Gotikweg

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Suitable for families
culturally interesting
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Tour-Details

Starting place: 4240 Freistadt

Destination: 4240 Freistadt

duration: 6h 34m

length: 22,5 km

Altitude difference (uphill): 533m

Altitude difference (downhill): 526m

Lowest point: 550m

Highest point: 790m

difficulty: medium

condition: medium

panoramic view: Great panorama

Paths covering:

Asphalt, Gravel, Hiking trail

This hike offers magnificent views as well as culture.

The hiker not only passes numerous chapels, shrines and wayside shrines. The Gothic parish churches of Hirschbach (Mühlviertler Heiligenblut), Waldburg with its world-famous carved altar, the double church of St. Peter with a view of St. Michael. The way back is via the Way of the Cross with its old carved Stations of the Cross as well as modern sculptures, down to the brewing and cultural town of Freistadt. The hiking trail is easy to walk.

Tour and route information

Starting point: Hiking stone on the promenade by the Scheibling tower

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Details - hiking

themed path

Arrival

Accessibility / arrival

Coming from Linz, take the A7 motorway, then the B310 and then you can join the S10. Exit is Freistadt-Nord, from there you drive about 2 km back to Freistadt.

Coming from Prague on the B310 towards Freistadt.

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