Bavarian cheerfulness and cloister life 1000 years ago

For this reason the manifold organizations in the festival calendar of Bavaria are based on Bavarian personalities of the Bavarian story.  

Empire count Gunther of that was win could one of these personalities the cheerfulness to be sure few and as a Benediktinermönch whether its asceticism that at that time population heavily impressed.  If it stepped after a moved world life anno 1006, inspires of abbot Godehard, in whose cloister Niederalteich as a layman brother on and began already two years later a renunciation full hermit life on the Ranzinger mountain in Lalling.  

No simple step if one considers, that he separated himself after 50 long years from all worldly joys and goods and proceeded and provided as a "serving brother" into the Benediktinerkloster Niederalteich in the Bavarian forest, that a trade way by the Bavarian forest closely bohemian created became on that he better may go the at that time become impoverished population.  In order to reach its goal, it constructed a cloister and supported the population in the settlement of the Rinchnachtales.  

Bayreuth has its Wagner - the Bavarian forest has its Gunther.  

Beautifully at the same time is that this festival of Bavarian type takes place, on an open-air stage middle in the summer, so that also tourist and guests of life and causing Gunthers learn.  

Five documents with more than 70 layman performers as a knight, count and princely ladies will be, to marvel at of king Heinrich highly to horse and connected were will pull which fates with the at that time time also strange into its ban.  

The festival Gunthers takes place only every four years so that a vacation and stay in the Bavarian forest is must for culture enthused guests this year a.  

Schuhplattler are to be seen in Bavaria villages always.  The Gunther festivals on the other hand are already something special and so take place in July and August eight performances for respectively 500 spectators.  

Rinchnach - the Guntherstadt in the Bavarian forest

For guests from a distance a stay in Rinchnach is more than recommended:  Rinchnach is proved authentic namely the oldest place of cultural interest in the mediator Bavarian forest.  The former cloister church that dominates in the place picture counts as the quite baroque church of the Bavarian forest. 

Of the citizen of Munich master builder Johann Michael fisherman that basically was rebuilt 1727 until church gothic there.  It created a hall-like far room that extensively corresponds ideally the Barocks to that.  Lovely cover paintings, costly blunder eggs and Stuckdekorationen adorn offers the parish church comprehensively renovated in the last years the one impressive scenery for large concerts. 

Annually on the 2nd of June Sunday, the St. Gunther rampart trip is celebrated after goods water (Dobrá Voda) with subsequent fair before the small Guntherkapelle. 

The Guntersteig footpath

He, who would like to connect the visit of a Gunther festival performance with a vacation in Rinchnach, that offers the tourist information Rinchnach manifold possibilities. 

So a migration to is proceeded on the footpath "Gunthersteig" an outstanding possibility on the traces of Gunther itself and let happen at the same time the impressions won by the festival once again review. 

Niederalteich coming from penetrates the cloister at the Danube the hiker always more deeply into the forest mountains of the Bavarian forest on and crosses the boundary comb to the bohemian Dobrá Voda.  Through the Danube plain in Niederalteich and Hengersberg where it numerous interesting churches gives to see, advances the migration first of all through the soft hills over Auerbach into the lovely, climatically favored fruit-growing annex zone of the Lallinger Winkel. 

Time trip into the Bavarian forest

With the lump sum offer "a long time past times newly experience!" you can experience the small Bayerwaldgemeinde Rinchnach and the original environment in a type time trip! 

In the achievement package are contained: 

- Entrance to the historic Gunther festivals (a place plays its story at the time before thousand years) - visit in the Propsteifest in the former cloister brewery terrain (with possibility to the steeple ascent) - bread cheeks such as to grandmothers times in the old stone oven with led migration to the rampart trip church "Frauenbrünnl" with outlook platform. 

Price per persons in the cozy DZ with you/WC in the hotel with indoor swimming pool, sauna... including.  Frühstücksbuffet from 269,- € (in the inn/pension/privately from 178,- € / in a vacation dwelling for 2 persons per person from 99,- €)

He, who remains only short to one of the Gunther-festival-performances, can a cozy vacation dwelling for 4 persons already for ca.  40,- €/day book.  The overnight stay with half pension in a cultivated hotel with indoor swimming pool and wellness area costs between 37,- until 80,- €. 

Appointments to the Gunther festival 2008

18.07./ 19.07./ 23.07./ 25.07./ 26.07./ 31.07./ 01.08./ 02.08. respectively evenings around 21.00 clock on the open-air stage in the area Gehmannsberg, that offers place to nearly 500 spectators.  The entrance costs 12,- € and/or only 10,- € in the advance sale in the tourist information Rinchnach. 

To the people holy, for example also Johannes of the Täufer (sun turning point celebration) count the holy Leonhard (Leonhardiritte) and the holy Sixtus (wine festival) next to Gunther

The next Gunther festivals take place first again 2011. 

Conveys to Rinchnach

With the forest train hourly from Plattling 8:05 clock until 23:05 clock after rain, from there with RBO lines weekdays

With the car over the A3 Regensburg Passau, Ausf.  Deggendorf, over B11 or.  Rusel street after rain, B85 direction Passau after Rinchnach. 

You receive further information, prospectuses and Gunter ticket of the tourist information Rinchnach, Gehmannsberger st.  12, 94269 Rinchnach, tel.  09921/5878, Fax 6863 or on the Internet under www.rinchnach.de This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it