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Legend Trail Pölla
Hiking tour Starting from Franzen
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 14,99 km
- Duration: 4:30 h
- Ascent: 257 m elevation gain
- Descent: 257 m elevation gain
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 14,99 km
- Duration: 4:30 h
- Ascent: 257 m elevation gain
- Descent: 257 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:3/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point396 m
- Highest point550 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
Description
Hiking is great here! Pölla, with its 13 villages and the 3 parishes of Altpölla, Franzen and Neupölla, lies in the middle of the Waldviertel. The name Pölla refers to the early Slavic settlement (poljane = field). The main town of Neupölla has had market rights since 1297. Numerous excursion destinations make the municipal area interesting and worth experiencing. Sports activities include swimming, diving, boating and fishing at the Dobra reservoir. There are attractive, well-signposted routes for hiking, cycling and mountain biking.
- Route description You walk past the bathing pond and after 300 meters turn right onto a field path. You reach the paved road and turn left towards Reichhalms and continue south to the Dobra ruin – with a top-class view from the keep over the Dobra reservoir! The keep of the Dobra ruin is open during the summer season. Your next attraction is the Devil's Church shortly before Schloss Wetzlas. From the castle you march via Schmerbach to Frauenluckn and further up to the Schwarzenöd ruin. After a view into the Kamp valley, you walk along Schmerbach, past the Schwarzenberg ruin, into the village of Schmerbach. From there the well-signposted path leads you back over fields and meadows to the starting point.
- Getting there Coming from Vienna, take the A22 to Stockerau, exit onto B4 towards Horn, continue to Horn, then from Horn continue on B38 to Neupölla. Coming from St. Pölten, take the S33 to Krems, B37 to Gföhl, B38 to Neupölla.Coming from the west, take the A1 to St. Pölten, S33 to Krems, B37 to Gföhl, B38 to Neupölla.
- Editor’s tip As a souvenir of your hike around the Kamp reservoirs, you can get a hiking badge at the ticket office of Schloss Waldreichs.Hiking badges are round plaques designed and inscribed with pyrography, which serve as souvenirs and at the same time as recognition for outstanding achievements. Diligent collectors of hiking badges are rewarded with a free premium hiking badge. More information can be found at http://www.wandermarken.at/
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Market Municipality of Pölla
3593 Neupölla 4
(T) +43 2988 6220
(E) gemeinde@poella.at
(I) www.poella.at
Waldviertel Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 54109
(E) info@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at
Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026