For the vacation at home we have created a bike tour through the district. The “Tour de Landkreis” is 141 kilometers long, divided into six stages. Today: Sauerlach to Hohenbrunn.
County - you know how the Tour de France works? Exactly, in the end nothing happens in the fight for the yellow jersey. The last stage is more of a leisurely roll-out. The finale of the “Tour de Landkreis” from Sauerlach via Aying to Hohenbrunn runs in this spirit: easy paths, hardly any inclines, a beer garden with charging facilities for e-bikes and, as a little surprise, a trip to athletics.
The first meters run on the asphalt bike path along Hofoldinger Straße, through the industrial park and past archers and geothermal energy, to the motorway. At the Hofoldinger Forst junction, you have to be careful: we cross the autobahn, but immediately afterwards, before the A8 slip road in the direction of Munich, we turn right into the forest. There is a small gravel place with a triple signpost at the edge: Via Julia, M-Wasserweg, Via Avarica Tyrolensis. And if you look closely, you will discover a wooden sign on the south side of the small square in the bushes that shows us the direction: the Roman road.
The sixth stage.
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This former Roman highway is now a forest path that leads straight through the forest. On the roadside, the Stadtwerke München provide information on information boards about drinking water production in the gravel plain: Those interested can find out how a lower layer of rock (Flinz) accumulates rainwater and meltwater - on this Flinz surface, a huge groundwater flow is created, which flows from south to north to Erdinger and Dachauer Moos flows.
After almost exactly four kilometers, the old Roman connection crosses Miesbacher Straße. At the fork in the road immediately afterwards, we leave the Römerstraße and take, at an angle to the left, the Kronest Geräum as a direct variant to Aying.
A cold beer in the Ayinger Bräustüberl.
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The dirt road ends at the busy State Road 2078, which we cross 200 meters further on to the right at the level crossing - at an acute angle we go back towards the train station and on to the “Ayinger Bräustüberl”. The mighty church tower of St. Andreas serves as orientation.
In the beer garden of the Bräustüberl, where the Mass costs 5.80 euros, the bike racks are equipped with charging sockets for e-bikes and pedelecs. So if you, like we did in our research, use e-support to drive several stages or even the entire tour in one go, you can recharge a little electricity here during the snack break (bring your own charger).
Then we get to the Siegertsbrunner Weg via Bräugasse and Untere Dorfstraße, enjoy the panorama of the Alps behind the roofs of Aying with the brewery in the foreground when we look back over our shoulder. After 400 meters we keep to the left at a barn, through fields we now cycle north-west into the forest.
Long jump in the forest: the adventure trail in Hohenbrunn invites you to take part in athletics.
© Thomas Rychly
And as is often the case in the forest in this country: the paths are straight as an arrow. From the intersection with Dürnhaarer Geräum, the route goes straight to the north without bends, Hohenbrunn is signposted on yellow arrows; Incidentally, at least the fifth version that we discover across the county in terms of signage. After about six kilometers straight ahead, there is suddenly another yellow arrow sign in the middle of the forest, but this time it sends us to the left - Hohenbrunn, the destination of the last stage of the tour, is getting closer. Tower cleared is the name of this forest path that would lead straight to Hohenbrunn. But we make a little detour and take a piece of the "Hohenbrunner Rundwanderweg" (attention, now green signs) with us.
After about 800 meters on the tower cleared, we come across the circular hiking trail equipped with adventure stations - and here a long jump pit in the middle of a large crossroads! Athletics in the forest? Why not - get off your bike, take a run and see how far you can get. Bob Beamon's fabulous world record from 1968 is shown as an incentive - his 8.90 meters was a world record for 23 years and is still an Olympic record today. Why is this explained in the middle of the forest? The information boards are also about the animal world - squirrels climb up to five meters from tree top to tree top.
Done: Our cycling reporters Thomas Rychly (r.) And Martin Becker at Hohenbrunn train station.
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So, and now the finale - roll out instead of on the Avenue des Champs-élysées in Paris on Putzbrunner and Taufkirchner Strasse in Hohenbrunn, “Tour de Landkreis” instead of Tour de France. At the war memorial at Pfarrer-Wenk-Platz we clap each other briefly, past the “Alten Wirt” (option to stop off) we sprint to the Hohenbrunn S-Bahn station. A total of 141 kilometers have been covered - so are we: Because of “journalistic economy” we drove the six stages with equipment in two days.
“It was a lot of fun,” was the reporter's conclusion from both sides - maybe we will start a new edition in 2021.
Show us your photos!
Those who cycle after our “Tour de Landkreis” are welcome to send us photos - at the end we will show the best reader photos and raffle off three bicycle helmets worth 249 euros each from among the entries . You can win the “ Bontrager Blaze WaveCel ” helmet . The special feature: a special cell structure prevents concussions in typical bicycle accidents up to 48 times more effectively than a conventional EPS foam helmet. Conventional foam helmets provide protection in the event of an impact from above, without lateral movement. WaveCel, on the other hand, takes into account the way in which most bicycle accidents actually happen - ungraceful, with twisting movements and an oblique impact.
Here's how you can take part and win a helmet: Send us your tour photos by email to: martin.becker@merkur.de
If you want to do the sixth stage, you can find the GPS tracks to download here or on the Tourentipp website. The first stage, second stage, third stage, fourth stage and fifth stage are available here for reference and reading.
The sixth stage at a glance
Starting point: Sauerlach S-Bahn station
End point: Hohenbrunn S-Bahn station
Route length: 25.4 kilometers
Elevation gain: 24 m uphill, 68 m downhill
Route: From the center of Sauerlach on the bike path along State Road 2070 to the motorway. The Römerstraße branches off directly behind the Hofoldinger Forst junction. On this to Aying to the local beer garden “Bräustüberl” (refreshment stops and charging station for e-bikes). On field paths through the forest on the "Königs Geräum" east past Höhenkirchen-Siegertsbrunn to the Hohenbrunn adventure trail and on this to the train station.
GPS track: www.merkur.de and www.tourentipp.com
You can find the entire tour on the interactive Google MyMaps map.
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