Eisheiligen. What it means in the Bayerischer Wald

The word Eisheiligen means the "Ice Saints" and is the time from May 11th to 15th when the Icemen come. In partical terms this means for the gardener, that balcony and patio plants are not put out until the danger of the last frost has passed (May15th) Then you will see Drachselsried and the Naturpark in the Bayersicher Wald in bloom. The Icemen are:

Mamertus – 11. Mai
Pankratius – 12. Mai
Servatius – 13. Mai
Bonifatius – 14. Mai
Sophie – 15. Mai
More information on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Saints in English and Deutsch at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisheiligen

Drachselsried Survey and more

Check out the Drachselsried survey in the menu bar, and cast your vote. New info added to the website. Check out the search facility at http://www.drachselsried.eu/drachselsried-search.htm Type in "Drachselsried" to get a a selection of local information, or use it for normal searching.

New Webcams added

I have added more webcams of Drachselsried, Zellertal, Arnbruck and Bodenmais, now the snow has gone, it looks wonderful. http://www.drachselsried.eu/

New Drachselsried images from the Bayerischer Wald

I have taken lots of photographs since moving to Drachselsried. The Natur Park
of the Bayerischer Wald is a wonderful area to live in and I hope you find pleasure
in viewing my selection. I do undertake a variety of Internet related work, use
the contact form if you think I can help.

Drachselsried Badeweiher

The new Drachselsried Badeweiher or open air swimming area is now under construction. More information and images to follow.

Drachselsried visitor survey

The Drachselsried website in English, now has a visitor survey. Cast your vote and see all the results at

Drachselsried Cloud. How to make a word cloud

Did you know that you can turn any text into a word cloud? The example shown here was produced from the text on the main Drachselsried website. You can do this yourself for any text by following this Drachselsried Cloud link

Drachselsried now listed in Wordie

The village is now listed in Wordie at You can add your views as well.

Drachselsried Search form now ready

If you search Google for Drachselsried, there are more than 178,000 listings, A special Google search facility is now on the http://www.drachselsried.eu/ website that lets you eliminate most of the duplicate listings, now there is about 850. Easier to search for what you want.

Drachselsried website updated

The Drachselsried website http://www.drachselsried.eu/ has been completely updated. Easy to use menu system now makes it easier to add new information and is better for visitors. New facilities to be added shortly and will be shown in this blog.