

Pumpkin Festival, Pumpkin Seed Oil and Equestrian Tournaments

Preding’s annual Pumpkin Festival celebrates the pumpkin. If you are travelling for the festival, check the event date in advance. You can buy pumpkin seed oil directly from many pumpkin farmers in Preding. Equestrian tournaments are also held annually at the Stoiser riding stables. These recurring events have different focuses: the Pumpkin Festival, the equestrian tournaments and buying pumpkin seed oil directly from the farmers.

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