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Steinbruchweg

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    Photo: Marktgemeinde Hoheneich

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    Circular hiking trail no. 11 in the market town of Hoheneich
    easy
    Distance 6.1 km
    1:45 h
    74 m
    74 m
    559 m
    485 m

    A beautiful and worthwhile hiking trail with many historical highlights and nature experiences. (Hubertus column, church forest quarry, moon ponds, Hubertusmaterl, fairytale forest & fairytale grotto)

    You can borrow the key for the fairytale grotto during the opening hours of the Backhausen outlet (Mon-Fri 9.00-17.00, Sat 9.00-13.00).

    Author’s recommendation

    As a souvenir of your hike on the Steinbruchweg in the Waldviertel, you can get a hiking badge from the ruin Kollmitz at the Martina Rieder snack station.

    Hiking badges are round plaques designed and inscribed by wood burning, which serve as souvenirs and at the same time as awards for outstanding achievements. Diligent hiking badge collectors are rewarded with a free premium hiking badge. More information can be found at www.wandermarken.at.

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    easy
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    easy

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    559 m
    Lowest point
    485 m
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    Safety information

    Make sure when choosing your route that it matches your fitness level. Check whether the gastronomy businesses you want to visit along the way are open. Pack your charged mobile phone and map material in your backpack. For cross-border routes, always carry a passport or identity card.

    Route characteristics: 25% asphalt, 75% field and hiking path

    Tips and suggestions

    Market Town Hoheneich
    3945 Hoheneich, Marktplatz 91
    (T) +43 2852 52664
    (E) gemeinde@hoheneich.gv.at
    (I) www.hoheneich.at 

    Waldviertel Tourism
    3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
    (T) +43 2822 54109
    (E) info@waldviertel.at
    (I) www.waldviertel.at

    Roadbook

    Immediately next to the municipal office, you go down the Kirchenberg to Pürbacher Straße, cross it and continue walking left to the Gruber inn. There you turn right into Schremser Straße, go over the Braunaubach bridge and immediately after that turn left into Blockheideweg. You pass the Hubertus column and turn right into the 2nd alley. Then you reach the federal road, turn right and after about 100 m go left under the road. After the underpass, turn left again, then keep right towards "Kirchenwaldsteinbruch."

    Now you always go along the path under the high-voltage line. Meadows and fields are on the left and right until you finally reach the forest. Then there is an ascent (keep left) to the quarry. Follow the path around the quarry to the edge of the forest, then continue straight on the middle path. The path leads past the Gmünd water reservoir (stone wall). Follow it to the junction and then turn left in the direction of the company "Backhausen", fairy tale grotto, moon ponds. 50 m after that there are some stone troughs and an old pigsty. After 100 m on the left side, you will see a Hubertus shrine, where you continue right. After about 70 m slight downhill there is the marked crossroads "Fa. Backhausen, fairy tale grotto." Here turn right, walk through the high forest to the Braunaubach. Now follow the stream on the right to the bridge. Here is the textile factory Backhausen.

    After the bridge, keep right and walk up the hill – past the old factory fire brigade house. Before the two-story residential house, the route turns left towards the federal road, past a wayside shrine. Follow the side path on the left, past the company Silbernagel and the sewage treatment plant to the underpass. Go under the federal road, keep right and pass the wine tavern. Shortly after the wine tavern, turn left into Friedhofstraße. The path leads past the municipal environmental association (GUV) Gmünd and the cemetery. At the next large crossroads, go right past the fire station (on the right the elementary school built in 1903), up the hill towards the church back to the starting point.

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    Marktgemeinde Hoheneich
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    Your exact route can be planned with the VOR route planner. www.vor.at

    Parking

    Hoheneich Marketplace

    Coordinates

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    48.771686, 15.025595
    DMS
    48°46'18.1"N 15°01'32.1"E
    UTM
    33U 501880 5402076
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    Get there by train, car, bike, or on foot!

    Author’s map recommendations

    Hiking maps at the municipal office Hoheneich, Marktplatz 91, 3945 Hoheneich (also freely available in the foyer at any time)

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    Equipment

    Sturdy footwear, functional clothing, sun and rain protection, map material, if necessary telescopic poles, first aid kit (blister plasters), sufficient supplies (snack, muesli bars, fruit, water).


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    Difficulty
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    Overall difficulty
    easy

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    6.1 km
    Duration
    1:45 h
    Ascent
    74 m
    Descent
    74 m
    Highest point
    559 m
    Lowest point
    485 m
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