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Pielachtal Pilgrimage Route: Variant B: Stage 2/3: Kirchberg an der Pielach - Annaberg
Hiking tour Starting from Kirchberg an der Pielach
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 25,26 km
- Duration: 8:45 h
- Ascent: 1105 m elevation gain
- Descent: 499 m elevation gain
Kirchberg an der Pielach - Dobersnigg - Loich - Schwarzenbach an der Pielach - Annaberg
- Starting point of the tour
- Kirchberg an der Pielach
- Tour destination
- Annaberg
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 25,26 km
- Duration: 8:45 h
- Ascent: 1105 m elevation gain
- Descent: 499 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:5/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point371 m
- Highest point1033 m
- Stage tour
- Nice views
- With refreshment stops
Kirchberg an der Pielach - Dobersnigg - Loich - Schwarzenbach an der Pielach - Annaberg
From Kirchberg, follow the Pielachtal cycle path to the end at Dobersnigg. From here, turn left onto the country road to Loich.
From Loich, the route continues in a southerly direction, following the Ödgegend goods trail to the right and continuing via Perneben, from where the trail leads down to Schwarzenbach an der Pielach. Hiking trail 7/6 takes you on a gradual ascent to the wooden church.
The trail then continues uphill to the Weißes Kreuz at 1030m. This is followed by a descent to the Reidl lifts and then a short, steep climb to the stage destination of Annaberg, the first "holy mountain". You reach the local pilgrimage church via the mountain path.
Starting from St. Pölten via the Pielachtal road B39.
Loich can be reached from St. Pölten by the Mariazell railway.
The current timetable can be found at https://www.mariazellerbahn.at/fahrplan-mzb.
Worth seeing:
Towerless St. Andrew's Church in Kirchberg an der Pielach
Dobersnigg Chapel
Parish Church Loich
Wooden Church in Schwarzenbach an der Pielach
White Cross in Annaberg
Pilgrimage Church Annaberg
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