Sonntagberg route 2nd stage: from Neustadtl to Aschbach

From Neustadtl, we follow the long-distance trail 08 southwest to the hamlet of Niederhößberg. There we turn west toward Öd onto the red-white marked hiking trail 453, which leads us to the pilgrimage church in Kollmitzberg and further downhill via Kirchfeld to the Ardagger monastery. Next, we continue via Pfaffenberg, Brachegg, Krenberg, and Schörghof to Zeillern. Along the Most educational trail, we continue to Oberzeillern. Shortly before the village, the original Jakobsweg turns right toward Gebetsberg, but we continue along the road through Oberzeillern and then along the Most hiking trail (turn left at the chapel on the village outskirts). After the hamlet of Obergrub, we go under the motorway bridge and shortly after cross the federal road. Next, we head to Flachsberg, where before the first farm we turn right onto a small road to Krottendorf. In the village, we turn right again, cross the state road, and turn right into a forest road. We walk through the Haaberg forest past the gallows cross, where we meet hiking trail 313. We follow the red markings via Abetzberg to Aschbach.

Coming from Salzburg, we take the Amstetten-West (123) exit and drive along the B119 via Ardagger Monastery, Kollmitzberg, and Schaltberg to Neustadtl on the Danube.

Coming from Vienna, we take the Amstetten-East (108) exit, then follow the B1 to Balldorf/Hermannsdorf and turn right onto the L6039. We cross the West Autobahn and reach Neustadtl on the Danube via Krahof and Hainstetten.

Arrival to Neustadtl:
We take the train to Amstetten and from there the bus 1616 to Neustadtl/Donau.

There are many parking options around the church in Neustadtl.

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

Sonntagberg Pilgrimage and Pilgrim 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 in 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: 140, international emergency: 112

Recommended literature:

Hiking guide Jakobsweg Austria, www.kompass.at

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

Pilgrim routes, www.kral-verlag.at

Sonntagberg, www.volkskulturnoe.at