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· Ybbstal Alps
AM-SB-ME variant for Ybbs valley warm-up route
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Freidegg 350 years agoPhoto: Willi H., Alpenverein Amstetten
With AM, SB and ME begin the vehicle registration numbers of the Amstetten, Scheibbs and Melk districts.
We travel through the tri-border area of these districts on this route and hope not to encounter too many cars.
The outbound ride to Stetten is hilly, the return through the Ybbs valley is flat.
Author’s recommendation
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
Mostly lightly trafficked side streets.Tips and suggestions
For Ferschnitz and Freidegg we find in Memory of the Country
https://www.orte/action/list/controller/Ort.html gedaechtnisdeslandes.at/
the title image and following text:
Embedded in the gentle hills of the Mostviertel lies the market town of Ferschnitz.
Since 976 the bishops of Regensburg had estates here.
First mentioned in a document from 1034 the area was called "Phezniza", derived from the Slavic word for "raging, wild".
The name was therefore based on the brook and its sometimes turbulent behavior.
The place probably emerged only in the 12th century, possibly at the same time as Freydegg castle, which lies northwest of Ferschnitz on the road to St. Georgen am Ybbsfeld.
It was also a fiefdom of the Regensburg archbishopric.
From 1345 comes a purchase agreement, in which Friedrich der Haeusler sold the fief to the church at "Versnitz", the court near the church and other properties to Pilgrim von Tannberg.
Some years later, the owner of Freydegg, Heinrich von Zelking, acquired the church fief.
A donation to the church followed in 1352.
Since then, the development of the village remained closely linked to the Freydegg lordship.
Through marriage, Freydegg came into sole possession of the Streun family in 1452.
From 1569 Reichard Streun von Schwarzenau, Hofkammerpräsident under Maximilian II and leader of the protestant estates, owned the manor and the castle.
He expanded the castle between 1575 and 1594 into one of the most magnificent renaissance castles of the country.
At the wedding with his second wife Regina von Tschernembel in the castle on April 24, 1581, a serious accident occurred:
The hall with the wedding guests collapsed; there were dead and injured.
The castle changed owners in the 17th century until finally passing to the Starhemberg family in 1678.
It remained in their ownership until 1937.
Decay began already in the 18th century.
Today only the gate tower of the forecourt and a long economic wing remain of the building.
Thanks to the intercession of Reichard Streun von Schwarzenau the town received market rights, which were granted together with the market coat of arms in 1589.
The Lower Austrian peasant uprising of 1596-97 also affected Ferschnitz.
On March 1, 1597, the rebellious peasants—subjects from Neuhofen, Euratsfeld and the parish of Ferschnitz—attacked the rectory, plundered it, and threatened to hang the pastor, who had fled to Freydegg castle.
The protestant cleric had railed against the peasants in his sermons and declared them unworthy of the holy sacrament and that their children should not be baptized.
Roadbook
Partial km/Total km. . . . . . . . . . D e s c r i p t i o n . . . . . ..
0.0/0.0 Start at the parking lot in front of the Naturbad Amstetten.
0.5/0.5 Eastwards to Stadthallenstraße (the 1st street before the Johann-Pölz-Halle), follow this to the end, underpass of the B 1 and pedestrian/cyclist bridge over the Ybbs to Grillparzerstraße.
5.3/5.8 Turn left! (We are now on the signposted Most bike route, which we follow for about 5 km). We leave the sewage plant and a dog training area on the left and follow the bike path signs to the roundabout (with the watermill wheel) north of Euratsfeld.
1.5/7.3 Now we leave the signposted bike path and turn left onto L6051 towards B1 to the intersection after a gravel pond just before the Haslauer Ybbs bridge.
3.4/10.7 Turn right = we are now on the signposted Ybbstal bike path. 2 km flat, then uphill, at the next intersection turn left to Freidegg.
3.1/13.8 Sharp left (= continuing on the Ybbstal bike path), after 1 km turn left and gently downhill to Truckenstetten.
