Pleasure cycling with panoramic views

There are 488 bicycle parking spaces in the immediate vicinity of the station.

With the DB Rad+ app, kilometres cycled in the participating cities can be collected and then exchanged with exclusive partners.

When you come out of the station building, turn left. You will find your bike hire right next to the west wing of the station.

There is a wide range of high-quality hire bikes to choose from. Bicycle service and the sale of bicycles is also possible.

If necessary, repairs can also be carried out on bikes you have brought with you. Good equipment is available for the planned cycle tour, including cycle touring maps. The RENT A BIKE team is always available for tour recommendations around Regensburg.

Whether it's a trip to Passau or Vienna, the return transport of bikes with or without passengers is also organised. Please make an appointment or enquiry in advance.

Bus route 34, the cycle bus that takes you and your bike to Falkenstein, stops directly at Regensburg main station. You should call the Regensburger Verkehrsverbund (RVV) before setting off on your journey to register the carriage of bicycles. Tandems, tricycles or recumbents cannot be transported. Information at: www.rvv.de/radtour-falkenstein-regensburg

The ticket is only available on the bus. The cycle bus will take you to Falkenstein bus station. From here, follow Bahnhofstraße and then Burgstraße up to Falkenstein Castle.

Falkenstein Castle can be seen from afar. The granite rock on which it stands rises around 60 metres above the valley. The castle was built between 1050 and 1148 by the Counts of Bogen.

The castle walls are made of quarry stone. The medieval Romanesque architecture can still be recognised in the style of the core castle, which was supplemented with late Renaissance elements in the 17th century. This also includes the arcades on the ground floor and upper floor as well as the castle chapel.

The outer bailey, which you pass as you enter the castle, originally contained a granary, which was later converted into a manor house.

From the 15th century onwards, the surrounding battlements were known as the "Weiberwehr". The name is a reminder that it was women who successfully defended the castle against an attack by Hussites in 1430.

Today, the castle belongs to the municipality and houses a museum with a collection of hunting trophies. The museum is currently closed. The keep can be climbed between 9 am and 10 pm as a viewing tower.

Every year from the end of June to the end of July, the castle court games are organised.

From Falkenstein Castle, you cycle along the Regensburg-Falkenstein cycle path.
You cycle along the former railway line and can soon enjoy various viewpoints and adventurously shaped rock formations such as the "Sleeping Snake".
There are numerous benches and rest pavilions where you can enjoy a picnic with the provisions you have brought with you.
After 31 kilometres of varied cycling, you have reached Wenzenbach and Schönberg Castle.

The core of Schönberg Castle is still reminiscent of the castle that once towered over Wenzenbach. Individual parts of the castle can still be traced back to the time when the castle was built. For example, ceiling beams in the cellar of the chapel date back to 1253/54.
The castle initially belonged to the Lords of Hohenfels, later to the Bishops of Regensburg and the Dukes of Bavaria. There were frequent changes of ownership from the 14th century onwards. From 1728 onwards, the castle was remodelled into its present form.
Today, the castle is privately owned and houses a doctor's surgery and guest rooms. Concerts are organised from time to time. Overnight stays or tours can be arranged on request.

If you follow the cycle path, you will eventually cycle along the Regensburg-Hof railway line at the level of the districts of Wutzlhofen, Brandlberg and Konradsiedlung into Regensburg. You cross the Regen and the Europa Canal and pass through the picturesque district of Stadtamhof, which was once an independent market town and has only been part of Regensburg since 1924.
The famous Stone Bridge leads you into Regensburg's historic city centre.

Where today the Stone Bridge, one of Regensburg's landmarks, connects the old town and Stadtamhof, Celts and Romans are said to have crossed the river in ancient times. Charlemagne had a ship bridge built here in 792.

Merchants are said to have commissioned the Stone Bridge, the construction of which began in the particularly dry summer of 1135. The city, which was already rich and important at the time, thus secured its trade route.

The Stone Bridge was still regarded as a wonder of the world in the Middle Ages, as it was built in just 11 years. The bridge was subsequently given three large bridge towers. Only one of them is still preserved: the southern bridge tower built at the end of the 13th century, the entrance tower to the historic city centre.

For around 800 years, the Stone Bridge was considered the only reliable Danube crossing.
It spans the river with a length of more than 300 metres.

The little bridge man on the eastern side of the bridge is shrouded in legend. It is said to be a reference to the fact that the builder of the bridge was competing with the builder of the cathedral, which was under construction at the same time, to see whose structure would be completed first. It is no longer the original figure that today sits astride a roof ridge and looks out towards the cathedral. After the first, dating back to the 15th century, was destroyed in a fire and the second during the Napoleonic Wars, the current one was created in 1849 as a free, artistic copy of its predecessors.

If you want to round off the day appropriately after your encounters with so much history and still have a little time before you return your bike to the hire shop, we recommend going to the five-hundred-year-old "Historische Wurstkuchl" in Thundorferstr. 3, 93047 Regensburg, right next to the city bridge. Opening hours 10 am to 6 pm. But there are also catering options for less savoury cravings on the way to the station. From there, the DB will bring you back home safe and sound and full of energy after an active day.