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Historic path and "Places of Power"
Hiking tour Starting from Parking lot at GH Schindler
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 8,11 km
- Duration: 2:30 h
- Ascent: 169 m elevation gain
- Descent: 169 m elevation gain
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 8,11 km
- Duration: 2:30 h
- Ascent: 169 m elevation gain
- Descent: 169 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point467 m
- Highest point633 m
- Round tour
- With refreshment stops
Description
18 villages, 58 km², 2100 inhabitants, on the left bank of the Große Krems. 5 inns, 38 beds. Fine cuisine in inns, cafés, restaurants. "Pure nature" - for hikers, cyclists, mountain bikers. Recreation area, swimming ponds, public sports facilities, beach volleyball, tennis, children's playgrounds and riding stables.
Winter: Curling.
Worth seeing: caricature garden and historic ice cellar in Brunn/Wald, "artists' garden" Wietzen with 50 stone sculptures, museum "The farmer as self-supporter", village museum Scheutz-Brauhaus, pagan sacrificial site Loiwein and "flower village" Ebergersch.
- safety instructions Make sure when choosing your route that it suits your fitness level. Check whether the catering establishments you want to visit on the way are open. Pack your charged mobile phone and maps in your backpack. For cross-border tours, always carry a passport or identity card.
- Equipment Sturdy footwear, functional clothing, sun and rain protection, maps, if necessary telescopic poles, first aid kit (blister plasters), sufficient provisions (snacks, muesli bars, fruit, water).
- Route description From the parking lot at Gasthof Schindler, after an exterior visit of the castle, cross the street to a forest area where the historic ice cellar and shortly after, the Hubertus chapel and a viewpoint with a resting place are located along the path. The marked trail then leads through an extensive forest area, interspersed with some agricultural fields. In the valley of the Herrengrabenbach, you cross the paved road and follow the stream along its left bank. After a short exit from the valley, you reach the former Kranzlmühle, below which you cross the stream to walk briefly along the right bank. Back on the left bank, you come to a small building, the former power station of Loiwein.After the ruins of the Zifferermühle, you walk about half a kilometer uphill, past barns, to the junction with a side path. If you turn right, you reach the "Pagan Sacrificial Sites" after 350 meters along a side trail. If you turn left, passing a wayside shrine, you reach the village of Loiwein, at the edge of which is a playground. In Loiwein, you can visit the Gothic church. After the gas station, you leave the town to turn left onto a path from the road after a few minutes. At about the start of a forest area, follow the marking to turn right, go downhill to an avenue, then to a sports field and finally to a bathing pond. Following the road, you return to the starting point.
- Getting there From Vienna A 22 and S 5 or A 1 and S 33 to Gföhl (B 37). Turn left in Gföhl direction Lichtenau.
- Editor’s tip Sights:"Artist's Garden" Wietzen with 50 stone sculptures Museum "The Farmer as a Self-Supplier"Village Museum Scheutz-BrauhausPagan Sacrificial Site LoiweinCaricature Garden and historic ice cellar in Brunn/Wald"Flower Village" Ebergersch
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Market town Lichtenau in the Waldviertel
3522 Lichtenau in the Waldviertel, Lichtenau 49
T 02718/257, F 02718/257-4
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Letzte Änderung: 25 Feb 2026