If you are planning a stay in Geboltskirchen that combines regional history, nature and activity, you can choose from a range of different interests. At Scheiben Coal Railway Station, the history of mining and a ride along the rail-bike track take centre stage. The Trattnach-Ursprung nature experience trail leads to the source of the Trattnach; the Nordic.Fitness.Park and cycling routes offer further options. Crèche building and planned exhibitions on regional history round out the cultural themes. This makes it easy to plan your trip around your interests in mining, nature trails, cycling or crèche art.
Scheiben Coal Railway Station: Mining History and a Rail-Bike Ride
The exhibition at Scheiben Coal Railway Station focuses on life in the mining community. It includes information panels, image projections, a show kitchen and a model of Scheiben from 1925, at a scale of 1:100. In addition to exploring mining, visitors can take a 3.5 km circular ride on a rail-bike track at Scheiben Coal Railway Station. The ride features rail bikes and the miner’s train “Oskar den Grubenschlupf”. The exhibition and circular ride offer different ways to experience the same place: one focuses on life in the mining community, while the other highlights the track and its rail vehicles.
The Nature Experience Trail to the Source of the Trattnach
The 1.2 km Trattnach-Ursprung nature experience trail leads from Scheiben Coal Railway Station in Geboltskirchen along the former coal railway line to the source of the Trattnach. The route is flat and suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs. The trail also includes a bird identification path with 14 stations. It therefore combines its named destination with a dedicated focus on identifying birds along the way. If you are particularly looking for a flat route suitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs, these features are explicitly offered here.
Routes for Nordic Fitness and Cycling
The Nordic.Fitness.Park has four routes with varying lengths and levels of difficulty. The circular routes start and finish at Scheiben railway station. This gives you two specific factors to consider when choosing: the length of each route and its level of difficulty, with a shared start and finish point.
Different cycling route lengths are also available. The Geboltskirchen Nature Cycling Loop is 25.7 km long. The R17 Trattnachtal Cycle Route is 69 km long and follows the Trattnach valley from its source in Geboltskirchen via Hofkirchen and Taufkirchen to the district capital, Grieskirchen. By comparison, one route is designated as a loop, while the R17 also specifies its course through the Trattnach valley and the places along the way. This lets you choose between a nature cycling loop and a longer valley route.
Crèche Building and Regional History
The crèches on display at the Geboltskirchen Crèche Exhibition are made during the same year as the spring and autumn crèche-building courses. At the Upper Austrian State Crèche-Building School in Geboltskirchen, those interested can create oriental, traditional local, root or window crèches. The exhibition and the creative options offer two different perspectives on crèche building: finished works on display and the chance to create your own designs.
Another cultural focus is described as a planned initiative: the Kulturgut Hausruck cultural association plans to offer historical exhibitions about the Innviertel and Hausruckviertel every two years, making regional history accessible and bringing it to life. This planned exhibition format looks beyond crèche building to the history of the two districts.
Discover more destinations: Kallham, Natternbach, Haag Am Hausruck, Pötting, Eschenau Im Hausruckkreis, Kematen Am Innbach, Bad Schallerbach, Schlüßlberg.
For the overview of the wider area: Grieskirchen.
