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Today, 11.02.2026
Light rain shower
Wind speed1,8 km/h
Lebensweg - Stage 13: Origin: Grandparents and Ancestors
Hiking tour Starting from Maria Taferl
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 16,55 km
- Duration: 4:40 h
- Ascent: 439 m elevation gain
- Descent: 350 m elevation gain
Maria Taferl – Pargatsstetten – Kollnitzberg – Münichreith – Laimbach
- Starting point of the tour
- Maria Taferl
- Tour destination
- Laimbach
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 16,55 km
- Duration: 4:40 h
- Ascent: 439 m elevation gain
- Descent: 350 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point360 m
- Highest point695 m
- Stage tour
Description
This closes the circle: back to the beginning and beyond. The ancestors, the grandparents, and the generations before them, their history and their way of life have shaped us. What remains of them? Serious-looking faces on arranged family photos, yellowed pictures? Stories and anecdotes?
Try to take your ancestors with you on this hiking day. Imagine their life, their childhood, their youth, their everyday life, their stages of life. Imagine your parents as their children. Hike your own story.
- Route description Through the forest to the next intersection point of the LebenswegMaria Taferl, a holy place, lies behind us. Via Pagartsstetten, it goes past Kollnitz to Münichreith. The short detour to Kollnitzberg is worth it; from the newly installed observation tower you are rewarded with a wonderful panoramic view. Afterwards, a locally brewed special beer awaits in Münichreith. Via Mayerhofen, past Zöbring, you then reach the destination of Laimbach.
- Getting there From Vienna via the A22 Stockerau – via Krems S5 and B37 into the WaldviertelFrom Vienna via the A1 St. Pölten – S33 Krems – B37 into the WaldviertelFrom Salzburg or Upper Austria – Linz – A1 exit Ybbs – B36 into the Waldviertel
- Public transport Plan your arrival: www.lebensweg.info/home-2/anreise/
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Current weather on site
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Tomorrow, 12.02.2026
Light rain shower
Wind speed1,2 km/h
Association for the Establishment and Expansion of the Lebensweg
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Tourism Office Ysper-Weitental
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Waldviertel Tourism
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