Via Sacra: Stage 3/4: Hainfeld - Traisen - Türnitz

From Hainfeld, the route leads through the forest to Rohrbach and then along the Gölsen to St. Veit, where you can visit the "Cathedral of the Gölsental" (03:00 h). The historic and flatter variant runs through the valley and leads along the Gölsental cycle path to Traisen, whose church "St. Johann an der Traisen" dates back to the 12th century and is the oldest church in the deanery of Lilienfeld (01:45 h). From Traisen, the route continues along the Traisental cycle route past Marktl with its industrial plants to Lilienfeld (01:15 h). It is worth visiting the Cistercian monastery in Lilienfeld, which has been an important stopover on the Via Sacra since the beginning of the pilgrimage tradition and is the oldest medieval monastery complex in Austria. From Lilienfeld, you walk along the Traisen on level footpaths and cycle paths. At Stangental, you can see the 17th century Calvary on a small hill on the other side of the river. The route continues through Schrambach to Freiland, where the Unrechttraisen and Türnitzer Traisen rivers meet (02:00 h). From here, the route continues along the Türnitz railroad cycle path - an abandoned railroad line - first to Lehenrotte (00:45 h) and then through tunnels and over bridges to Türnitz (02:15 h).

Mountain variant from St. Veit to Lilienfeld: The scenically magnificent mountain route from St. Veit to Lilienfeld leads with two ascents via the Hochreiter farmstead - Wiesenbach - Vordereben directly to Lilienfeld (04:30 h)