For planning a visit to Eidenberg, two trails offer different points of reference: the exercise trail is about 1.6 kilometres long and has 18 stations; the Eidenberger Höhenweg is a circular trail about 8.5 kilometres long, with a walking time of around two and a half hours. There are also marked circular hiking trails and named cultural sites. This gives you a starting point for deciding whether you prefer a trail with stations, a longer circular route or places of cultural and historical interest.

Hiking trails by length and character

The exercise trail starts and ends at the Gasthaus Eidenberger Alm. It is described as the “1st Austrian Exercise Hiking Trail” and is accessible to wheelchair users. Together with its length of about 1.6 km and its 18 stations, this gives you several specific factors to consider when choosing a route: its approximate length, the stations and accessibility. If accessibility is important to your plans, you can take this feature into account explicitly. Having the same named location as both the start and end point also makes the route’s location clear.

The Eidenberger Höhenweg offers a different benchmark. It is a circular trail about 8.5 km long, with a walking time of approximately 2.5 hours. The distance and time are estimates, so they are useful as a guide for planning your day, rather than as a minute-by-minute schedule. In comparison, the Höhenweg combines its distance with an approximate walking time and a circular route, while the exercise trail has stations and wheelchair accessibility as additional features to consider. This means you can take the type of route into account as well as the distance when choosing between the two.

There are also marked circular hiking trails in Eidenberg. Free hiking maps are available at Eidenberg Municipal Office and in local inns. Check availability before travelling if you would like to use a map for planning.

Church, Stone and Chapel

The Expositur Church in Wies, dedicated to the Divine Saviour, was consecrated in 1749. The year provides a specific historical reference point when choosing places of cultural and historical interest. By contrast, the so-called “Headache Stone” is notable for its unusual shape: a sloping stone slab with a hemispherical hollow. The stone is near Wolfgang Chapel. These offer two distinct points of interest: the church is associated with its consecration in 1749, while the Headache Stone stands out for its shape and proximity to Wolfgang Chapel.

The Gressn Chapel and its war memorial add another place to these cultural sites. It stands at the edge of the forest beside the hiking trail from Gressn towards Eidenberg. Two specific location references help you find it: the edge of the forest and the trail towards Eidenberg. The cultural and historical feature here is the war memorial; for the church, it is the year of consecration, and for the Headache Stone, its unusual shape. You can choose among the three sites according to the subject that interests you most.

To narrow down your options, you can first decide which feature matters: the approximate walking time of the Höhenweg, the stations and accessibility of the exercise trail, or the cultural and historical significance of the named sites. This way, your decision does not depend on distance alone.

Discover more destinations: Sankt Gotthard Im Mühlkreis, Ottensheim, Hellmonsödt, Herzogsdorf, Ottenschlag Im Mühlkreis, Walding, Reichenau Im Mühlkreis, Weignersdorf.

For the overview of the wider region: Urfahr-Umgebung.