Art & Culture Experience Hiking Trail Großschönau

Theme trail from "Place of the Elements" - Park at the Großschönau marketplace to "Place of the Elements" - Park at the Großschönau marketplace (the round can also be ended at sculpture 33)

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Elevation profile

3,65 km length

Tour dates
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Route: 3,65 km
  • Ascent: 68 egm
  • Descent: 40 egm
  • Duration: 1:00 h
  • Lowest point: 660 m
  • Highest point:728 m

Details for: Art & Culture Experience Hiking Trail Großschönau

Brief description

Be impressed by 33 mighty wooden sculptures, realized during several woodcarver symposia on the themes "Water & Wood", "Seating Art" & "The 4 Elements".

Description

Almost 30 internationally recognized artists realized their ideas and visions on various themes at several woodcarver symposia. In total, 60 impressive sculptures between 3 and 12.5 m high were created. 33 of them form the Art & Culture Experience Hiking Trail. The starting point of the experience trail is the Place of the Elements, where 4 symposium trees are located. Along the path, you will find wooden artworks with seating options to linger and rest and sculptures symbolizing the 4 elements. At the village entrances (towards Weitra and towards Engelstein), there are eye-catchers.

Starting point of the tour

"Place of the Elements" - Park at the Großschönau marketplace

Destination point of the tour

"Place of the Elements" - Park at the Großschönau marketplace (the round can also be ended at sculpture 33)

Route description Art & Culture Experience Hiking Trail Großschönau

Start at the Place of the Elements - go towards Engelstein - turn back at the cemetery/village exit and now go towards Weitra to the village exit - turn back again and go back to the marketplace via the side path past the Schagginger department store - then head towards Harmannstein, towards Kreuzberg/Sonnenwelt/zodiac park - pass the BETZ/elementary school and turn right towards Pension Bruckner/zodiac park - once you reach the entrance to the zodiac park, head towards Sonnenwelt - then return towards the marketplace and the Place of the Elements.

Directions

Vienna - Krems - Zwettl - Jagenbach - Großschönau
Linz - Freistadt - Weitra - Großschönau
Budweis - Nove Hrady - Phyrabruck - Weitra - Großschönau

Parking

Directly at the marketplace or at the BETZ/tourist office

All information about all bus and train lines to the Waldviertel can be found at www.vor.at or at www.oebb.at.

Map recommendations

TDW Großschönau
3922 Großschönau, Harmannsteiner Str. 120
(I) www.schoenau.at/downloads

Author's tip

Also visit the outskirts of Großschönau and their 11 wooden artworks as well as the zodiac park with 13 more sculptures in the form of the constellations

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