Heinrichsbründlweg Trail

Suitable for families
culturally interesting
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Interactive elevation profile

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Tour-Details

Starting place: 4310 Mauthausen

Destination: 4310 Mauthausen

duration: 1h 30m

length: 5,4 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 111m

Altitude difference (downhill): 111m

Lowest point: 244m

Highest point: 315m

difficulty: easy

condition: easy

panoramic view: Dreamtour

Paths covering:

Asphalt

Technique: *

Quality of experience: *****

Recommended season:

January
February
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Properties:

Loop
Scenic
Refreshment stops available
Family friendly
Cultural/historical value
Faunistic highlights

Description:
After Station Street you`ll come upon Vormarktstrasse Road, on which you continue in a westward direction passing another couple of small, abandoned quarries. Behind the small Heinrichskirchlein church, which was a monestary around 1000 BC and is now where the locals come to visit their dead lying in state, you`ll pass the Schiffmeisterhaus building to get to Untermarkt and Hendlkai with its baroque houses. At Pragstein Water Castle, which was built on a rock in the Danube in 1493, you`ll get to the shipping pier at the promenade.

Tip:
This day walk consists of a large circuit (additionally with section No. 170 to Marbacher Castle, 1 km eastwards along hiking trail No. 42 Poschacher estate and the railway station.

Equipment:
Hiking backpack (incl. rain cover), sturdy shoes

Additional information:

Mauthausen-Marktplatz-Pfarrkirche St. Nikolaus-Friedhof-Heinrichskirche-Mauthausen.

INTERESSANTE PUNKTE AM WEG:

Apothekenmuseum, Schloss Pragstein Mai - Okt., Samstag und Sonntag, 14-17 Uhr. Führungen n. Voranmeldung, Tel.: +43 681/10851815 Mag. Voigt

Heimatmuseum Schloss Pragstein Mai - Okt., Samstag und Sonntag, 14-17 Uhr. Führungen n. Voranmeldung, Tel.: +43 664/9608618 Hr. Wintersberger

Geführter Stadtrundgang nur nach Voranmeldung, Tel.: +43 664 2207721 – Karl-Heinz Sigl.

Tour and route information

Starting point: Mauthausen marketplace

Destination: Boat landing stage on the promenade

further information:

Flatly
Board possible

Along the trail

Rastplatz Kalvarienberg-Kapelle

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

Public Transit
Location and getting there
How to arrive in the Danube Upper Austrian region?
The fast way to your destination – by train, bus, car, boat or plane.

Mauthausen railway station ca. 900 metres east, bus stop in the town centre

Parking
Public parking at Pragstein Castle, opposite Mauthausen primary school,next to state road 3.