Hiking Trails & Walks

Hiking trails

Klosterneuburg and its surroundings offer around 115 exciting hikes through meadows, forests, and the romantic vineyard landscape. Here you will find an overview of the most popular hiking routes.

1 Klosterneuburg – Kollersteig – Leopoldsberg – Josefinenhütte – Josefsteig – Klosterneuburg

• Start/End Klosterneuburg-Weidling Station
• The hike begins at the Klosterneuburg-Weidling train station. Go up Weidlinger Straße towards Weidling until you reach the first intersection, Agnesbrücke. From Agnesbrücke, go up Sachsengasse a short distance to a fork in the road. Here, Kollersteig begins on the left. The trail marker initially leads through a settlement and later through a beech forest to Leopoldsberg. This trail is the easternmost in the Alps. From here, continue on the marked path, to the left of the Höhenstraße, to Josefinenhütte. Across the street, the marked path leads back to the starting point via Josefsteig.
• Walking time 1 ½ hours – 2 hours

2 Klosterneuburg – Lange Gasse – Haschhof – Kierling – Feldgasse – Promenade – Klosterneuburg

• Start/End Klosterneuburg-Kierling Station
• From the train station, via Hundskehle and Rathausplatz, you reach Roman-Scholz-Platz after 15 minutes. From here, follow the markings through Rumplerstraße. At the police station, turn moderately right into Buchberggasse. After the long left turn, Rafael-Donner-Gasse begins, and now proceed straight along the cemetery wall over the Buchberg (Lange Gasse) to Haschhof. From here, a marked path (initially a road) leads to Kierlinger Church. Go past it to Feldgasse, now without markings through Feldgasse until you reach Kierlinger Straße. Turn right and walk a short distance on Kierlinger Straße to the sidewalk in front of the Academy for Occupational Medicine. At the end of the fence, the promenade along Kierlingbach begins, which leads back to the starting point.
• Walking time 2 hours - 2.5 hours

3 Maria-Lourdes Grotto – Hadersfeld – Schneiderzipf – Maria-Lourdes Grotto

• Start/End Maria-Lourdes Grotte
• By bus 400 towards Maria Gugging or by car to the Maria Lourdes Grotto. To the right of the parking lot is the Gasthaus Waldhof, which invites you for refreshments before or after the hike. Past the grotto, follow the markings to Hadersfeld. On the left, the marked path begins (first a road, then a forest path) over the „Schneiderzipf“ to the Klosterneuburg - St. Andrä road. Keeping left on the road, you will reach the starting point again in a few minutes.
• Walking time 2 hours - 2.5 hours

4 Weidlingbach – Försterwiese – Toiflhütte – Scheiblingstein – Hubertuskapelle – Weidlingbach

• Start/End Weidlingbach Turnaround
• By car or by bus 401 to the Klosterneuburg-Weidling train station, head towards Scheiblingstein until you reach the Steinrieglstraße turnaround. A steep climb follows up to the Försterwiese. Following the path, you will soon reach the currently closed Toiflhütte. At the next major fork, keep right and follow the path up to the Landgasthaus Scheiblingstein. Afterward, again keeping right, the path leads down via the Hubertuskapelle back to the starting point in Weidlingbach.
• Walking time 3 hours - 3.5 hours

5 Klosterneuburg – Lange Gasse – Windischhütte – Weidling – Klosterneuburg

• Start: Klosterneuburg-Kierling Station, End Klosterneuburg-Weidling Station
• This hike begins like Hike No. 2. From Haschhof, follow the markers to Hohenauwiese. A forest road leads first to Eichenhain, then to Windischhütte. Approximately 2 ½ hours to this point. The return route goes to the next fork, then the paths diverge, and keeping to the right, you soon reach the forest road through Rotgraben. Reichergasse and Lenaugasse in Weidling are marked to the end (church). Continue keeping left, past Weidling elementary school, through Löblichgasse, Klosterneuburger Gasse, Weinberggasse to Sudetendeutscher Platz. Continue through Ottogasse, right onto Leopoldstraße, left onto Wiener Straße to Klosterneuburg-Weidling station.
• Walking time 5 ½ hours – 6 hours

