Regen suits couples who want a sauna at home and the Bavarian Forest on the doorstep, in a district town at 530 metres. Nearly all homes here have a sauna and most sleep two. It is a working town, not a resort, and the glass town of Zwiesel lies about 10 km northeast.
Regen is the district town of Regen district, with about 11,000 residents at 530 metres in the Bavarian Forest. The homes sit close together in town, nearly all with a sauna and more than half with a fireplace. The Weißenstein castle ruin stands at 758 metres on the Pfahl, a quartz ridge 150 km long. The house beside it holds a museum on the poet Siegfried von Vegesack, and the town also has a museum of Lower Bavarian farming life. Regen is a working district town rather than a ski or lake resort.
A castle ruin on the Pfahl quartz ridge, owned by the town of Regen since 1996, with a museum and literary archive in the house next door.
About 10 km northeast, a glass-making town since the 15th century with trains to Bayerisch Eisenstein and Bodenmais.
At 1,456 metres, one of the peaks of the mountain range at whose foot the glass town of Zwiesel lies.
A car is the practical way, since forest trailheads and villages are spread out. Zwiesel, about 10 km northeast, is on the Bavarian Forest Railway, with hourly trains to Plattling, Bayerisch Eisenstein and Bodenmais.
Yes, nearly all homes here have a sauna and most also have a fireplace. They are mostly for two people, so the area suits couples after a quiet, warm stay.
It is a castle ruin at 758 metres on the Pfahl quartz ridge, owned by the town since 1996. The house beside it holds a museum on poet Siegfried von Vegesack, with a large snuff collection.
Zwiesel is about 10 km northeast of Regen. It has made glass since the 15th century and has a railway station with hourly trains to Bayerisch Eisenstein.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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