Details for: Via Sacra: Stage 2/5: Heiligenkreuz - Altenmarkt - Kaumberg (RSAT09)
Brief description
Heiligenkreuz - Mayerling - Maria Raisenmarkt - Holzschlag - Hafnerberg- Thenneberg - Kaumberg
Description
From Heiligenkreuz, continue along the road to Mayerling (01:15 h). Here you come across the former hunting lodge of Crown Prince Rudolph. Today there is also a Carmelite convent here. From now on, you walk partly on asphalt paths or dirt tracks to Maria Raisenmarkt and continue uphill through the forest to Holzschlag (02:00 h). The hiking trail to the left leads to Peilstein. However, you branch off to the right and walk downhill to Nöstach and reach the Hafnerberg pilgrimage church (01:15 h). The valley section of the Via Sacra runs via Altenmarkt and Thenneberg (pilgrimage church in the Dornau). The asphalted cycle path along the Triesting finally takes you to Kaumberg, where you can walk the last few kilometers on a forest path on the left mountain slope instead of next to the road (03:15 h). If you are already running out of time, you can also take a shorter route via the cycle path along the main road to Kaumberg.
Variant via Klein-Mariazell: From Hafnerberg via scenic mountain paths to the once again active Klein-Mariazell Abbey and along the St. Corona road to Kaumberg (18.9 km, 06:15 h).
Starting point of the tour
Heiligenkreuz
Destination point of the tour
Kaumberg
Directions
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.
Author'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
