Waidhaus: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

You can rent a holiday apartment in Waidhaus. The surrounding area is home to Mitterberg, Reh-Berg and Stückstein; Flossenbürg concentration camp is also located there. Mitterberg is therefore a specific landscape feature for visitors interested in the area around Waidhaus.

Nature

Schneeberg is located in the immediate vicinity of Waidhaus.

Waidhaus has a hilly landscape with gentle elevations, pleasant valleys, wooded ridges and viewpoints.

Waidhaus lies at the foot of Sulzberg. In its summit area around “Alten Schloß” there is a natural forest reserve with almost primeval deciduous and mixed woodland, extending up to an elevation of 775 metres.

In the wider area around Waidhaus, quartz, pegmatite and other visible rock formations are associated with the nature park; attentive walkers and hikers can discover them there.

Things to Do

The municipality is home to the Lust Adventure and Educational Trail with a GEO educational trail. The trail is a specific local experience for travellers who wish to combine an encounter with nature and the acquisition of knowledge.

The partly renaturalised Pfreimd runs through a natural recreational landscape around Waidhaus, with a sparkling riverbed bordered by vegetation.

This Pfreimd landscape provides a setting for walkers and cyclists and includes a wildlife enclosure.

History

Around Waidhaus, the old glassmakers’ cross at the chapel, a former inn name and a sign at the shooting house commemorate the history of glassmaking in the area.

Wernberg Castle is located in the wider regional surroundings of Waidhaus.

For centuries, a historic trade route between Nuremberg and Prague ran through Waidhaus.

Geographical Setting

Waidhaus has a border crossing that connects Bavaria with the Czech Republic and the Upper Palatinate Forest with the Bohemian Forest.

On Site

Waidhaus has a central settlement with shops, inns, cafés, restaurants and a bistro. The surrounding villages and hamlets, by contrast, offer a quieter rural setting.

Other destinations: Vorbach, Grafenwöhr, Weiden In Der Oberpfalz, Kirchendemenreuth, Weiherhammer, Kohlberg, Vohenstrauß, Floß.

To the overview of the wider destination: Neustadt An Der Waldnaab.