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title: "Donausteig hiking trail: current news, closures, diversions"
url: "https://www.donauregion.at/en/current-news-donausteig-hiking-trail.html"
description: Current information on closures, construction work or diversions on the Donausteig long-distance hiking trail in Upper Austria between Passau and Grein.
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date: 2021-07-06
modified: 2024-09-20
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# Donausteig hiking trail: current news, closures, diversions

Current news of the Donausteig hiking trail
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Here you will find a list of those sections of the Donausteig where closures or diversions are to be expected.

Current news about the Danube ferries can be found here: [www.donauregion.at/faehren](https://www.donauregion.at/en/danube-cycle-path/danube-ferries.html "Link öffnet sich in neuem Fenster")

 [Partial Closure of Oberranna Trail
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Due to maintenance work on the Donaulände, the section between the new boat ramp and the Hakenbuhne (former sports field) in the municipality of Engelhartszell is closed. This affects the hiking trail to Oberranna.

You can start this hike below the road maintenance depot, via…

 ](https://www.donauregion.at/en/current-news-donausteig-hiking-trail/artikel/detail/10385/partial-closure-oberranna-trail.html)

 [Diversion at the Donausteig in Hartkirchen
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Due to construction work on the ‘Hartkirchen Bypass’, the following hiking trails are currently only accessible via the diversion route marked below:

- Donausteig stage: Aschach–Eferding
- Donausteig Hartkirchen circular route: Schaunberg loop

Please follow the diversion route…

 ](https://www.donauregion.at/en/current-news-donausteig-hiking-trail/artikel/detail/10234/diversion-hartkirchen-donausteig.html)

 [Rannatal path closure
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Due to construction work and ongoing truck traffic, access to the Ranna Valley is closed on weekdays (Monday at 7:00 a.m. through Friday at 6:00 p.m.).

The trail is open on weekends.

Duration of the closure**: End of November 2026**

 ](https://www.donauregion.at/en/current-news-donausteig-hiking-trail/artikel/detail/9695/closure-rannatal-closure.html)

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 Current news of the Donausteig hiking trail