Upper Austria Mariazellerweg: D: 2nd stage: St. Florian - Haag

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Starting from the impressive St. Florian monastery, we begin this hike by crossing the so-called Jubilee Avenue. The monastery quickly becomes smaller in the distance as we reach the hill at Kogl, where there is a nice rest area and a chapel, as well as an old forest with mighty oaks. At Unterweidlham, we pass the locally typical four-sided farms in the gentle hilly landscape and walk along a tree-lined stream to a hamlet with the interesting name "Plank zu Mausbach." Here at a crossroads, there is a chapel and a monument (erected in honor of the 1700th anniversary of the death year of the regional patron Florian). After a longer walk through the sparsely populated areas around St. Florian, we finally arrive at Hausmanning and from there via a beautiful forest path to Hargelsberg. Opposite the parish church dedicated to Saint Andrew in Hargelsberg, there is a lovely garden with seating that invites the tired pilgrim to take a break. On Kapellenweg we reach Kronstorf, characterized by floodplain forests. The market town has about 3,000 inhabitants and was first mentioned in a document in 834 as "Granesdorf." It is interesting that the world-famous composer Anton Bruckner spent two years of his life, 1843-1845, as a school assistant in Kronstorf (building directly below the church). In good spirits, we set off again and head towards Enns. At the Enns power plant, we cross the bridge and continue pilgrim-like into the town center of Ernsthofen. The church in Ernsthofen, an early Baroque hall church, originally stood on the bank of the Enns, was dismantled in 1662 and rebuilt at its current location. Above the church begins a wonderful hiking trail through light deciduous forest, which takes us high above the town of Ernsthofen and offers us great views of the route covered so far and the Enns valley. Past several beautiful chapels, it goes a bit later (near Weinzierl) down into a hollow, after which the final sprint (unfortunately along the federal road) to Haag begins. In the town of Haag, the hardships are quickly forgotten when you see the late Gothic fortified church built between 1432 and 1485. Especially active people can end the day with a visit to the animal park (next to Salaberg castle).

Výchozí bod trasy

St. Florian

Cílový bod trasy

Haag

Popis trasy Upper Austria Mariazellerweg: D: 2nd stage: St. Florian - Haag

We leave the St. Florian monastery in a southern direction on circular route no. 4, which we follow on paved country roads via Kogl, Unterweidlham, Oberweidlham to Hausleiten. From there, continue on the bike path until shortly before the village of Winkling, where we turn east and come directly to Hausmanning. We then follow a local hiking trail on the right to the parish church of Hargelsberg, leave the town to the east, pass the Krug Chapel near Pirchhorn and go on until we reach the expressway, where we now follow a field path to the right southwards to an underpass. Through it and then continue straight eastwards to Kronstorf. At the parish church, we meet the Enns cycle path, which we follow via Grub to the Enns river. We cross the river on the power plant bridge and arrive at Ernsthofen. From the parish church, a path leads uphill and then south to Loderleiten. On small roads, you come to Weinzierl and then onward to the heavily trafficked state road L85, which, if staying overnight in Haag, you follow to the town center. Alternatively, from the sewage treatment plant next to the state road, you can follow hiking trail 493 to the city zoo at Haag near Salaberg.