Small Laaben circular hiking route

Already walking through a small town center settlement with partly bourgeois houses and villas from the turn of the century is a pleasure. After a short, leisurely ascent, a lovely forest edge offers a wonderful view to the northeast over the lower Laabental. The following gentle path through a beautiful beech forest lets us breathe deeply, listen carefully, and perceive the scent of the forest. Emerging from the forest, there is a view to the southeast toward the Schöpfl, we look down on the town center of Laaben and its surrounding softly rolling landscape shaped by orchard meadows, forest, and pasture. During the short 'descent' across a gently sloping meadow with many old fruit trees, we are right in the middle of this very charming landscape. In the last section, we accompany a short stretch of the Pyrathgrabenbach on its last meters into the Laabenbach.
Due to its brevity and diversity, this hike is especially suitable for families and as a lengthy, enjoyable walk. With fine dining (GH Linde, Hotel zur Post, Laabnerhof) and excellent traditional cuisine (GH Schilling, about 600 m from the main square), even the culinary interested hiker is well provided for.

Laaben Hauptplatz Laaben 100 3053 Laaben

Popis trasy Small Laaben circular hiking route

From the main square in front of the town hall, we cross the intersection and head towards Brand. After about 100 meters, we turn right into a narrow residential street following the Laabental bike path (No. 41); after the last house in the nicely situated settlement, we go left uphill, the paved road up to the Kleinhinterholz property. Immediately before the farmstead, a meadow path marked as Trail 1 leads us up to the forest edge. Here, in an idyllic viewpoint location, benches await us to rest and enjoy. Well guided by the marking "Trail 1" or a "1" on tree trunks, we walk leisurely through a well-kept beech forest. Once out of the forest again, a charming hillside meadow with strong pear and apple trees lies before us - behind it, we see the eastern town center of Laaben. At first along the forest edge, then a meadow path soon lined by a pear tree avenue leads down to the main road. We cross this straight ahead and go down to the Pyrathgraben brook; following the stream downstream, we come over a pedestrian bridge to Hotel zur Post and the main street. After about 150 meters on the left, we are back at the starting point.