Neuhaus a.Inn: Cycling Routes and Local History

If you are looking for a hotel in Neuhaus a.Inn, it is worth first considering what you want your stay to focus on. The municipality combines cycling and hiking trails with local history that is visible in several districts. Routes and historic sights offer different points of reference when planning your trip.

Cycling routes: circular route, cycle link and network

The Rottal Cycle Route runs 87 km from Neuhaus a.Inn to Neumarkt-St. Veit. This makes Neuhaus a.Inn one endpoint of this cycling route. If you are looking for a route with two named places to help plan your ride, you can consider this route.

If you come to Neuhaus a.Inn from Passau via the Inn Valley Cycle Route, you can connect there to the Rottal cycling route. For a bike tour from Passau, this connection links the two named cycle routes at one point.

The Apple Cycle Route is laid out differently: it is a circular route that can be started in any town. Neuhaus a.Inn is an ideal starting point for the tour through the southern district of Passau. So if you prefer a circular route to a route between two named places, this trail offers a different way to plan your ride. Its flexible starting point and the option to begin the loop in Neuhaus a.Inn are the main differences from the Rottal Cycle Route.

In the municipality of Neuhaus a.Inn, 150 km of well-developed cycling and hiking trails pass through floodplain areas and the wide fields of the Lower Inn European Nature Reserve. The 150 km refers to the municipality’s network of trails, not to a single stage of the Rottal Cycle Route. This helps you decide whether to follow a named cycling route, a circular tour, or the cycling and hiking trail network. Check trail conditions before setting out, as they can change.

Churches, art and local history

The parish church of the Assumption of Mary stands in Mittich, in the municipality of Neuhaus a.Inn. This single-nave Gothic building has a net vault and carved bosses. The two side altars feature two Gothic panels depicting the Madonna and Child and the Man of Sorrows. The architecture, vault and works of art each offer a distinct point of interest during a visit to the church.

Vornbach is also part of the municipality of Neuhaus a.Inn. The former abbey church is now the Catholic parish church of the Assumption of Mary. Its present-day role and its former monastic history are both part of the area’s local history.

The church houses the restored Egedacher organ, dating from 1732. It is the oldest Baroque organ in Lower Bavaria and is considered one of the most significant instruments in the Danube region. The area’s history also reaches back to the former Benedictine abbey in Vornbach, which became renowned for its scriptorium and the church music cultivated there. The organ and the scriptorium point to different aspects of this ecclesiastical history.

In Vornbach, artistic depictions in the village square and at the viewing platform near the parish church on the Inn commemorate figures who shaped the historic village. These tributes can be found in two different locations and complement the churches with an artistic portrayal of the village’s history.

Neuhaus Castle is also part of Neuhaus’s history: the Bavarian dukes had it built on a rocky outcrop in the 14th century to protect the Inn bridge near Schärding. The Old Inn Bridge directly connects Neuhaus a.Inn with Schärding and is of great historical value. The castle and bridge thus offer two distinct points of interest for anyone exploring the area’s history.

Discover more destinations: Mittich, Ruderting, Windorf, Bad Füssing, Neukirchen Vorm Wald, Beutelsbach, Tiefenbach, Ortenburg.

For the main travel overview: Passau.