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Pielachtal Pilgrimage Route: Stage 1/4: St. Pölten - Hofstetten-Grünau
Hiking tour Starting from St. Pölten
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 23,98 km
- Duration: 6:45 h
- Ascent: 168 m elevation gain
- Descent: 156 m elevation gain
St. Pölten - Ebersdorf - Weinburg - Hofstetten-Grünau
- Starting point of the tour
- St. Pölten
- Tour destination
- Hofstetten-Grünau
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 23,98 km
- Duration: 6:45 h
- Ascent: 168 m elevation gain
- Descent: 156 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:4/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point265 m
- Highest point421 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 in Grünau in the market town of Hofstetten-Grünau.
- Parking Parking in parking garages:City parking near 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 & Culture DistrictParking garage Hotel Metropol, Dr. Karl Renner-PromenadeNew Forum Garage, Dr. Karl Renner-PromenadeParking garage Herzogenburger Straße 10Park & Ride:Park promenade main station St. Pölten Hermann Winger Gasse/ Goldegger Straße - about 5 minutes from the main station.Mühlweg/Dr.Höfinger-GassePottenbrunn BahnstraßeTraisenpark Dr.A.Schärf-Str./Herzogenburger Str.Porschestraße ÖBB stop
- Getting there By train:Westbahn route (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 hrsBy 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 - A1By 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 well accessible by public transport.
- Editor’s tip Points of Interest:Maria Lourdes Church, St. PöltenParish Church Ober-GrafendorfLourdes Forest Chapel, WeinburgParish Church Hofstetten-Grünau
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