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Thayarunde Waldviertel
Cycling tour Starting from any
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 115,32 km
- Duration: 8:00 h
- Ascent: 611 m elevation gain
- Descent: 652 m elevation gain
Göpfritz/Wild - Groß Siegharts - Raabs/Thaya - Pisečné (CZ) - Slavonice (CZ) - Waldkirchen - Dobersberg - Thaya - Waidhofen/Thaya - via Windigsteig or via Dietmanns and Groß Siegharts to Göpfritz/Wild
- Starting point of the tour
- any
- Tour destination
- any
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 115,32 km
- Duration: 8:00 h
- Ascent: 611 m elevation gain
- Descent: 652 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:4/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:4/6
- Lowest point402 m
- Highest point655 m
- Round tour
- Stage tour
- With refreshment stops
- Suitable for families and children
Description
The Thayarunde cycle path largely runs along the former Waidhofen-Slavonice and Göpfritz-Raabs railroad lines. Back then, steam locomotives could not cope with steep gradients, so the railroad engineers smoothed out the landscape. Today, these are ideal conditions, especially for families, to spend a relaxed cycling time together. 45% of the route is on a newly asphalted flat cycle path and 55% on unused side paths.
To get from one railroad line to the other, these routes are connected by roads and paths with little traffic, some of which are used by the two top cycle routes, namely the Kamp-Thaya-March cycle route and the Iron Curtain Trail (Euro Velo 13).
- safety instructions Make sure the chosen route matches your fitness level. Check whether the gastronomy venues you want to visit along the way are open. Pack your mobile phone and map material in your backpack.For cross-border routes, always carry a passport or identity card.
- Equipment We recommend: helmet, suitable clothing and footwear, rain and sun protection, first aid kit (blister plasters), sufficient provisions (snack, muesli bars, fruit, water).
- Route description The 5 stages of the Thayarunde:1. Göpfritz an der Wild – Groß-Siegharts – Raabs an der Thayaapprox. 21 kilometers (railway track 100% asphalt, no significant inclines): Follows the former railway line Göpfritz – Groß-Siegharts – Raabs. The entrance to Raabs with the view of Raabs Castle is particularly impressive.2. Raabs an der Thaya – Slavoniceapprox. 31 kilometers (96% asphalt, moderate inclines): Runs two-thirds of the way in the Czech Republic on the lightly used country road 409 together with cycle path 48 and cycle path 26. The town of Slavonice and the Jewish cemetery in Písečné are especially worth seeing.3. Slavonice – Waldkirchen – Dobersberg – Thaya – Waidhofen an der Thayaapprox. 30 kilometers (railway track 100% asphalt, no significant inclines): Runs mostly next to the Thaya river with railway historical sights, such as the old railway carriages at the Waldkirchen station area and the railway bridges over the Thaya.4. Waidhofen an der Thaya – Windigsteig – Göpfritz an der Wildapprox. 22 kilometers (96% asphalt, moderate inclines): Mostly on little-used farm roads and country roads. Up to Windigsteig, this section runs together with the Kamp-Thaya-March cycle route.5. Groß-Siegharts – Dietmanns – Waidhofen an der Thayaapprox. 15 kilometers (60% asphalt, moderate inclines): Worth seeing are the natural road at Predigtstuhl and the entrance to Waidhofen. This route mostly runs through a forest area and thus has an unpaved natural surface of 5.3 kilometers length. This route is not suitable for racing bikes.
- Getting there Vienna - Stockerau - Horn - Göpfritz an der WildLinz - Freistadt - Gmünd - Schrems - Vitis - Göpfritz an der Wild
Association Zukunftsraum Thayaland
3843 Dobersberg, Lagerhausstraße 4
(T) +43 2843 26135
(M) +43 664 2326170
(E) office@thayaland.at
(I) www.thayarunde.eu
Waldviertel Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 54109
(E) info@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at/thayarunde
Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026