Buchkirchen combines a hilly, agriculture-shaped cultural landscape with buildings and small religious monuments. Small woods, streamside groves and orchards of fine fruit shape the local scenery. If you are looking for a holiday apartment, you can explore the area according to your interests: landscape, architectural history, chapels and traditional farm specialties each offer a different focus. The details below show the themes you can build your stay in Buchkirchen around.

Chapels and cycle routes

The chapel cycling tour invites you to explore Buchkirchen’s cultural landscape, with its many chapels and wayside shrines, by bicycle. It follows Haidingerstraße and turns onto Sagerbruckweg at the monument to Saint Nepomuk. The statue of the saint, erected in 1980, stands on Haidingerstraße. A network of cycle and walking routes also runs through Buchkirchen, away from busy roads. This distinction can help with your planning: the tour has a specific cultural focus, while the network includes both cycle and walking routes. The “European Geo-Trail” is also described as a highlight in Buchkirchen.

Rectory and architectural history

Buchkirchen’s architectural history includes the rectory of Buchkirchen near Wels. The four-wing complex around a square courtyard largely dates back to a Baroque new-build project in 1651. Bay windows and small corner turrets give the building the imposing appearance of a small castle. Its layout is easy to picture: four wings enclose the square courtyard, while the bay windows and small corner turrets define the exterior silhouette. The rectory thus offers an architectural counterpoint to the individual chapels and wayside shrines on the cycling tour. Bay windows are enclosed, projecting extensions of a façade.

Landscape and views

Buchkirchen lies in a hilly, agriculture-shaped cultural landscape with numerous small woods and streamside groves. Orchards of fine fruit are also part of the landscape. From the Scharten ridge, views extend south across the Alpine panorama as far as the Dachstein and north over the Mühlviertel. Mistelbach and its apple orchards are also visible from there. The observation tower offers views over the Wels Basin and the Alpine foothills. The viewpoints offer different perspectives: the ridge provides views in two directions, while the observation tower focuses on the Wels Basin and the Alpine foothills.

Fruit growing and traditional farm specialties

Buchkirchen is one of Upper Austria’s largest fruit-growing communities. You can find traditional farm specialties from Buchkirchen at farms, various markets, self-service shops and Spar-Markt Bauer in Buchkirchen. As individual sales outlets may change, check the specific point of sale in advance if you wish to shop at a particular location. In this way, you can experience Buchkirchen’s agricultural character both in the landscape and through its regional specialties.

Discover more destinations: Steinerkirchen an der Traun, Steinhaus bei Wels, Almegg, Sipbachzell, Wels, Aichkirchen, Weißkirchen An Der Traun, Eberstalzell.

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