Description
The hike starts in St. Pölten, the state capital of Lower Austria. The pilgrimage walk begins at Maria Lourdes Church (in the north of St. Pölten – just a few steps from the main station). From there, it goes through the Kaiser or city forest via the Alpenbahnhof-Kaiserwald and further along the railway hiking trail to Ebersdorf, Ober-Grafendorf and then to Dietmannsdorf.
The hike continues to the village church in Weinburg and the Lourdes forest chapel. Shortly afterwards, the path joins the Pielachtal circular hiking trail no. 652, which leads to the parish church of Grünau in the market municipality of Hofstetten-Grünau.
Below the Hofstetten-Grünau cemetery, you meet the Pielachtal cycle path, which you follow to Mainburg. On hiking trail 4/1, you pass through Lustwald to Rabenstein with the baptismal church of Cardinal Franz König.
Via Steinklamm, you then reach Warth via the Cardinal König memorial trail. From here, follow the Pielachtal cycle path to Kirchberg an der Pielach.
Starting point of the tour
St. Pölten
Destination point of the tour
Kirchberg an der Pielach
Directions
By train:
Westbahn line (via Salzburg or via Vienna to St. Pölten) Travel times: Vienna-St. Pölten: 0:25 hrs. Linz-St. Pölten: 1 hr Salzburg-St. Pölten: 2:10 hrs Passau-St. Pölten: 2:10 hrs Munich-St. Pölten: 3:45 hrs.
By car from Salzburg and Vienna:
A1 West motorway From Vienna/Schwechat Airport: A4 East motorway - S1 Vienna outer ring expressway - A21 outer ring motorway - A1
By car from Passau, Regensburg:
A8 Innkreis motorway - A1 From Switzerland: Arlberg tunnel - A12 Inntal motorway - Innsbruck, Salzburg - A1 From
By car from Italy, Slovenia: Option 1:
A2 South motorway (via Villach and Graz to Vienna) - A1 (or A2 - A21 outer ring motorway - A1) Option 2: via Brenner Pass to Innsbruck, Salzburg - A1
Parking
Parking in parking garages:
City parking at St. Pölten main station
Rathausplatz garage at Rossmarkt
Underground garage Heßstraße/ Julius Raab Promenade
Leiner garage at Rossmarkt
Promenaden garage in Bräuhausgasse
Parking garage Zentrum Klostergasse
APCOA underground garage, Eybnerstraße 2-4
Gate to Landhaus garage, Rennbahnstraße 26
Parking garage Landesklinikum, Mühlweg
Parking garage Landhaus & cultural district
Parking garage Hotel Metropol, Dr. Karl Renner Promenade
Neues Forum garage, Dr. Karl Renner Promenade
Parking garage Herzogenburger Straße 10
Park & Ride:
Park promenade main station St. Pölten
Hermann Winger Lane/ Goldegger Street - about 5 minutes from the main station.
Mühlweg/Dr. Höfinger Lane
Pottenbrunn Bahnstraße
Traisenpark Dr. A. Schärf Street/ Herzogenburger Street
Porschestraße ÖBB stop
St. Pölten is easily accessible by public transport.
For the return journey, a trip with the Mariazell railway from Mariazell to St. Pölten is recommended.
