Pilgrim walks in Hartkirchen

Welcome to the Weg des Buches, the Protestant theme route! Follow the traces of Bible smugglers and secret Protestants. Experience hidden history.

From the unique Schlögener View we hike past the Zeller Monument and two historical castle ruins into the Eferding Basin and visit the gravesite of the peasant war leaders.

After starting at the Shalom Franciscan Monastery Pupping, the stage initially follows a section of the Aschach to the Danube and then into the town of Eferding, the center of the extensive Danube basin. Through lush vegetable fields, it then goes back to the Danube and to the Cistercian Monastery Wilhering.

The stage initially leads to the famous view of the Schlögener Schlinge and then over the hilly land to Haibach ob der Donau and further to Hartkirchen. Here you cross the lower Aschach valley and enter the plain of the Eferding basin.

The first stage along the Danube starts at Wilhering Monastery and initially follows the Danube Trail along the great river. Later it goes south and really through the vegetable land of the Eferding basin and directly through the town of Eferding. After a short detour to the Danube, you reach the Shalom Franciscan Monastery Pupping.

From the Shalom Franciscan Monastery Pupping, the death place of St. Wolfgang, we first go a section through Hartkirchen across the Eferding Basin. Here we are on a Donausteig round. Over gentle hills, one reaches Haibach on the Danube and the famous Schlögener loop with the magnificent view of the Danube.