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The 10 most beautiful hikes in Lower Austria
![Fahrngruber Hammer](https://img0.oastatic.com/img2/98204481/320x320r/variant.jpg?revbust=18f4f756c0b)
Hiking route
· Mostviertel
Schmiedemeile Ybbsitz
recommended route
Difficulty
easy
7.5 km
2:15 h
203 m
205 m
Die Schmiedemeile in Ybbsitz ist Weltkulturerbe und die Zunft der Schmiede hat dem Ort den Stempel aufgesetzt. Natur und Handwerk, Vergangenheit und Gegenwart sind zu einem Erlebnis verwoben.
![Hauptplatz Bad Sauerbrunn](https://img0.oastatic.com/img2/97968016/320x320r/variant.jpg?revbust=18f3848d14c)
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
Over the G´spitzten Riegel to the Rosalia Chapel
recommended route
Difficulty
difficult
25.7 km
7:15 h
714 m
697 m
From the Bad Sauerbrunn spa gardens, the trail leads over the G´spitzten Riegel up to the Rosalia Chapel with the most beautiful view in Burgenland. Return via Hofleiten, Forchtenstein Castle, Hausberg and Eisteiche and via Apfelrast back to the starting point.
![Genussquelle Bad Sauerbrunn](https://img1.oastatic.com/img2/98019942/320x320r/variant.jpg?revbust=18f3d9c0e57)
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
Through two nature parks: Rosalia-Kogelberg meets Landseer Berge - stage I and stage II
recommended route
Difficulty
difficult
32.8 km
8:50 h
677 m
634 m
This hiking route starts in Bad Sauerbrunn and combines beautiful landscapes with magnificent views and historic buildings in two nature parks in a unique way. If you prefer, you can also walk this route in 2 stages.
Stage 1: Bad Sauerbrunn - Forchtenstein Castle, 14.10 km
Stage 2: Forchtenstein Castle - Kobersdorf, 18.70 km
![Straßenschild](https://img1.oastatic.com/img2/97375342/320x320r/variant.jpg?revbust=18ef0d13f52)
Hiking route
· Wienerwald
Kritzendorf-Hadersfeld-Lourdesgrotte (Gugging)
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
7.2 km
2:10 h
277 m
199 m
Anreise:Vom Bahnhof Heiligenstadt nach Kritzendorf Bahnhof. Wanderung über Hadersfeld nach Gugging/Lourdesgrotte (Busstation).
![Jausenplatzerl kurz vor dem Kleinen Geißkopf (21.4.2024)](https://img1.oastatic.com/img2/97517792/320x320r/variant.jpg?revbust=18f069b5595)
Hiking route
· Wiener Alpen
Geißköpfe von Gutenstein
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
16.5 km
4:45 h
460 m
459 m
Abwechslungsreiche Kammwanderung von der Ruine Gutenstein über die Geißköpfe.
![Bankerl mit toller Aussicht über Puchberg](https://img.oastatic.com/img2/96968390/320x320r/variant.jpg)
Hiking route
· Wiener Alpen
Zustieg zur Edelweisshütte von Losenheim (Waldweg)
recommended route
Difficulty
easy
1.8 km
1:00 h
381 m
1 m
Einfacher kurzer Zustieg zur Edelweiss-Hütte von der Busstation Puchberg am Schneeberg Sesselbahn Talstation.
![Sonnenuntergang am Gipfelstein](https://img2.oastatic.com/img2/96447798/320x320r/variant.jpg)
Hiking route
· Mostviertel
Gipfelstein und Brandstetterkogel von Wiesen
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
7 km
3:00 h
429 m
428 m
Schöne Rundwanderung südlich der Donau im Strudengau. Zwei Gipfel, der 503 m hohe Gipfelstein und der 532 m hohe Brandstetterkogel, auf dem die Viktoria-Adelheid-Schutzhütte des Österreichischen Touristenklubs steht, werden besucht.
![Burg Forchtenstein](https://img2.oastatic.com/img2/95256133/320x320r/variant.jpg)
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
Melindas Way
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
17.5 km
5:05 h
600 m
595 m
This hike starts in front of Forchtenstein Castle and takes you along the sights of one of the most beautiful places in Austria. You walk along the lime kiln, the Heuberg University of Natural Resoures and Applied Life Sciences, the Rosalia chapel, the bathing reservoir, the Achazium, the pilgrimage church of the Virgin Mary with its carillon and the hausberg with the Stations of the Cross.
![Erdbeerfeld](https://img0.oastatic.com/img2/95292591/320x320r/variant.jpg)
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
From Wiesener strawberries to Kobersdorfer mineral water - Zentralalpenweg 02
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
24 km
6:25 h
481 m
470 m
This section of the Burgenland long-distance hiking trail takes you from the community with the sweetest strawbeeries to the place with the smoothest mineral water. You hike through two nature parks: Rosalia-Kogelberg and Landseer Berge.
![The parish church in Zagersdorf.](https://img2.oastatic.com/img2/21912828/320x320r/variant.jpg)
Hiking route
· Mittelburgenland-Rosalia
Accompanied by natural beauty and historical buildings - 01A Nordalpenweg Zagersdorf- Rosalia-Hochwolkersdorf
recommended route
Difficulty
moderate
29.9 km
8:10 h
753 m
319 m
The Burgenland route 01 loads from Rust on Lake Neusiedlersee via Rosalia Mountains to Hochwolkersdorf. We continue the Preiner Gscheid towards Semmering.
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