Bienstand

The Bienstand, in several histories and novels called the Bistand, is a low mountain ridge, 865 m high, in the Bavarian Forest between the villages of Sankt Oswald-Riedlhütte and Grafenau, immediately south of the clearly higher mountains of the Rachel and Lusen, which lie within the Bavarian Forest National Park.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 865 metres
Description: mountain
Also known as: “Bistand”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waldgeschichtliches Museum St. Oswald and Martin Luther Church.

Waldgeschichtliches Museum St. Oswald

Museum

Photo: Erfurth, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Martin Luther Church

Church

Photo: Konrad Lackerbeck, CC BY 3.0.

Mariä Himmelfahrt

Church

Photo: JoergWernisch, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mariä Himmelfahrt is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grafenau and Oberkreuzberg.

Grafenau

Town

Photo: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grafenau is a town in the Freyung-Grafenau district, in Bavaria, Germany. 32 km north of Passau, the town is situated in the Bavarian Forest and is the base of the Bavarian Forest National Park Authority.

Oberkreuzberg

Village

Photo: Konrad Lackerbeck, Public domain.

Oberkreuzberg is a village in the municipality of Spiegelau in the Lower Bavarian district of Freyung-Grafenau in Germany. Until 1978 it was an independent municipality.