Waldkirchen: 4/4 View Round | Large Danube Resonance Path Round

Small Kösslbach Valley - Four-quarters view - Waldkirchen - Bräukapelle - Wesenufer

INTERESTING POINTS ON THE WAY:

Legendary cultural life:

• Wesen castle ruins viewable only from outside.

Nature space & movement:

• Small Kösslbach Valley nature reserve, rock view in the nature reserve, 4/4 view, Schlögener view, Paschinger hill

Large Danube Resonance Path Round

In 1996, the area around the Small Kösslbach was declared a nature reserve. The Danube Resonance Path makes the healthy diversity of the elements world there deeper experienced. On the large DANUBE RESONANCE PATH round one can immerse in the power of the elements over 12.8 kilometers and in 4.5 hours of pure walking time. The large round follows the Danube path round and the signage of the "4/4 view round."  

On the large round through panoramas, forests, and hill meadows, one walks through the 4 elements WATER, AIR, FIRE, and EARTH. Each element is prepared for guests at 3 places plus an element exercise device with resting area: They tell of their qualities – generally and especially from the region! And they show you special resonance exercises so you can directly connect with each element and let yourself be strengthened.

The starting place board is located at Hotel Wesenufer. Then you follow first the element water into the nature reserve "Small Kösslbach Valley." At the resonance place "Forest-Air-Stairs" water passes into the element air. Shortly before the rock view, you enter the element fire, which accompanies the hikers over the 4/4 view to Aichberg, where at the resonance place "Earth time travel," the last element earth takes over.

In total, 12 element resonance places await visitors: 

• Water: W1 | Danube waves, W2 | Kösslbach valley greeting, W3 | Water rocks


• Fire: F1 | Fire start, F2 | 4/4 view, F3 | Fire spiral


• Air: L1 | Forest-Air-Stairs, L2 | Good-Air Forest rocks, L3 | Sky portal


• Earth: E1 | Earth time travel, E2 | Rock encounter, E3 | Power root

Per element there is also a movement place:

• The WATER element movement place invites you to flowing movements


• The AIR element movement place invites you to lightness


• The FIRE element movement place invites you to dynamism


• The EARTH element movement place invites you to feel your primal power

At the start or at the finale of the route, the 4 group element places await you at Hotel Wesenufer:

• WATER – WISHES at the stone jetty of the Wesenufer natural beach


• AIR – TALENTS in a circle around the Wesenufer middle tree in the hotel courtyard


• FIRE – ALLEY at the Danube entrance to the car park


• EARTH – QUESTION-ANSWER LINES between or in front of the trees on the shore

The round also offers new perspectives when walked in the opposite direction.

SPIRITUAL HIKING ON THE DANUBE PATH:

From Waldkirchen you look over the four quarters of Upper Austria, across green hills and blooming meadows into the Danube valley. A place to let the intense green affect you. 

Holy green power,
break the concrete
in our heads,
in our country!
(Kurt Marti)

GREEN IS THE COLOR OF HOPE.
"Again and again, St. Hildegard of Bingen (mystic) speaks of green power. Green is a mixture of yellow – the color of the sun, and blue – the color of water. Green arises when a relationship between water and light, between heaven and earth exists. Green is the color of "heart power" and of the germ and creative power, which unfolds from the darkness of the earth every spring as life in beautiful nuances.

While hiking on the 4/4 round I let the healing "green power" affect me:
"If you want to regain strength: look into the green" (St. Hildegard) and she also speaks of "greening of the soul."
• Observe the many green tones (blue-green, light lime green, red green, light / dark green, brown-green...) and let them affect you, enjoy the green power.

Refreshment possibilities:

• 4/Quarter Stub'n, Hundorf 7, 4085 Hundorf, Tel.: +43 660 8153773‬, Mon, Tue, Wed closed


• Hostess z'Atzersdorf, (Four Quarters View) Atzersdorf 2, Tel.: +43 664 93109805, Mon, Tue closed; open for groups by appointment


• Guesthouse Perndorfer, (Schlögener View) Waldkirchen, Tel.: +43 7718 7270, Wed closed


• Inn Zum Schiffmeister, Waldkirchen/Wesenufer, Tel.: +43 7718 7220, Thu closed, 8 beds

The path leads northwest in the direction of "Kagerer Jagasteig" to the underpass under the federal road. After this, it turns left onto a farm road. After the last farm house, continue on a field path, which partly also leads through the forest and finally leads into the small Kösslbach valley (nature reserve since 1996). In the V-shaped erosion valley, the path then follows a forest road steadily uphill. After a left turn, the path branches off steeply right into the forest from the forest road. After some time, one then reaches a section with rock debris. After this impressive section, the path leads out of the forest across a meadow path and reaches a farm. One follows the road towards Atzersdorf and passes the Four Quarters View, which invites you to rest. From Atzersdorf, the path leads on the road to Aichberg, where you keep left and go down to the forest via a meadow path. The path then leads relatively level through the forest to Waldkirchen. Once there, it turns sharply left before reaching the town center. From there, you follow the path through the forest on the old Wesener district road. You pass the "Bräukapelle." You reach the road again and eventually Wesenufer.

• Four Quarters View
  From Waldkirchen (535 m above sea level) you look out over the four quarters of the state of Upper Austria, across green hills and blooming meadows down into the Danube valley.


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  Discovery journeys with a delightful stopover! This route passes directly by the following culinary partner: 
  Wesenufer Hotel & Seminar Culture on the Danube

  
  

Hiking backpack (incl. rain cover), sturdy footwear

TOKU - Tourism and Culture in the Danube Valley Waldkirchen-Wesenufer
Waldkirchen 61

4085 Waldkirchen am Wesen
Tel.: 0043(0)7718 7255
www.waldkirchen.ooe.gv.at

DANUBE PATH HOSTS ALONG THE ROUTE:

Guesthouse Pension Schütz
Wesenufer 17, 4085 Waldkirchen, Tel.: +43 7718 7208, www.pension-schuetz.at
- Vital oasis with sauna, herbal steam bath and swimming pool in the green
- 12 beds

Hotel Wesenufer & Seminar Culture on the Danube
Wesenufer 1, 4085 Waldkirchen, Tel.: +43 7718 20090, www.hotel-wesenufer.at, 78 beds
- ECO-label certified house for gentle and sustainable tourism

Private rooms Feiken
4085 Wesenufer 65, Tel.: +43 7718 7506, www.oberoesterreich.at/feiken
- Rich breakfast buffet, private rooms with large roof terrace, 10 beds