R5 - Mühlviertel Cycle Path

The cycle path offers challenging climbs for sporty pedal rides. At its starting point in Kramesau, it connects to the Danube cycle path, and right on the first stage to Neustift, you get to pedal hard. After all, you have to push from the lowlands of the Danube valley into the upland of the Mühlviertel. In the Bohemian Forest, you finally reach the border to the Czech Republic.

Ulrichsberg, with a remarkable glass collection of over 600 exhibits, reminiscent of the Schwarzenberg and Sonnenwald glassworks from over 100 years ago, as well as Aigen-Schlägl with its large Premonstratensian monastery choir, are your stops along the way through the Bohemian Forest. With a detour to the Textile Center in Haslach, you learn about the history of Mühlviertel linen weaving. You continue cycling eastwards to Bad Leonfelden, where the moor and the teachings of Pastor Kneipp become effective for health. In the school museum and at the Swedish rampart, you can also let the spirit of the past affect you here. You should also stop in Windhaag bei Freistadt.

In this village, the later famous composer Anton Bruckner worked as a teacher, which is commemorated by the Brucknerstüberl in the old schoolhouse. Also on the route of the Mühlviertel cycle path is the town of Sandl, a center of rural reverse glass painting. In the Reverse Glass Museum, you can discover the secrets of this art form. Passing by Rosenhof Castle with the picturesque Rosenhof ponds, you reach Liebenau.
A few kilometers later, you have the option to turn eastwards and further into the Waldviertel.
The Mühlviertel cycle path itself now turns south, running along the state border to Lower Austria through Unterweißenbach and Königswiesen to the romantic Danube town of Grein with the impressive Greinburg Castle and the old town theatre rich in curiosities. Here there is again a connection to the Danube cycle path.

Signposting: R5

The Mühlviertel cycle path R5 is asphalted continuously except for short sections. The gravel sections are in the Liebenau area around Hacklberg (approx. 4 km) and from Windhaag shortly before Sandl (approx. 3 km).
The cycle path leads about 2 km on a federal road, 209 km on state roads, and about 21 km on secondary roads.