Discover Wiesau

Wiesau offers a range of ways to spend your stay, from its forest lakes and regional cycling routes to the pitch oven model in Leugas. If you are looking for hotels in Wiesau, you can plan your trip around what matters most to you: cycling, spending time by the lakes, or learning about local and regional history.

Cycling and summer tours

The regional Vizinalbahn and Steinwald cycle routes begin or end in Wiesau. The town’s location is therefore a useful point of reference when planning a cycling tour. Check current route conditions before setting off.

In summer, the Wiesau Tourism and Culture Association offers a guided cycling tour once a month. If you would like to include this tour in your travel plans, check the specific dates in advance. This will help you distinguish the guided tour from a ride you plan yourself on the regional cycling routes.

Wiesau Forest Lakes: Scenery and Leisure

The Wiesau Forest Lakes are former clay pits. Together, Perlsee, Silbersee and Kipp cover about 8.5 hectares. The three names refer to one shared lake area; the stated area is for all three lakes combined.

Kipp Lake was gradually developed into a swimming lake. Its facilities include a bathing jetty, a bathing island and a children’s pool. Leisure facilities at the forest lakes also include a beach volleyball court, table tennis and a children’s playground. Check current local information about the facilities before your visit.

A nature trail with numerous information boards about the wildlife and plant life of the forest lakes runs along the fitness trail. It connects the subject of nature with a specific stop along the route. For anyone interested in life around the lakes as well as the leisure facilities, this nature trail is a separate activity to include in your plans.

Local rules and amenities

At the Wiesau Forest Lakes, you may use your own boats as long as they have no motor; there is no boat rental on site. If you plan to go boating, bear in mind that only privately owned, non-motorized boats are permitted. Dogs are not allowed at the forest lakes. Check the current local rules before your visit.

The sales kiosk at the Wiesau Forest Lakes has toilets, changing rooms and showers. The kiosk sells drinks and ice cream. As information about facilities and what is on offer can change, it is advisable to check for updates before your visit.

Local history in Leugas

The pitch oven model is in Leugas, a district of Wiesau. This scale half-section model shows how pitch was once produced. Pitch was used as a lubricant and medicine. The model thus illustrates both the historical production process and the material’s uses at the time.

In the wider destination of Tirschenreuth

The MuseumsQuartier in Tirschenreuth brings together the Upper Palatinate Fisheries Museum and six other specialized exhibitions in a former monastery. Visitors can explore nearly 1,000 years of fishing and fish farming history and see native fish in four large aquariums. The MuseumsQuartier regularly hosts special exhibitions, talks, readings and concerts. Check the dates if you would like to plan your visit around one of these events.

The Fischhof Park in Tirschenreuth is home to the historic Fischhof Bridge and the Fischhof, which houses the district court. The wider destination also has a distinctive culinary heritage: Tirschenreuth is known for Zoigl, the cult beer of the Upper Palatinate Forest, and for carp from the pond landscapes of the “Land of 1,000 Ponds.”

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