Neukirchen b.Hl.Blut: Sound Trail, Hiking and Pilgrimage Museum

Neukirchen b.Hl.Blut offers several themes to plan your visit around: the Sound Trail, hiking, the Pilgrimage Museum and seasonal culinary weeks. If you are looking for a hotel, a sensible place to start is with your travel dates: guided themed hikes are offered during the summer months, while the culinary weeks take place in September/October and early November. This lets you first decide which theme is the main focus of your stay. Check seasonal dates and offers against your travel dates.

Sound Trail and hands-on stations

The Sound Trail in Neukirchen b.Hl.Blut features seven stations with sound-making devices. Visitors can pause, listen, play and tune in at them. Listening and trying things out are both among the activities mentioned here. For your trip planning, the Sound Trail can be considered a distinct theme alongside hiking and the Pilgrimage Museum.

Summer hikes and a day route

Guided themed hikes are offered during the summer months, including sections of the East Bavarian Way of St. James and the Goldsteig. The offer is seasonal, so check locally whether a suitable guided hike is taking place on your travel dates.

An eventful day hike starts in Neukirchen b.Hl.Blut and first takes you by bus to Engelshütt. From there, follow the blue-marked Goldsteig access trail up to the scenic Hohenbogen. The two hiking options differ in how they are organized: the summer offer focuses on guided themed hikes, while this day hike specifies the bus journey to Engelshütt and the marked ascent. Route conditions may vary.

Travel by bus

Neukirchen b. Hl. Blut has no rail connection. Bus route 590 runs from Furth im Wald via Neukirchen to Bayerisch Eisenstein. If you are planning to travel by public transport, check the current departure times before your trip.

Autumn culinary weeks

The Neukirchen culinary weeks have been held every year since autumn 2003, in September/October and early November, at six inns and restaurants in the municipality. Autumn is therefore a seasonal point of reference if regional cuisine is among your travel interests. The specific dates and participating establishments vary from year to year. Check the information for your travel year before planning your stay around a particular event.

Pilgrimage Museum and reverse glass painting

The Pilgrimage Museum is housed in the former Pflege Castle and contains treasures from the archive of the pilgrimage church. It displays numerous original paintings and drawings from the distinguished Neukirchen school of reverse glass painting. The museum thus brings together its connection to the pilgrimage church archive and the works of Neukirchen reverse glass painters. For those interested in art and the history of pilgrimage, this is a specific cultural theme to consider when planning a trip.

More themes in the wider destination of Cham

The wider destination of Cham offers other distinct themes. In Furth im Wald, a town in the district of Cham, the Dragon Cave features a tour with information about the town's dragon story, the festival and the technology behind the dragon robot. The summer festival is part of the Drachenstich tradition there. In Rötz, a town in the district of Cham, the Schwarzwihrberg nature reserve is part of the “Schwarzwihrberg bei Rötz” FFH area.

Discover more destinations: Atzlern, Schönthal, Eschlkam, Walderbach, Lohberg, Rötz, Treffelstein, Grafenwiesen

See the wider travel overview: Cham.