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Living Water Theme Trail
Hiking tour Starting from Water temple/water park or parking lot of Erlebnisalm Mönichkirchen
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 5,37 km
- Duration: 2:00 h
- Ascent: 232 m elevation gain
- Descent: 194 m elevation gain
The 2.7 km long themed trail invites children and adults to discover, explore and experience the world of "living water" and its environment.
- Starting point of the tour
- Water temple/water park or parking lot of Erlebnisalm Mönichkirchen
- Tour destination
- Grenzplatz`l
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 5,37 km
- Duration: 2:00 h
- Ascent: 232 m elevation gain
- Descent: 194 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:2/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point992 m
- Highest point1186 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
- Suitable for families and children
Description
On the themed water trail, you can explore questions about the water cycle from rain to the origin of a spring to a stream and a pond.
Stations along the way:
- Mönichkirchen mountain village
- Water temple/water park with salaerium
- Elevated tank drinking station
- Show spring
- Pond on the Schwaig
- Biotope on the Schwaig
- Border square
The Roman water god Neptune, a sculpture made of sandstone from St. Margartehen and rocks from the Wechselgebit, greets the hiker. In a clearing with a sweeping view of the Buckige Welt, you can feel water and different types of forest soil, such as gravel, pebbles and stones, barefoot on the Kneipp and emotional footpath. In a glass building, the Salaerium, you are surrounded by the wonderful scent of the forest and the gentle sound of rippling water. The brine dripping down over the brushwood enriches the air with fine salt particles, which have a healing effect on respiratory diseases when inhaled. Light moods provide a calming effect. Here you can simply breathe out, let your mind wander and find peace. At the elevated tank , you can obtain interesting information and ask questions about the
water supply and water storage in the past and present. At a small show spring in the forest, you can see how the water is filtered through a pipe as soon as it emerges from between the stones, before flowing through pebbles and being filtered again before trickling down to the drinking water reservoir. On the gentle meadows of the Mönichkirchner Schwaig you finally reach a pond fed by the Wechselquelle spring with water of drinking water quality, which is used as extinguishing water and for snowmaking on the piste in winter. A biotope next to the pond is home to a huge number of animals, which are explained on a display board. The Grenzbacherl Niederösterreich - Steiermark is a great place to rest and enjoy a refreshment stop at one of the mountain huts before you make your way back down to the village. to find out more about the water cycle, from rain to the source of a spring to the stream and pond.
- safety instructions Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be a thoroughly beautiful and safe experience. Please observe the following: PreparationMake sure when choosing the route that it matches your experience and fitness. Inform yourself in advance about the weather forecast. The weather can change suddenly in the mountains. Always start properly equipped (e.g., rain protection).Check whether the huts and snack stations you want to visit on the way are open. Inform someone about the route choice and your planned return before you start.
- Equipment Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes adapted to the route, take sun and rain protection as well as water and a snack. Bring your mobile phone and save the emergency number for mountain rescue: 140
- Route description From the parking lot of Erlebnisalm Mönichkirchen, it takes about five minutes to reach the water temple/water park. Here, the Kneipp & sensory footpath and the salaerium invite you to try them out and linger. Afterwards, the path leads steadily but gently uphill towards Mönichkirchner Schwaig, where there are stations along the way on the topic of "living water."
- Parking Parking lot of the Sonnenbahn Mönichkirchen.
- Getting there Drive by car from Vienna via the A2, at the Edlitz exit merge onto Wechsel Str./B54 towards Aspang and follow the road B54 to Mönichkirchen. Drive by car from Graz via the A2, at the Knoten Graz-Ost exit turn left onto A2/E66 towards Vienna/Gleisdorf/Laßnitzhöhe/Hungary and continue on A2At exit 95-Pinggau, drive towards Friedberg/B63, Haideggendorf, at the roundabout take the third exit onto B63, right onto B54 and follow the road to Mönichkirchen.Park at the valley station of the Sonnenbahn Mönichkirchen and walk towards the water park.
- Public transport Take the train from Vienna via Wr. Neustadt to Aspang Markt. Then continue by bus to Mönichkirchen until the stop "Hotel Binder". Take the train from Graz to Aspang Markt. Then continue by bus to Mönichkirchen until the stop "Hotel Binder".Then walk to the valley station of the Sonnenbahn Mönichkirchen and head towards the water park. Further information at www.oebb.at
- Editor’s tip For a longer stay, overnight accommodation is offered at the Alpenhotel Enzian or the Bed & Breakfast Koderholt!
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Further information:
Market town Mönichkirchen
Municipal office no. 18, 2872 Mönichkirchen, www.moenichkirchen.at
Vienna Alps in Lower Austria, www.wieneralpen.at, +43 / 2622 / 78960
Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026