600m. This Small recreation village lies 7km in the north of the Danube. The Mühlviertel which got its namefrom 2 rivers, is a hilly country (up to l000m) and an ideal area for hikers. Between the Danube in the south andthe Czechoslovakien border and the Böhmerwald in the north, the German border in the west, and Lower Austria inthe east. Uncountable hiking paths for lovers of woods, fields and valleys. Rustic surroundings for holidays withfamilies, children and older people. Hofkirchen lies between Passau/Bavaria (4Okm at the 3 rivers and the federalcapital Linz (6okm). This quiet and idyllic area is an ideal starting point for trips by foot and by car: Voyagesat the Danube to Passau, Linz, the Wachau, and Vienna, Niederranna (7km) an old fisher village with ferryboat andwater skischool. Walks to castles, ruins, old churches and abbeys, to the famous Schlögen-Donauschlinge (Romancastle) to the Ameisberg (94Om) with its wonderful view, the wild romantic Rannatal, the zoological garden Altenfelden. 3O-6Okm by car to Rohrbach, Aigen, the Böhmerwald, the homecountry of Adelbert Stifter, the Bärenstein (l O76m) with view to the Moldaulakes in the C. S. S. R. In the village: swimming pool, fitnessparcours, bowling, fishingfacilities, inns, shopping, sauna, busses to Passau/Linz. In a distance of 5-20km: indoor swimming pool, tennis, riding, ridinghall, dancing, folkloristic evenings, cinema. Tenniscenter, Squash, steambath, massage, restaurant. WINTER: recreation, hiking and cross country skiing, skilifts 6-llkm or in Aigen (30km), Böhmerwald. Cross countryskiing track, 4km.