6 Kierling – Grüntal – Redlinger Hütte – Hadersfeld – Höflein – Kritzendorf

• Start: Kierling/Grüntal, End 1: Höflein Station, End 2: Kritzendorf Station
• To reach Grüntal, take bus 400 towards Maria Gugging from the Klosterneuburg-Kierling train station. The hike begins in a loop to the right (Grüntal). Keeping to the left, you cross a meadow and pass a cross. At the edge of the forest, you’ll reach a marked path that soon merges with another one after the Redlinger Hütte. Follow this path to Hadersfeld. To the right, two marked paths begin; one leads down towards Höflein, directly to the train station and the inn „Zum goldenen Anker.“ The second, slightly longer path leads to Kritzendorf, also directly to the train station, passing by Pizza Eck.
• Walking time 3 ½ hours – 4 hours

ÖTK-KLOSTERNEUBURG

Here you can find information about the ÖTK hiking trails: Hiking trails – ÖTK Klosterneuburg

Klosterneuburg Wine Experience Trail

The circular path informs visitors with display boards about the work of the winegrowers – from the vine to the tap.

Fruit tree educational trail

The short nature trail features a wide variety of apple trees, as well as plum, pear, peach, and some berry bushes and nut trees.

Driver's health route

Here you can gather strength and enjoy nature with a course consisting of 15 exercises.

Artist's Trail – Variant I and II

The approximately 4.3-mile hike takes you along the art panels on the „Artists from Gugging“ path, on the „Waldstraße" (Forest Road) in the Eichenhain Nature Park, from Kierling (near the cemetery) to Hintersdorferstraße. Information panels about Gugging artists such as Johann Garber, Oswald Tschirtner, Heinrich Reisenbauer, Jürgen Tauscher, August Walla, Helmut Hladisch, Arnold Schmid, and at the Gugging Center for Art Brut, allow art and nature to merge.

Nature Experience Trail Aupark

The tree frog „Poldi“ accompanies visitors on their discovery journey through Aupark with his stories and tales. A wooden bridge spans 80 meters across a ford in the middle of Aupark, which transforms into a biotope after floods or extended periods of rain.

Kritzendorf Nature Experience Trail

The Kritzendorf Nature Experience Trail, located on Kierlingergasse, is an interactive walking and hiking trail for all ages. Numerous stations invite you to get moving, reflect, and be creative.

History Trail – Klosterneuburg for Listening

Culture lovers will enjoy numerous sights during walks in Klosterneuburg. The Histo(h)rienpfad, for example, offers the perfect opportunity to discover the beautiful old town and its rich history. On two different routes – the Upper Town and the Lower Town, with a total of 37 stations, you can learn all sorts of interesting facts about house signs, old crafts, the origin of street names, special historical events right at the scene, and much more, experiencing Klosterneuburg in a completely new and vibrant way. Along both paths, there are many opportunities to visit Klosterneuburg's gastronomy, wine taverns (Heurigen), as well as local shops and producers, and to fortify yourself properly for the rest of your journey.

The Histo(h)rienpfad has been prepared with the help of the Hearonymus app for Klosterneuburg residents and visitors to the city. It presents itself in a modern and humorous fashion with Werner Brix & Stuart Freeman as the respective narrators. The app is available for free download via QR code on each information board at the stations. Simply photograph the code with a smartphone, and you will be directly redirected to the audio guides! Those who have downloaded the „Hearonymus“ app can embark on their own exploration tour and be guided through the Upper and/or Lower Town. However, those who prefer a more relaxed approach can also learn about Klosterneuburg from any location, as the information boards are also accessible virtually.

The English-language history trail is also a great tip for students and English learners who want to improve, refresh, or keep their skills sharp – spiced up and enlivened with local flavor and history – before falling asleep!