The diverse landscape around Bockhorn invites visitors to go hiking and cycling all year round. Three signposted circular routes offer cyclists specific routes to choose from; the parish church of the Visitation of Mary also adds an art-historical highlight to route planning. When choosing your accommodation, you can consider whether hiking, a cycling tour or the cultural attraction should shape your stay. Details about the cycling routes help you plan your day around your preferred activity.
Cycling: three circular routes in Bockhorn
The Bockhorn cycling network comprises three signposted circular routes, each about 20 kilometres long. They were developed starting in March 2007. The town hall square is the network’s central starting point; the signs begin at the B388/Salmannskirchen junction. Check current route conditions before setting off.
During planning, care was taken wherever possible to choose roads and paths with little or no car traffic. The Bockhorn cycling routes are intended for leisure cyclists and especially families with children. Breaks were also part of the concept: the plan was to include local inns so cyclists could stop for a break and discover the local inns and beer gardens. If you plan to stop for a meal or drink, check the opening hours of the establishment in question. Cyclists coming from Erding need to travel about 25 kilometres to reach the Bockhorn circular routes; this distance should be distinguished from the roughly 20 kilometres of each individual circular route.
Hiking and culture
Hiking is also possible around Bockhorn all year round. The parish church of the Visitation of Mary is one specific way to combine a cycling tour with art history: it is among the art-historical sights that can be visited on the Bockhorn routes. This lets you choose an activity to suit your preferences, with a named cultural destination to visit along the way when cycling.
Erding as a broader travel destination
The broader travel destination of Erding offers further cultural and walking experiences. Guided city tours give residents and tourists insight into the history of the town and its buildings. A guided tour of the town tower takes visitors to one of Erding’s oldest buildings. After 163 steps, you reach a height of 35 metres; from there, the view extends over Erding and the surrounding area as far as Munich, and, in foehn conditions, to the Alpine panorama.
The Erding Farmhouse Museum comprises 15 historic buildings that were relocated there from the district of Erding. It showcases the historic rural economy and way of life of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The museum thus brings together historic buildings and a glimpse of rural life in that period.
Erding’s hiking options can also be compared using specific figures: the hiking trails range from 5.9 to 15 kilometres in length, with estimated walking times of between one and a half and five hours. The themed trails take around an hour and lead through the old town, the town’s districts or in the footsteps of artists. Check current trail conditions before setting out on a hike.
Discover more destinations: Oberding, Neuching, Finsing, Ottenhofen, Taufkirchen (Vils), Isen, Wartenberg, Eitting.
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