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Today, 11.02.2026
Light rain
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Via Sacra: Stage 2/5: Heiligenkreuz - Altenmarkt - Kaumberg (RSAT09)
Hiking tour Starting from Heiligenkreuz
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 21,87 km
- Duration: 7:45 h
- Ascent: 652 m elevation gain
- Descent: 470 m elevation gain
Heiligenkreuz – Mayerling – Maria Raisenmarkt – Holzschlag – Hafnerberg– Thenneberg – Kaumberg
- Starting point of the tour
- Heiligenkreuz
- Tour destination
- Kaumberg
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 21,87 km
- Duration: 7:45 h
- Ascent: 652 m elevation gain
- Descent: 470 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:4/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:4/6
- Lowest point310 m
- Highest point587 m
- Stage tour
- With refreshment stops
Description
From Heiligenkreuz it continues near the road to Mayerling (01:15 h). Here you encounter the former hunting lodge of Crown Prince Rudolph. Today, there is also a Carmelite convent here. From now on, the route partly follows paved paths and field paths to Maria Raisenmarkt and further uphill through the forest to Holzschlag (02:00 h). To the left, the hiking trail leads to Peilstein. However, you turn right and go downhill to Nöstach and reach the Pilgrimage Church Hafnerberg (01:15 h). The valley section of the Via Sacra runs via Altenmarkt and Thenneberg (Pilgrimage Church in the Dornau). On the paved bike path along the Triesting River, you finally reach Kaumberg, although for the last few kilometers you can walk on a forest path on the left mountain slope instead of beside the road (03:15 h). If time is tight, you can also take a shorter route along the bike path next to the federal road to Kaumberg.
Variant via Klein-Mariazell: From Hafnerberg over scenic high paths to the reactivated monastery Klein-Mariazell and further along St. Corona Street to Kaumberg (18.9 km, 06:15 h).
- Equipment Appropriate hiking equipment is required. Additionally, it should be considered that this is a multi-day hike.More information also at: https://www.viasacra.at/10-tipps-fuer-einsteiger
- Getting there From Vienna:South Motorway A2 towards Linz – Continue on Vienna Outer Ring Motorway A21 towards Linz/St. Pölten in the direction of Brunn am Gebirge, exit Heiligenkreuz.Commuter train line S3 and bus or regional trains and bus.
- Editor’s tip Attractions: Carmelite Monastery Mayerling, Pilgrimage Church Hafnerberg, Parish Church "St. John the Baptist" in Altenmarkt and Pilgrimage Church "To the Suffering Savior in the Dornau" in Thenneberg, Basilica Klein-Mariazell, Parish Church "St. Michael" in Kaumberg, Local History Museum Kaumberg, Araburg
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Current weather on site
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Tomorrow, 12.02.2026
Light rain
Wind speed1,7 km/h
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