Feldkirchen: Castle Route

INTERESTING POINTS ALONG THE WAY:

Legendary cultural life:

• Castles


• Kneipp herb garden

Nature (space) & exercise:

• 4 Feldkirchen bathing lakes


• Motor skills park


• Pesenbachtal

SPIRITUAL HIKING ON THE DONAUSTEIG:

BAD MÜHLACKEN
We encounter the Carmelite Sisters of Mary, who run the Kneipp traditional spa house, once again on the Donausteig. They are people who devote their lives to following Jesus.

The dynamic of withdrawing and committing themselves from a listening heart guides them. Under the motto "letting the soul breathe" they offer therapies to bring life back into order and to experience new vitality.

Their motto is to invigorate the body, calm the mind, and nourish the soul. They rely on their spirituality and on the five pillars of health teachings according to Sebastian Kneipp and thus shape the concept of "holistic health vacation."

There is the possibility to live along as a guest in the monastery:
"Time out for yourself, letting go and gaining new strength"

During the hike on the castle route I sense the vitality within me, letting the great Danube flow, the refreshing Feldkirchen bathing lakes, the babbling of the brook in the Pesenbachtal, quiet forest paths, lush meadows, and the monastery herb garden in Bad Mühllacken affect me.

From the starting point in Oberlandshaag, we hike to Unterlandshaag under the Danube bridge (turn right at the bike info) past smaller settlements. Continue straight and at the last farmhouse turn left. Along the field path past Schloss Bergheim (attention school operation, can only be viewed from outside), we come to the center of Feldkirchen.

We cross the town and before reaching the Danube, we turn left to the Feldkirchen bathing lakes with a diving station, wakeboard and water ski lifts, as well as the motor skills park. After the water ski lift lake, turn left and leave the lake area behind. We keep right, past the golf club, and after another lake turn left towards Mühldorf. From Schloss Mühldorf we hike to Pesenbach (Schloss Pesenbach is privately owned and can only be viewed from outside), cross the federal road, and turn left to Bad Mühllacken. In Bad Mühllacken, we enter the Pesenbachtal nature reserve and climb the Prälatensteig past the Faustschlöss'l (hotel restaurant) back to the starting point.

• The Kerzenstein is located in the wild romantic and legendary Pesenbachtal and is the emblem of the nature reserve.
  Adventure and action can be found around the 4 Feldkirchen bathing lakes.


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  Discovery tours with a delightful stop! This route leads directly past the following culinary partners:
  Hotel Restaurant Fautschlöss'l
  Thalhammers
  

  
  Wirtshaus Wögerer

ATTENTION: No winter service!

Hiking backpack (incl. rain cover), sturdy footwear

Tourism Office Feldkirchen an der Donau
Hauptstraße 1
4101 Feldkirchen an der Donau
Phone: +43 664 5109060
info@feldkirchenanderdonau.at
www.feldkirchenanderdonau.at

DONAUSTEIG INNKEEPER (SLIGHTLY OFF THE ROUTE):

Gasthaus Schlagerwirt, Oberwallsee 12, 4101 Feldkirchen, Tel.: +43 7233 7220, www.schlagerwirt.at
- Fruit juices, cider and homemade spirits, hearty dishes such as wood-fired roast pork, bacon or farmhouse cheese, Bauernreindl, local game and free-range geese.
In summer, delicacies from the charcoal grill.

After the hiking experience, wonderfully relax and rest in hotel/inn/private rooms/apartments.
Room info at www.feldkirchenanderdonau.at