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Old Post Road Path No. 63 - Pöggstall
Hiking tour Starting from Pöggstall - Main Square
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 5,61 km
- Duration: :hour h
- Ascent: 206 m elevation gain
- Descent: 206 m elevation gain
The hike along Fürnberg's Post Road, built around 1780, leads over bridges aesthetically adapted to the landscape. We recommend this hike for people who want to walk along historic paths.
- Starting point of the tour
- Pöggstall - Main Square
- Tour destination
- Pöggstall - Main Square
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 5,61 km
- Duration: :hour h
- Ascent: 206 m elevation gain
- Descent: 206 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:2/6
- Overall experience:6/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point456 m
- Highest point662 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- Suitable for families and children
Description
Fürnberg'sche Poststraße is a unique example of an 18th century street that has been largely preserved in its original state. To see the well-preserved bridge over which the hiking trail runs, it is advisable to leave the path for a few meters at short notice. The Swedish cross is located on the hiking trail.
Worth seeing:
Pöggstall Castle - in 2017 it was the venue for the Lower Austrian state exhibition "Alles was Recht ist" (Everything that is law) - houses a museum about legal history including the only "original" torture chamber and a documentation about the life and work of the artist Franz Traunfellner. The special exhibition "Pöggstall Castle - between the region and the imperial court" in the barbican is just as exciting and tells of the eventful restoration, significant finds and amazing stories about the lords of the castle. A 3D animation vividly shows how the keep and the later castle grew from its original structure to its present form.
In addition to Pöggstall Castle with its barbican (traffic circle), the very old St. Anna Church in the field (1140), the parish church of Pöggstall and the pilgrimage church in Neukirchen (1118) on the Ostrong, which is older than Maria Taferl as a pilgrimage church, are also worth a visit.
Leisure tips:
4 tennis courts, beach volleyball court, soccer pitch, a covered multi-sports facility, children's playgrounds, campsite, mountain bike and cycle routes, fishing and riding opportunities, Laas horse farm, Texas Longhorn Austria, Hotglass Atelier Faffelberger, Kräuterhof Schrammel, Josef Mitmasser brand painting.
- Equipment Sturdy footwear, functional clothing, sun and rain protection, maps, possibly telescopic poles, first aid kit (blister plasters), sufficient provisions (snacks, muesli bars, fruit, water).Please do not leave any litter in the area!
- Route description From the main square, the path leads you through the barbican of Pöggstall Castle to the castle pond, towards Sading, gently ascending to the junction at the originally preserved Old Post Road. This section was built in the 1780s by Josef Edler von Fürnberg from Melk to Gutenbrunn. This part includes two beautifully vaulted stone bridges. Also worth seeing is the restored wayside shrine, the Sweden Cross. Branching off from the Post Road, a forest and meadow path leads you to Bergern, from where you can enjoy a magnificent panoramic view of the pre-Alps. In front of Bergern on the left side stands a very old oak tree. The return route runs via the Traunfellnerweg (No. 64) and the Lebensweg “22er” back to Pöggstall.
- Parking Free parking spaces are available at the main square of Pöggstall and in the parking lot behind the Sparkasse.
- Getting there From Vienna via the A1 to the Melk exit - Melk Danube bridge - B3 towards Weitenegg, on the B216 to Pöggstall From Linz – A1 to the Ybbs/Donau exit, Danube bridge Ybbs, B36 to Würnsdorf near Pöggstall or via the A1 exit Pöchlarn, B1, B209, Danube bridge Pöchlarn, either via Kleinpöchlarn L7255, L7247, L7226 to Pöggstall or via Weitenegg on B216 to Pöggstall.
- Public transport Pöggstall is accessible by regional bus from Zwettl and from the train stations Melk, Pöchlarn, Ybbs/Donau, Krems, and St. Pölten (except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays). Your exact route can be planned with the VOR route planner.www.vor.at
- Editor’s tip Along the path, there is the opportunity to view the old post bridge from the creek bed.
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Current weather on site
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Tomorrow, 04.03.2026
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Market municipality Pöggstall
3650 Pöggstall, Main Square 1
(T) +43 2758 2383
(E) gemeinde@poeggstall.at
(I) www.poeggstall.at
Tourism Association Ysper-Weitental
3683 Yspertal, Main Street 9
(T) +43 7415 6767 25
(E) info.yw@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at
Waldviertel Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 54109
(E) info@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at
Letzte Änderung: 25 Feb 2026