Sonntagberg route 1st stage: from Maria Taferl to Neustadtl

From the square in front of the pilgrimage basilica, you go down the large staircase to the street, cross it and follow the "penance path" to Marbach. At the ferry dock, cross the B 3 road, keep right and follow the Danube cycle path westward. In Gottsdorf, turn right before the church, pass the old school, then turn left at the intersection and immediately right past the cemetery. After crossing the industrial road, you reach a field path leading to Persenbeug. There, you pass the town hall square with the old parish church. Along Schlossstraße, you get to the Danube bridge, over which you cross to the right bank of the Danube to Ybbs. Then follow the Danube cycle path towards Mauthausen and turn left onto the long-distance hiking trail 08. Follow this partly on forest and meadow paths, partly along the Most heights road Hengstberg, passing the forester's house and the Hengstberg ski hut to the highest point of this stage at the foot of the Hengstberg with a beautiful view. Always following the markings of the long-distance hiking trail 08, you reach the hamlet of Winthan, the Lueger Chapel and further on to Neustadtl. Shortly before that, you meet the Jakobs theme path. Here, continue straight towards the town center (do not follow the theme path markings to the right!).

Maria Taferl is located in Lower Austria, halfway between Vienna and Linz and is accessible via the West Motorway (exit 90 - Pöchlarn). In Pöchlarn, you cross the Danube and then turn left. After Klein-Pöchlarn, you go right up the hill towards Maria Taferl.

From Amstetten or St. Pölten you can take the regional express to Pöchlarn, from where a post bus (NG1) goes to Maria Taferl. Station "Maria Taferl Ortsmitte".

Parking is available in the town center of Maria Taferl (east of the basilica).

Mostviertel Tourismus GmbH
Töpper Schloss Neubruck, Neubruck 2/10, 3270 Scheibbs
T +43/7482/20 444
info@mostviertel.at , www.mostviertel.at

Sonntagberg Pilgrimage and Pilgrimage Center
Tel.: +43 (0)7448/215 72
sonntagberg@stift-seitenstetten.at
www.sonntagberg.com

Useful maps:

ÖK 4322 Pöchlarn, ÖK 4327 Amstetten, ÖK 4328 Scheibbs,

ÖK 4203 Waidhofen, ÖK 4204 Lunz

All at scale 1:50,000 (also available enlarged 1:25,000)

F&B Hiking Maps 052 Mostviertel (1:50,000),

Kompass Hiking Guide 1085 Jakobsweg

Important phone numbers:

Alpine emergency call: 140, International emergency call: 112

Recommended literature:

Hiking guide Jakobsweg Austria, www.kompass.at

On the Jakobsweg through Austria, www.tyrolia-verlag.at

Pilgrim paths, www.kral-verlag.at

Sonntagberg, www.volkskulturnoe.at