Lembach: Linen Weaver Route
4040 Linz
Johanniterstraße parking lot, marketplace, Seufzerallee, Bruckwirt, Höllhäusl/Starz, Obermühl, Kirchschlägersteig, Haarer reservoir, Edt, Lampersdorf, Groa, Mühlholzweg, Lembach
Recommended season:
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- Loop
- Scenic
- Refreshment stops available
INTERESTING POINTS ALONG THE WAY:
Legendary cultural life:
- Mühlholz Chapel
- Local history museum: every 1st Sunday of the month 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. and by arrangement
Nature and movement:
- Grain viewpoint
SPIRITUAL HIKING ON THE DONAUSTEIG:
Linen or flax refers both to the fiber of the flax plant and the fabric made from it. The Mühlviertel has a long established culture of linen production, linen dyeing, and linen processing. The Mühlviertel linen oil is also highly valued.
On the “Linen Weaver Route” I am accompanied by the following questions:
- Life threads, how am I woven, what is my structure like, more – fine, coarse, brittle, tear-resistant, faded, natural, bleached, smoothed, creased…?
- Along the way I can engage with word plays.
The “Linen Weaver Route” leads over the marketplace, past the retirement home to the adventure playground. Here begins a wonderful walk downhill through the forest (Seufzerallee) along the Lembach stream to the Bruckwirt inn, which invites you to stop for a break. At the parking lot opposite, continue through the forest to the former Höll mill. Cross the small mill and follow the road to Obermühl. From there the path goes steeply uphill along the Kirchschlägersteig to Haar and via Edt to Lampersdorf (rest area with a view of the Danube). Then continue along a meadow path to Grain, where you can enjoy the beautiful wide view. Via the Mühlholzweg with a beautiful view to the Bohemian Forest, you come back to Lembach.
Tip:Local history museum - presentation of former ways of life and work with a focus on linen production. The museum can only be visited by prior arrangement.
Equipment:Hiking backpack (incl. rain cover), sturdy footwear
Additional information:Market town office Lembach i.M.
Schulstraße 2
4132 Lembach i.M.
Tel.: 0043(0)7286/8255-0
Fax: 0043(0)7286/8255-34
info@lembach.ooe.gv.at
www.gemeinde-lembach.at
DONAU STEIG HOSTS ALONG THE ROUTE:
Family hotel & distillery Bruckwirt/Stoaninger, Graben 6, 4131 Obermühl, Tel.: +43 7286 8321, www.bruckwirt.at,
- first demonstration distillery and whisky distillery Stoaninger
- 34 beds
Guesthouse Gierlinger “Danube paradise”, Grafenau 17, 4131 Obermühl, Tel.: +43 7286 7213, www.gasthof-gierlinger.at, 18 beds
Fish guesthouse Aumüller
4131 Obermühl 13, Tel.: +43 7286 7216, www.fischgasthof.at
- homemade fruit juices and musts (not directly on the hiking trail, approx. 300 m away)
- 22 beds
OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS ALONG THE ROUTE:
Inn Haderer, Marktpl. 12, Tel.: +43 7286 8237, closed Tue., Wed.
Cafe bakery Pumberger, Marktpl. 6, Tel.: +43 7286 7530, Sat. evening, Sun. closed
Cafe Fierlinger, Falkensteinstraße 12, Tel.: +43 7286 8325, closed Mon.
Vitalhotel Lembacher Hof, Falkensteinstraße 4, Tel.: +43 7286 8257, 52 beds
Inn Kislinger, Falkensteinstraße 12, Tel.: +43 7286 8251, 6 beds
Paths covering:
further information:
- Circular route
- Board possible
Gentle hilly landscape, marvellous forests and a wonderful viewpoint of the village of Niederkappel.
Cosy café with homemade pastries in the middle of the market square of Lembach
Our tradition-conscious family inn is located directly on the Danube. Enjoy a cool freshly tapped beer with wonderful views of the Danube flowing by, or let us spoil you with our down-to-earth and regional delicacies. We look forward to your visit!
From the Gierlinger Danube Paradise, nature and sport can be wonderfully combined. The Danube cycle path and the hiking trails are a paradise for all those who like to be active and enjoy exercise.
1) Olympic Gold Medal and other awards won by Alfons Dorfner (Olympic Gold Medallist in Kayaking of Berlin 1936, together with Adolf Kainz)
2) Relief of the ancient Market Town Lembach of around 1500
3) Relief of the ancient Market Town Lembach of around 1900
4) Old machinery that was used in the production of linen (loom, reels, spinning wheels, and much more...)
