Hiking & Riding

Hiking in the surroundings of Klosterneuburg

Klosterneuburg – Kollersteig – Leopoldsberg – Josefinenhütte – Josefsteig – Klosterneuburg.
 
From Agnesbrücke walk a short while up Sachsengasse until a road fork. Here is the beginning of Kollersteig on the left side. At the start the yellow marking leads through a housing estate and later to Leopoldsberg, passing a beech forest. This path is the most Eastern one of the Alps. From there on follow the red marking on the left hand side of Höhenstraße until Josefinenhütte ( restaurant ). Opposite the street a green marked path leads back to the starting point by way of Josefsteig.

walking time: 1 ½ hours – 2 hours

Klosterneuburg – Lange Gasse – Haschhof – Kierling – Feldgasse – Promenade –  Klosterneuburg.

From Roman Scholz Square you follow the green marking through Rumplerstraße. Near the police station you turn half way to the right into Buchberggasse. After a long curve to the left you are at the beginning of Rafael-Donner-Gasse, and now you keep always straight, along the cemetery wall and Lange Gasse across Buchberg to Haschhof. From there a yellow marked way ( in the beginning being a road ) will lead you to the church of Kierling. Having passed it until Feldgasse ( which begins at the post office ) follow Feldgasse without marking until you reach Kierlingerstraße. Turn right there and stay on Kierlingerstraße for a short while until you arrive at the pavement in front of the Academy of Industrial Medicine. At the end of the fence the “promenade” starts, which continues until the boarding –house “Alte Mühle”.

walking time: 2 hours – 2 ½ hours

Maria Lourdes Grotte – Hadersfeld – Schneiderzipf – Maria Lourdes Grotte

By bus or car you reach Maria Lourdes Grotto ( parking place ). Pass the grotto and follow the yellow marking until Hadersfeld. At the restaurant Hubertushütte you reach the road. On the left side the blue marked way across the “Schneiderzipf” ( in the beginning a road, later a forest path ) starts , until the road from Klosterneuburg to St. Andrä. Keeping to the left of the road you reach the starting point in few minutes.

walking time: 2 hours – 2 ½ hours

Weidling – Reichergasse – Hohenauwiese – Eichenhain – Windischhütte – Rotgraben
( only practicable by means of a car )
 
From Klosterneuburg to Weidling by car. At the church turn half right into Lenaugasse – Reichergasse until a barrier ( parking possibility ). Follow the red marking till Hohenauwiese. From now on keep to the blue marking until Eichenhain and then follow the yellow marking up to “Windischhütte” ( restaurant ). From there a forest street ( green marking, in the beginning parallel to a yellow marking ) leads you through the Rotgraben-valley back to the starting point.

walking time: 2 hours – 2 ½ hour


Klosterneuburg – Lange Gasse – Windischhütte – Weidling – Klosterneuburg

This hike begins like hike Nr. 2 . From Haschhof you follow the green marking until Hohenauwiese. On a forest street you follow the blue marking first, to Eichenhain, and then the yellow marking to Windischhütte ( restaurant ). Up to there you walk about 2 ½ hours . The way back is marked green and leads parallel to the yellow marking to the edge of the forest. There the two ways separate; keep to the right and you will soon reach the forest street through Rotgraben. Reichergasse and Lenaugasse in Weidling are marked red till the end ( at the church ). Turn left into Löblichgasse , passing the “Volksschule Weidling”. Follow Klosterneuburger Gasse , then Weinberggasse to the “Sudetendeutschen Platz”. Here begins Rumplerstraße which ends at Roman Scholz Platz, the starting point of this hike.

walking time:  5 hours – 5 ½ hour


Klosterneuburg – Kollersteig – Leopoldsberg – Josefinenhütte – Sulzwiese – Häuserl am Berg – Jägerwiese – Grünbergerweg – Schrederbrücke – Agnesbrücke

That hike starts like hike Nr. 1. From Josefinenhütte on you first follow the blue marking, later the yellow one, and at last stay on the way marked red, passing the “Häuserl am Berg”, until Jägerwiese ( restaurant ). If you like you can ascend Hermannskogel ( 542 m ) in 15 – 20 minutes following the yellow marked path. Habsburgwarte is closed during the week. Along Grünbergerweg you descend to Weidling and reach the main road at Schrederbrücke. Cross it and follow the green marking through Feldergasse and on Pius Parsch Promenade along the brook Weidling until Agnesbrücke.

walking time:  3 ½ hours – 4 hours


Kierling – Grüntal – Redlinger Hütte – Hadersfeld – Greifenstein

The valley „Grüntal“ you reach by bus from train station Klosterneuburg-Kierling. There start a blue and a yellow marking – you follow the blue one. Keep to the left, cross a meadow, and pass a cross. At the edge of the forest you find a green marked path which meets a red marked way soon after Redlinger Hütte. ( Do not take the red marked path which leads to Weisser Hof and later to Kritzendorf ). Stick to the green marking which shows you the way to the restaurant Hubertushütte in Hadersfeld. Behind the restaurant a green marked path starts that leads you to the fort Greifenstein ( sightseeing possible ).Walking down the road you reach the train station opposite the church within a few minutes.

walking time:  2 ½ hours – 3 hours


St. Andrä – Hagenbachklamm – Unterkirchbach – Arzgrub – Hintersdorf – St. Andrä

St. Andrä you reach by bus from train station Klosterneuburg-Kierling , or by car. Parking is possible near the church. From there you walk a short while along the road back to Klosterneuburg and you will soon reach a red marking on the left, opposite a mill. Approximately 15 minutes later you cross the street and are at the beginning of Hagenbachklamm. From there you first follow the red marking , later the green one, and at last the red marking again until Unterkirchbach. Opposite the village road, which you have reached now, commences a green marked way via Arzgrub to Hintersdorf. Keep straight on the road ( without marking ) passing the restaurant, until you see the yellow marking start. Follow this route until the first curve, from there on use the green marked way which crosses one time the road Klosterneuburg-St. Andrä until the starting point ( mill ).

walking time:  3 ½ hours – 4 hours

We thank Prof. Fickl-Schauer very much for the arrangement and revision of the hiking-routes which are marked and maintained by the Austrian Tourist Club Section Klosterneuburg.