5-Dörfer-Weg

When choosing your route, make sure it’s appropriate for your fitness level. Check to see if the restaurants and cafes you plan to visit along the way are open. Pack your fully charged cell phone and maps in your backpack. For cross-border trips, please always carry a passport or ID card with you.

Sturdy shoes, functional clothing, sun and rain protection, maps, trekking poles if needed, first-aid kit (blister bandages), and plenty of food (snacks, granola bars, fruit, water).

Follow the trail markers eastward to the nearby forest. Imposing granite formations line the path all the way to the Ottenstein Reservoir. Continue following the yellow signs through Siebenwirth to Wolfsberg, Eschabruck, and on to Kleinschönau. From Kleehof, the trail leads through the cool high-altitude forest and along a small stream back to Friedersbach and the starting point.

From Vienna: Stockerau – Tulln – Krems – Zwettl (or Vienna – St. Pölten – Krems – Zwettl)

From Salzburg/Linz: Freistadt – Sandl – Groß Gerungs – Zwettl

Vienna, Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof – Krems – Bus service to Zwettl (Postbus or Waldviertelbus)

Zwettl:
Cistercian Abbey, Zwettl City Museum, Rosenau Castle Masonic Museum, Edelhof School Museum, swimming at the Ottenstein Reservoir, Zwettl Private Brewery, golf, hunting, mini steam train, horseback riding, city tours, tennis, “ZwettlBad” outdoor and indoor swimming pools

Zwettl Abbey
3910 Zwettl, Zwettl Abbey 1
Tel. 02822/ 20202 17
Fax 02822/ 20202 40
info@stift-zwettl.at
www.stift-zwettl.at