Via Sacra: Stage 3/5: Kaumberg - Lilienfeld

Pilgrimage route from Kaumberg to Lilienfeld

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Elevation profile

32,45 km length
Tour dates
  • Difficulty: Difficult
  • Route: 32,45 km
  • Ascent: 1.141 egm
  • Descent: 1.243 egm
  • Duration: 11:45 h
  • Lowest point: 366 m
  • Highest point:782 m
Features
  • Stage tour
  • Nice views
  • With refreshment stops

Details for: Via Sacra: Stage 3/5: Kaumberg - Lilienfeld

Brief description

Kaumberg – Hainfeld – Rohrbach – St. Veit – Hochreiter – Lilienfeld

Description

From Kaumberg, you ascend to Araburg, where shortly after the castle the Vienna Pilgrimage Route branches off towards Rohr im Gebirge (via Unterberg). The Via Sacra leads over a scenic high route and through the forest down into the Gölsen Valley to Hainfeld (4:15 h). From Hainfeld, it goes through the forest to Rohrbach and then along the Gölsen to St. Veit, where you can visit the "Cathedral of the Gölsen Valley" (3:00 h). The proposed, spectacular mountain route leads with two ascents over the Hochreiter farm – Wiesenbach – Vordereben straight to Lilienfeld (4:30 h). A visit to the Cistercian Abbey Lilienfeld is worthwhile, which since the beginning of pilgrimage tradition has been an important stop on the Via Sacra and is the oldest medieval monastery complex in Austria.

Variant via Traisen: The historic and flatter variant runs in the valley and leads along the Gölsen Valley Cycle Path to Traisen, whose church "St. Johann an der Traisen" dates from the 12th century and is the oldest church in the Lilienfeld deanery. From Traisen, the route continues on the Traisen Valley Cycle Path past Marktl with its industrial companies to Lilienfeld (3:00 h from St. Veit).

Starting point of the tour

Kaumberg

Destination point of the tour

Lilienfeld

Directions

From Vienna:
South Motorway A2 towards Linz – Continue on Vienna Outer Ring Motorway A21 towards Linz/St. Pölten – Exit Mayerling towards Alland – Continue on Mödlinger Straße B11 towards Alland – Continue on Hainfelder Straße B 18 towards Kaumberg.

Direct Mariazell bus connection from Vienna/South Tyrol Square.

Equipment

Appropriate hiking equipment is required. Additionally, it should be noted that this is a multi-day hike.

More information also available at: https://www.viasacra.at/10-tipps-fuer-einsteiger

Safety information

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

Map recommendations

Folder "Via Sacra and Vienna Pilgrimage Route - On historic pilgrimage paths to Mariazell"
Esterbauer Publishing: Hikeline Via Sacra Hiking Guide

Named maps and further brochures available for order online at https://www.viasacra.at/prospektebestellung.

Author's tip

Sights: Hainfeld City Museum, Museum of Historical Beer Steins Hainfeld, Hainfeld Cultural Mile, Parish Church of Saint Veit in St. Veit, Geological Open-Air Museum „St. Veiter Steingarten“, Church „St. Johann an der Traisen“, Cistercian Abbey Lilienfeld, District Local Museum with Zdarsky Ski Museum in Lilienfeld

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