The Mariazell Path 06

The pilgrimage paths to Mariazell

Of all the hiking paths the ones of Mariazell 06 have a special rank.

Follow old pilgrimage tracks on which thousands of pilgrims have walked to Magna Mater Austriae in mariazell through the centuries.

The Lower Austrian Mariazeller tracks 06 lead from the forest of the Waldviertel via the Kamptal lake, the Horner-, Gfoehler and Dunkelsteiner forest as well as the Tuernitzer Alps into the Mariazeller area. The track starts on the mountain top of Nebelstein leads via St. Martin, Rosenau, Zwettl, Ottenstein, Krumau and Wegscheid to Rosenburg with its magnificent Burgen facilities. It goes on via Tautendorf, Schiltern and Senftenberg to Krems and through the Dunkelsteiner forest into the federal capital St. Poelten. Now via Wilhelmsburg up the Kaiserkogel and over Hohenstein to Tuernitz. Finally via Ulreichsberg (06A) or Annaberg (06B) to Mariazell.

Section "Weitwanderer" of the Austrian Alpine Union

The Mariazeller hiking badge

Who ever has walked through one of the 6 pilgrimage paths can lay claim to the Mariazeller hiking badge show below.

This badge is the same for a tracks. Depending on the track you walked on, you will receive a coloured stone on your badge.

If a hiker has competely walked through a Mariazeller path 06 and wishes a badge he/she can send the hiking guide with all check stamps to the track courier and will receive after check the appropriate stone:
Nebelstein - Mariazell: blue stone
Eibiswald - Mariazell: green stone
Wien - Mariazell: red stone
Eisenstadt - Mariazell: white stone
Poestlingberg/Linz - Mariazell: brown stone
Klagenfurt - Mariazell: violet and green stone

Austrian Association for "Sportwandern", "Weitwandern" and Trekking

The 6th day stage

Tautendorf (434 m) - Schiltern (380 m) - Mittelberg (426 m) - Droß (385 m) - Senftenberg (254 m)

... to continue our hiking track we first go to the church, past the pond and infront of the castle we take the street to the right, and then shortly after again right onto an asphalted goods-track. Nice back view of church and castle Droß.

On the horizon we can see a wooden cross, which our track passes. Far away the mighty monastery Goettweig becomes visible. At the next forking we keep right, after 60 m we leave this path to the left and shortly after we reach the forest - the last bit on the street - and Senftenberg.

At the coffee shop - bakery - grocery store Botz we turn left, cross the bridge over the Krems river and directly reach the check point "The Janu Inn & Guest House".

Check availability of vacant rooms