Description
The hike begins in St. Pölten, the provincial capital of Lower Austria. The pilgrimage starts at Maria Lourdes Church (in the north of St. Pölten - just a few steps away from the main railway station). From there, the route leads through the imperial and city forest via the Alpenbahnhof-Kaiserwald and continues along the railroad 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 trail joins the Pielachtal circular hiking trail no. 652, which continues to the parish church of Grünau in the market town of Hofstetten-Grünau.
Below the Hofstetten-Grünau cemetery you meet the Pielachtal cycle path, which you follow to Mainburg. Hiking trail 4/1 takes you through the Lustwald forest to Rabenstein with the baptistery of Cardinal Franz König.
Starting point of the tour
St. Pölten
Destination point of the tour
Rabenstein an der Pielach
Directions
By train:
Westbahn line (via Salzburg or via Vienna to St. Pölten) Travel times: Vienna-St. Pölten: 0:25 h Linz-St. Pölten: 1 h Salzburg-St. Pölten: 2:10 h Passau-St. Pölten: 2:10 h Munich-St. Pölten: 3:45 h.
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 Inn Valley Motorway - Innsbruck, Salzburg - A1
By car from Italy, Slovenia: Variant 1:
A2 South Motorway (via Villach and Graz to Vienna) - A1 (or A2 - A21 Outer Ring Motorway - A1) Variant 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
Promenade garage in Bräuhausgasse
Parking garage Zentrum Klostergasse
APCOA underground garage, Eybnerstraße 2-4
Gate to the Landhaus garage, Rennbahnstraße 26
Parking garage Landesklinikum, Mühlweg
Parking garage Landhaus & Kulturbezirk
Parking garage Hotel Metropol, Dr. Karl Renner-Promenade
New Forum garage, Dr. Karl Renner-Promenade
Parking garage Herzogenburger Straße 10
Park & Ride:
Park promenade main station St. Pölten
Hermann Winger Gasse / Goldegger Straße - about 5 minutes from the main station.
Mühlweg / Dr. Höfinger-Gasse
Pottenbrunn Bahnstraße
Traisenpark Dr. A. Schärf-Str. / Herzogenburger Str.
Porschestraße stop ÖBB
St. Pölten is easily accessible by public transport.
For the return journey, it is recommended to take the Mariazell Railway from Mariazell to St. Pölten.