5) Models of an authentic Mühlviertel Farmstead
6) Old farming machinery
7) History of the Farmer´s War
8) History of Lembach
Information: Marktgemeindeamt
Tel.: +43(0) 72 86/82 55
Chronik
um 1000 Gründung durch die Herrschaft Falkenstein am „langen Bach“ 1230 „Lengenpach“= Lembach erstmals urkundlich erwähnt 1427 Hussiteneinfall: Zerstörung von Kirche und Schloss 1612 Markterhebung 1626 Wirtshaus Habach: Streit zwischen Bauern und bayerischen Soldaten – Beginn OÖ Bauernkrieg 1696 Erster Schulmeister in Lembach 1844 Errichtung der Mühlholzkapelle samt Kreuzweg durch Alois Johanniter als Dank für die Rettung aus den Fluten der Donau um 1845 Alois Johanniter beschäftigt allein mehr als 100 Weber nach 1848 Gründung von Bezirksgericht, Gendarmerieposten und politischer Gemeinde 1906 Elektrifizierung 1941 Hauptschulgründung 1991 Landesmusikschulgründung 2005 Eröffnung Veranstaltungszentrum Alfons-Dorfner-Halle
The stations of the cross link the graveyard with Mühlholz hill. The Bohemain Forest and the foothills of the Alps are visible from the hill on clear days.
Weaver Alois Johanniter of Lembach founded this chapel and the stations of the cross in 1844 out of gratitude for his salvaging from a shipping accident. A votive painting in the chapel´s interior depicts the Bavarian steamship named "Ludwig". A marble tablet on the right wall of the chapel commemorates this accident. Two angel statues flank the Golgotha altar, which is at the heart of the chapel.
Retrohof Edt - Vacation in the style of the 1930s.
Leave the hustle and bustle of the city behind and immerse yourself in the simplicity of past times. Our former farmhouse, a hereditary farm with history, invites you to experience life in the 1930s on a Mühlviertler farm up close. Absolute simplicity characterizes the living and sleeping areas – no unnecessary luxury, just pure connection to nature.
Whole house available!
Furnishings and amenities in the style of simple, modest life of the 1930s on a Mühlviertler farm.
- Bedroom 1: Bed (2 m x 1.8 m), facing southeast
- Bedroom 2 (former "Troadkammer"): Boxspring bed (2 m x 2 m), east side, small window, cool and shady
- Bedroom 3: extended XL couch (2 m x 2.8 m), oriented southwest, sunny
Electric light is available in the bedrooms, but there are no sockets.
On the ground floor:
- Bathroom: Shower, toilet and sink
- Kitchen: Wood stove (the only heating option in the house), small cooking facility with 2 electric hotplates, coffee maker and kettle, dishes and pots
- Utility room: Sink available, large refrigerator with freezers
- Terrace: Wooden table with six chairs, large fire bowl (cookbook for fire cooking available), camp beds (used as sun loungers during the day, open-air beds at night)
- Ground floor sockets available
In the larch forest (10 minutes walk) there are two hammocks with mosquito nets for an overnight stay in the forest.
Sporty activities:
- Hiking
- Cycling or inline skating (Danube cycling path)
- Mountain bike granite trail
- Boat rental
- Stand up paddle
Relaxation:
- In the forest
- By the Daglesbach
- Under the apple tree
- Slow Food: Organic restaurant Haderer in Lembach
- Natural swimming area reachable in 20 minutes: Resilacke
- Wild fruits (raspberries, blackberries, elderberries)
From 18 years
Animals: Welcome
Seminars and Workshops: The house is also very well suited for seminars and workshops. For more information, please call directly. Tel.: +43664 911 507 9
Getting there
By car: coming from Linz: take the B127 towards Rohrbach to the Altenfelden roundabout (approx. 31 km), take the third exit, follow the road to Lembach (approx. 6 km). Take the first entrance, after approx. 490 m turn right, turn left at the marketplace, drive straight towards the town hall and school. After the town hall at the fork in the road you will find the parking lot and the starting sign for the Linen Weaver Route.
Public Transit
Bus timetables on the homepage of the market town Lembach
www.gemeinde-lembach.at/lembach31344.htm
Parking
Directly at the starting point
- Suitable for groups
- Suitable for schools
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
Please get in touch for more information.
Lindengasse 9
4040 Linz
Phone +43 732 7277 - 800
Fax machine +43 732 7277 - 804
E-Mail gemeinde@lembach.ooe.gv.at
Web www.donauregion.at
Web www.donausteig.at
https://www.donausteig.at
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