Ottensheim: Danube Panorama Route

Description:

INTERESTING POINTS ALONG THE WAY

Legendary cultural life:

• Brewery Ottensheim www.thor-braeu.at


• Brewery pub with direct view into the brewhouse, 4 different beer varieties including »Ottensheimer-Special«

Nature(t)space & movement:

• International regatta course


• Nature experience trail Bleicherbachtal


• Experience Danube ferry (crossing)

 

SPIRITUAL HIKING ON THE DONAUSTEIG:

In Ottensheim, the parish church is under the protection of St. Ägidius. He is one of the fourteen helper saints and the only one who did not die a martyr’s death. Especially in the Middle Ages his intercession and aid was very popular. He was born around 650 AD in Athens and is considered the founder of the Benedictine monastery in Saint Gilles (F) – which is still an important intermediate destination for pilgrims on the Way of St. James.
Ägidius repeatedly spent long periods of his life as a hermit in retreat and drew strength from the silence.

Deceleration is a contemporary word expressing the longing for calm.
Stopping – finding oneself when one is out of oneself.

• I feel how beneficial it is to come to rest once.


• Today I can simply “be” and let go of “being driven”.

Directions:
Starting point at the information point at the Danube ferry Ottensheim (Danube promenade). Via the marketplace and Linzerstraße it goes to Niederottensheim. The path leads us towards Dürnberg past the high reservoir to the chapel at Wöginger. From there with breathtaking panoramic views from the Danube valley to the Alpine foreland. From the Nachfahrer it goes downhill again past Schröckinger to the Gasthaus Dürnbergwirt. Following the Danube’s towpath, we reach the starting point againTip:

Parish Church of St. Ägidius:
Built 1462-1467, completed 1520. Late Gothic building with Baroque-style modifications. Tour in the oldest market of the Mühlviertel - Ottensheim;

Ottensheim beer from the brewery "Thor-Bräu" at the marketplace

Equipment:
Hiking backpack (including rain cover), sturdy footwearAdditional information:

Tourism Office Ottensheim
Marketplace 7
4100 Ottensheim
Phone: +43 (0)7234 82255 30 (May to September)
Other times: Citizens’ Service Market Municipality, Tel. +43 7234 82255-12
ottensheim@oberoesterreich.at

www.ottensheim.info

DONAUSTEIG HOST ALONG THE ROUTE:
Guesthouse Schwarzer Adler
Marketplace 19, 4100 Ottensheim, Tel.: +43 7234 82224, www.schwarzeradler.ottensheim.at
- 23 beds