Trennfeld: Monastery Lake, Cultural Trails and History

Trennfeld offers different ways to shape your stay: Monastery Lake, with its separate uses, St. George’s Parish Church, and cultural trails with stops in the municipality. If you’re looking for a hotel in Trennfeld, these themes can help shape the character of your trip: at the lake, the distinction between the bathing area and the anglers’ spot matters, while the church, monastery and trails put history and culture in the foreground.

Church and monastery: different historical connections

The Catholic parish church of St. George is a post-Gothic hall church dating from 1614. The church contains notable grave slabs of the Homburg castle retainers. The building’s history and the grave slabs are two specific aspects of this cultural attraction.

Triefenstein Monastery, which belongs to Trennfeld, stands on a hill above the Main. The monastery’s founding in 1102 and its more than 700 years as an Augustinian Canons’ monastery are part of the history of the wider Triefenstein destination. The historical connections of the two religious sites therefore differ: St. George is about its architectural style and grave slabs, while the monastery also has a long institutional history.

Monastery Lake: dimensions and separate uses

Monastery Lake in Trennfeld was created between 1972 and 1975 through gravel extraction and was originally a gravel pit. In the 1970s, it was converted into a local recreation area. Its water surface covers about 76,000 m², its shoreline is about 1,700 metres long, and the water is up to 5 metres deep.

There is a designated bathing meadow for swimmers. Anglers have their own quiet spot. The left-hand section of Monastery Lake, viewed from the bathing meadow, is used by the Trennfeld Fishing Club; swimming and boats are prohibited there. This distinction is important when planning your visit: the prohibition applies to the specified left-hand section of the lake. Check the local rules before your visit.

Cultural trails and a hiking destination

The cultural trail “Route 1 – Right of the Main” runs along the right bank of the Main from Lengfurt via Triefenstein Monastery, the Klingelsbach Gorge, Rettersheim and Trennfeld, returning to Lengfurt. Information boards describe the municipality’s history and culture. The route thus connects several named stops in a set order.

Klingelsbach Gorge is located within the district of Trennfeld; a hiking trail leads to it. It is also a stop on Cultural Trail Route 1. This lets you distinguish between the individual hiking destination and the longer route, which includes other places as well.

More destinations in the wider Triefenstein area

The wider Triefenstein destination also offers historical and natural attractions. The Homburg Paper Mill was restored from 1994 to 1997 with public funding and is a cultural and industrial monument unique in Bavaria. In Triefenstein-Homburg, the Kallmuth rises above the red sandstone as a limestone crag.

Cultural Trail 2 was inaugurated in September 2012. On the left bank of the Main, it leads from Lengfurt via the quarry, the cement works, Kallmuth and Homburg, returning to its starting point at the Mainkai in Lengfurt. In the wider Triefenstein destination, Route 2 passes different stops from Route 1.

If you’re arriving by car, there is a large car park in Trennfeld directly behind the Triefensteinhalle. As availability and layout may change, check current parking options before you travel.

Go to the wider travel overview: Triefenstein.