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Pielachtal Pilgrimage Path: Variant B: Stage 1/3: St. Pölten - Kirchberg an der Pielach
Hiking tour Starting from St. Pölten
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 36,92 km
- Duration: 10:45 h
- Ascent: 510 m elevation gain
- Descent: 293 m elevation gain
St. Pölten - Ebersdorf - Ober-Grafendorf - Dietmannsdorf - Weinburg - Hofstetten-Grünau - Mainburg Rabenstein an der Pielach - Warth - Kirchberg an der Pielach
- Starting point of the tour
- St. Pölten
- Tour destination
- Kirchberg an der Pielach
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 36,92 km
- Duration: 10:45 h
- Ascent: 510 m elevation gain
- Descent: 293 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:6/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point265 m
- Highest point423 m
- Stage tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
Description
The hike begins in St. Pölten, the provincial capital of Lower Austria. The pilgrimage starts at Maria Lourdes Church (in the north of St. Pölten - just a few steps away from the main railway station). From there, the route leads through the imperial and city forest via the Alpenbahnhof-Kaiserwald and continues along the railroad hiking trail to Ebersdorf, Ober-Grafendorf and then to Dietmannsdorf.
The hike continues to the village church in Weinburg and the Lourdes forest chapel. Shortly afterwards, the trail joins the Pielachtal circular hiking trail no. 652, which continues to the parish church of Grünau in the market town of Hofstetten-Grünau.
Below the Hofstetten-Grünau cemetery you meet the Pielachtal cycle path, which you follow to Mainburg. Hiking trail 4/1 takes you through the Lustwald forest to Rabenstein with the baptistery of Cardinal Franz König.
Via Steinklamm you then follow the Kardinal König memorial trail to Warth. From here, follow the Pielachtal cycle path to Kirchberg an der Pielach.
- Parking Parking in parking garages:City parking at St. Pölten main stationRathausplatz garage at RossmarktUnderground garage Heßstraße/ Julius Raab PromenadeLeiner garage at RossmarktPromenaden garage in BräuhausgasseParking garage Zentrum KlostergasseAPCOA underground garage, Eybnerstraße 2-4Gate to Landhaus garage, Rennbahnstraße 26Parking garage Landesklinikum, MühlwegParking garage Landhaus & cultural districtParking garage Hotel Metropol, Dr. Karl Renner PromenadeNeues Forum garage, Dr. Karl Renner PromenadeParking garage Herzogenburger Straße 10Park & Ride:Park promenade main station St. Pölten Hermann Winger Lane/ Goldegger Street - about 5 minutes from the main station.Mühlweg/Dr. Höfinger LanePottenbrunn BahnstraßeTraisenpark Dr. A. Schärf Street/ Herzogenburger StreetPorschestraße ÖBB stop
- Getting there By train:Westbahn line (via Salzburg or via Vienna to St. Pölten) Travel times: Vienna-St. Pölten: 0:25 hrs. Linz-St. Pölten: 1 hr Salzburg-St. Pölten: 2:10 hrs Passau-St. Pölten: 2:10 hrs Munich-St. Pölten: 3:45 hrs.By car from Salzburg and Vienna:A1 West motorway From Vienna/Schwechat Airport: A4 East motorway - S1 Vienna outer ring expressway - A21 outer ring motorway - A1By car from Passau, Regensburg:A8 Innkreis motorway - A1 From Switzerland: Arlberg tunnel - A12 Inntal motorway - Innsbruck, Salzburg - A1 FromBy car from Italy, Slovenia: Option 1:A2 South motorway (via Villach and Graz to Vienna) - A1 (or A2 - A21 outer ring motorway - A1) Option 2: via Brenner Pass to Innsbruck, Salzburg - A1
- Public transport St. Pölten is easily accessible by public transport.For the return journey, a trip with the Mariazell railway from Mariazell to St. Pölten is recommended.
- Editor’s tip SightsMaria Lourdes Church in St. PöltenParish Church Ober-GrafendorfLourdes Forest Chapel in WeinburgParish Church Hofstetten-GrünauBaptismal Church of Cardinal König in Rabenstein an der PielachChurch of St. Andrew without tower in Kirchberg an der Pielach
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