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Fûcking - just 4 km from Holzoester

Fûcking - just 4 km from Holzoester, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Fûcking is the name of a tiny village just 4 km from Holzoester. This name does NOT have any bad meaning at all in German and most people would never understand, why crazy people like me, Lothar and a few others would go there just in order to take pics...The poor people of... 

Holzoester See - the warmest lake in Austria

Holzoester See - the warmest lake in Austria, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Holzoestersee is a really quiet place to relax, there are only a very few private houses in that small village, a camping-site, a few hotels and that lovely lake that is offering various possibilities to take a swim from all sides of the rather small lake. Holzoestersee is... 

Your children might like to watch the deer

Your children might like to watch the deer, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Not far from Holzoester you will get to this big fence with hundreds of deer, waiting to be found eventually on the menu of Gasthof Lindlbauer one day. They are not shy at all, and they are certainly also not able to survive outside of their fence. Mostly they will not run... 

Hotels  

Gasthof Lindlbauer: my favorite place to stay

Gasthof Lindlbauer: my favorite place to stay, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Gasthof Lindlbauer is a nice country-inn for a perfect stay, great food and lovely rooms. During the week they mostly are occupied by people working for a short period in that area, but at the weekends you may also get one of the double-rooms easily for single-use. Breakfast... 

Seewirt: a great 4-star-hotel

Seewirt: a great 4-star-hotel, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Seewirt is the largest hotel in Holzoester,. not directely situated at the lake, but in a short distance of just about 100 meters to walk through a small path through the meadows. They also have a great restaurant there, where I had dinner once : Tables are set with... 

Restaurants  

Schnaitl Bräu in Gundershausen: Kaiserschmarrn

Schnaitl Bräu in Gundershausen: Kaiserschmarrn, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Schnaitl Bräu in Gundershausen is a great restaurant that I may highly recommend for an excursion : Lothar found it in the internet, and it was a really reat choice :They have their own brewery and excellent cuisine for reasonable prices ! They have a large restaurant... 

Waldgasthof Lindlbauer: great dining

Waldgasthof Lindlbauer: great dining, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Waldgasthof Lindlbauer is in the outskirts of Holzoester, and it is the closest restaurant and hotel that you may find next to Fûcking. This restaurant is well known for game-dishes and other local specialities. I stayed there 2 days in the hotel and so I could also enjoy... 

Transportation  

get to Holzoester by car

get to Holzoester by car, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Get to Holzoester by car, that is the only way to get there easily. There are lots of parking-spaces in Holzoester, but you have to be careful, not to park at a private ground and get into trouble.And of course a private car is also the very best solution, when you plan to... 

Shopping  

Schreibwarenladl H.Ziegler: a funny souvenir

Schreibwarenladl H.Ziegler: a funny souvenir, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  This is a book-shop in Tittmoning, not very far from Holzoester. Of course you may buy all kinds of books about pope Benedikt XVI there, who spent 3 years of his childhood in Tittmoning (1929-1932).I had been there at the day before the pope made a small tour through... 

Off The Beaten Path  

Laufen - next to Oberndorf

Laufen - next to Oberndorf, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Laufen is the village opposite of Oberndorf bei Salzburg, and besides a few lovely baroque buildings and 2 nice, medieval towngates it is mainly the old gothic church that would deserve a little tour by the tourists, beeing interested in old churches.First of all you will... 

Burghausen - the longest castle in Germany

Burghausen - the longest castle in Germany, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Burghausen in Bavaria, about 15 km from Holzoester is another great day-excursion. High above the city of Burghausen there is the largest castle of Germany and you may spend hours there exploring different museums, great medival walls, lovely churches and many other great... 

Tittmoning - where the pope spent his childhood

Tittmoning - where the pope spent his childhood, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Tittmoning is a small town in Bavaria, about 25 km from Holzoester and it is really worth seeing, not only for the fact that pope Benedikt XVI spent his childhood there, the village has also a great townsquare with many baroque houses, some parts of the medieval townwalls... 

Marienberg - great pilgrim-church in Bavaria

Marienberg - great pilgrim-church in Bavaria, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Marienberg is a great pilgrim-church just a few kilometers south of Burghausen, on your way to Raitenhaslach, and it might make a perfect place to visit, when you are doing a daytrip from Holzoester :This church it under restoration at the moment, and obviously still till... 

Raitenhaslach - a great monastery

Raitenhaslach - a great monastery, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Raitenhaslach is a great monastery just a few kilometers south of Burghausen and it might be another great place to go to in a day-trip from Holzoester :This lovely monastery dates back to the year 1345 and it was rebuilt in baroque style between 1690 and 1696 and a few... 

Oberndorf - home of "Silent night, Holy night"

Oberndorf - home of "Silent night, Holy night", Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Oberndorf bei Salzburg is about 18 km from Holzoester and might make a great day-excursion in combination with Burghausen, Tittmoning, F*cking , Braunau and Marktl or Altoetting. Oberndorf is the small village where the world-famous christmas-song "Silent Night , Holy Night"... 

Sports & Outdoors  

swimming in Holzoestersee is terrific

swimming in Holzoestersee is terrific, Holzöster

 globetrott Says:  Swimming in the cristall clear waters of Holzoester See is really great and there are various possibilities to do so :1) the is an area at the west-end of the lake, where you have to pay an entrance-fee and will find changing cabins, showers and a nice restaurant. The... 

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 Holzoester See is a remote lake and makes a perfect place for a quiet vacation, that lake is the warmest lake in Austria.... 

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