Via Sacra: Stage 2/5: Heiligenkreuz - Altenmarkt - Kaumberg

Pilgrimage route from Heiligenkreuz to Kaumberg

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Elevation profile

21,87 km length
Tour dates
  • Difficulty: Medium
  • Route: 21,87 km
  • Ascent: 652 egm
  • Descent: 470 egm
  • Duration: 7:45 h
  • Lowest point: 310 m
  • Highest point:587 m
Features
  • Stage tour
  • With refreshment stops

Details for: Via Sacra: Stage 2/5: Heiligenkreuz - Altenmarkt - Kaumberg

Brief description

Heiligenkreuz – Mayerling – Maria Raisenmarkt – Holzschlag – Hafnerberg– Thenneberg – Kaumberg

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).

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.

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

Safety information

Walking times: The indicated walking times were calculated based on the table of the German Alpine Club. These are pure walking times, rounded to the nearest quarter hour.

Map recommendations

Folder "Via Sacra and Vienna Pilgrim's Way - On historic pilgrimage routes to Mariazell"
Esterbauer Publishing: Hikeline Via Sacra hiking guide

Maps mentioned as well as other brochures can be ordered online at https://www.viasacra.at/prospektebestellung.

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

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