0.7/14.5 On the L 6153 to the intersection near the Ybbs bridge Günzing (the Ybbstal bike path now crosses left over the Ybbs).
1.6/16.1 We go straight ahead (stay right of the Ybbs) to Schönegg.
1.1/17.2 At the small chapel (right at the beginning of the village) we turn right onto the Zehetgrub farm road and cycle up to just before Dürnbach.
2.4/19.6 We turn left, cross a stream, a short climb, then hilly until just after Amesbach. Here a hiking trail crosses. We cycle straight on to Zehetgrub.
0.6/20.2 Take the road diverging to the left. After 100 m turn left again and uphill northwards. Then slightly downhill to a pointed chapel before Thurhofglasen.
1.6/21.9 Turn right, through Thurhofglasen, out onto a busier road and still slightly uphill to a water reservoir.
0.6/22.5 Slightly downhill to an intersection at the village entrance of Stetten (Hofstatt).
4.3/26.8 Sharp left, slightly uphill to a chapel, then gently downhill through Keppelberg, Linden, and Dörfl to a main road in Köchling.
1.1/27.9 In Köchling turn right, cross the Ybbs and 200 m after the bridge turn left.
0.8/28.7 We go under the motorway, after 100 m (by the lime kiln) keep left and come west of Neumarkt an der Ybbs onto the B1.
4.2/32.9 On B1 turn left. After 1.3 km turn right and go under the Westbahn railway, continue right of the railway to Hubertendorf (here the Ybbstal bike path comes from the right). Just before Kottingburgstall we go under the motorway, shortly after intersection.
2.6/35.5 We cycle half-right through Kottingburgstall, then through Blindenmarkt to just before crossing under the railway.
1.9/37.4 Here turn right onto the railway service path. After 200 m turn right and alongside a stream to St. Georgen.
6.1/43.5 Turn right onto state road 6018. We take the state road and cycle through Triesenegg, Allersdorf, Atzelsdorf, Preinsbach, Eisenreichdornach to the Herz-Jesu Church in Amstetten.
1.3/44.8 Turn left and on Bahnhofstraße to the train station, then right into the ditch, at the second roundabout (second exit) into Laurenz-Dorrerstraße (underpass the railway) and straight to the starting point = parking lot at Naturbad.
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Amstetten train station is an ÖBB-IC stop; arrival with WESTBAHN also possible.
Good ÖBB connections from Linz, St. Pölten, Vienna, Waidhofen/Ybbs: hourly regional trains with bicycle transport.
The starting point (Naturbad Amstetten parking lot) is about 500 m from Amstetten station.
When arriving by train:
From the main entrance of the station (on the north side) go 500 m west, take the 3rd exit at the 2nd roundabout and southwards on Laurenz-Dorrerstraße 400 m to a traffic light. Here is the Naturbad and described starting point.
Or go south directly from the station underpass, then about 300 m east from the parking lot to Laurenz-Dorrerstraße. Turn left here and 300 m to Naturbad.
Directions
Motorway A 1 between St. Pölten and Linz.
Coming from St. Pölten exit at Amstetten Ost, turn left towards Amstetten (B1), drive straight through three roundabouts and three traffic lights. On the right in Amstetten is the Umdasch/Doka company. At the next roundabout continue straight ahead (still B1), at the second traffic light turn right into Stadionstraße. About 100 m before the next traffic light turn left to the parking lot at Naturbad.
Coming from Linz exit at Amstetten West. At the roundabout (straight ahead at the pears = B1), at the next roundabout (near the railway) take the first exit (continue on B1), at the third roundabout take the third exit (200 m towards the center), turn right at the first traffic light, at the next traffic light the parking lot at Naturbad is on the right.
Parking
Large parking lot at Naturbad.Coordinates
Author’s map recommendations
Equipment
Suitable for all types of bicycles: from mountain bike to racing bike and e-bike.Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
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