Frauenstein circular route

You walk down the Villa-Böck-Weg, cross the street at Prozeßplatzl and follow the Schöfnichten service road into the Kempbach valley. After the bridge, you have to turn right and at the Wolfsschlucht junction continue left over the bridge. On the first small hill above the Wolfsschlucht (Höhenweg junction, 1,660 m), you have to hike up the track that leads through mixed forest to Pees (2,400 m). At an airy height, the path then runs over to Großsteiner, where you turn right in a southerly direction to Frauenstein (3,520 m). The Frauenstein is a mighty rock block, on the top of which two depressions can be seen. The two hollows are arranged so that the upper one looks like a seat and the lower one like a small basin. This is constantly filled with water and does not dry out even during longer periods of heat. According to popular legend, the Virgin Mary washed her feet here and since then the stone has always contained water. However, if the water is scooped out, it rains within 3 days. From here, a new forest path or forest trail leads south down to the old farm access Gaisberger. There you go left down to Gaisberger. Here, beautiful views open up into the Danube valley. The path from Gaisberger steeply descends the so-called Oaberg (Eierberg) to the Teufelsbach. West of the stream, the Frauensteinweg leads through the forest to the Weichselbaumer Chapel on Höhenweg 5, from where you can hike back to Ober Frankenberger Speck-Alm (4,970 m) and Bad Kreuzen. From Speck-Alm, you can also return to Bad Kreuzen via Neuaigen or the Wolfsschlucht.