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Von den Fuchsenhöhlen bis zur Wolfsgrube
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- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 9,81 km
- Duration: 2:45 h
- Ascent: 113 m elevation gain
- Descent: 113 m elevation gain
The first part of the name is due to the mountainous nature of the path. The first part of the trail has a steeper slope and foxes like to build their dens on slopes. From this slope, the trail heads towards the Wolfsgrube. We don't know exactly where it is, but legend has it that the penultimate wolf in the Waldviertel was caught there. A musician got lost in the pit and was only rescued from the wolf hours later by his fellow musicians.
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Distance: 9,81 km
- Duration: 2:45 h
- Ascent: 113 m elevation gain
- Descent: 113 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:2/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point532 m
- Highest point605 m
- Round tour
Description
The market town of Schwarzenau is a particularly beautiful part of the Waldviertel, easily accessible by car and train. Situated exactly between Gmünd and Horn, Waidhofen and Zwettl, Schwarzenau can rightly consider itself the heart of the Waldviertel.
The most striking building is the privately owned castle. Surrounded by a magnificent park with a castle pond, it is one of the few completely renovated Renaissance castles in Austria. It is furnished with valuable paintings by Paul Troger and enjoys the unofficial reputation of an "Austrian stucco museum" due to the extraordinary stucco work by Giovanni Battista d'allio.
Right next to the castle is the Thaya-Au-Park with remarkable Waldviertel granite sculptures by Lithuanian artists, whose works can also be seen on the main square and at the idyllic "Bühlteich" forest pool.
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Tomorrow, 04.03.2026
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