To the Himmel in Lehenrotte
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You feel like you're in heaven on the Himmelalm in Türnitz. The evenly ascending route is particularly suitable for families with children. It offers a beautiful view and opportunities to play, as well as a cold snack in the Otto-Kernstock-Haus at 825 m above sea level.
You feel like you're in heaven on the Himmelalm in Türnitz. The evenly ascending route is particularly suitable for families with children. It offers a beautiful view and opportunities to play, as well as a cold snack in the Otto-Kernstock-Haus at 825 m above sea level.
The route is partly on asphalted paths and partly on beautiful forest and meadow paths, with several rest stops along the way. The route is particularly suitable for families with children, as it can be completed in 1.5 hours. The magnificent view of the Türnitzer Höger, the Kräuterbachtal valley and the village of Lehenrotte rewards hikers when they reach the Himmelalm. There you are treated to a good snack in the Ottokar Kernstock house and can try out the Russian skittle alley. If you hike another 10 minutes up via the hut, you can enjoy a magnificent view from Am Ratzeneck. To the east, you can see the Klosteralpe and Hinteralpe with its refuge, the Reisalpe and the Schneeberg. If you look to the west, you have a magnificent view of the Dürrenstein and the Ötscher.
Opposite the "Traisentaler Hof" a sign shows the start of the ascent. The access road climbs to the house of the "Reitbauer". 200 m above the "Reitbauer" a path leads to the right to a small waterfall, then back on the blue-marked hiking trail over a flowery meadow to the beech forest. Through the cool shady forest, the path reaches the Strubreiter Höhe after a half-hour hike. From the Strubreiter Höhe to the convalescent home (rest area with tables and benches), then through the forest to the forestry road and from there right to the "Himmelalm" and the Otto-Kernstock-Haus, which originated from the former farmhouse "Am Himmel" and belongs to the pasture cooperative.
Gasthaus Schönhofer - Traisentaler Hof
A1 exit St. Pölten South - turn right towards Mariazell - keep straight on B 20 via Wilhelmsburg and Lilienfeld to Lehenrotte (shortly before Türnitz)
Municipal Office Türnitz
3184 Türnitz, Markt 28
Tel. 02769/82 04
Fax 02769/82 04 4
gemeinde@tuernitz.gv.at
www.tuernitz.gv.at
Letzte Änderung: 20 May 2026