Pilgrim walks in Sonntagberg

The „Via Rosina“ is a themed trail about the secret Protestant Rosina Steinauer. The start is in Mitterbach am Erlaufsee and it leads into the Scharten, connecting to the „Trail of the Book“.

The route of variant D leads the pilgrim in seven daily stages from Pöstlingberg in Linz to Mariazell. From St. Florian we go on pilgrimage to the town of Haag and the Sonntagberg. In Waidhofen an der Ybbs, the trail meets the original course of the Mariazell Trail and follows its route from then on.

This suggested route takes you via the most beautiful pilgrimage destinations in the Mostviertel region - Seitenstetten Abbey, Sonntagberg and St. Leonhard im Wald - to Ybbsitz and on along the original route to Mariazell, which you reach after seven stages and 156 kilometers. The highest daily distance is 31.9 kilometers.

Starting from the zoo and Salaberg Castle, this stage takes us through the gently rolling hills of the Mostviertel region to Weistrach, St. Peter in der Au and Seitenstetten before finally reaching the pilgrimage basilica on Sonntagberg.

Starting from the zoo and Salaberg Castle, this stage takes us through the gently rolling hills of the Mostviertel region to Weistrach, St. Peter in der Au and Seitenstetten before finally reaching the pilgrimage basilica on Sonntagberg.

On this stage of the Mariazell Trail, we can look forward to wonderful views over the gently rolling hills of the Mostviertel region. We cycle uphill and downhill, mostly on lonely roads, to St. Leonhard am Walde and later to the historic forging center of Ybbsitz.

The pilgrimage from the pilgrimage site Maria Taferl to Sonntagberg is easy to walk in 3 stages of approx. 78 kilometers and takes about 26 hours.

From Waidhofen/Y. to the basilica at Sonntagberg. From there to the memorial stone for Rosina Steinauer in Baichberg, to Kematen/Y. and over Biberbach, Seitenstetten to St. Peter/Au.

The hilly region of the Mostviertel is best known for its apples and pears and, of course, its Cider. Only a few people know that there are also such wonderful pilgrimage churches here as the parish church of Krenstetten, Seitenstetten Abbey and Sonntagberg Basilica.