Elevation route 09 - Dunkelsteiner Forest

Description

Extremely charming “Danube shortcut” through the Dunkelsteiner Forest, geologically a spur of the Waldviertel.

Route information

· Route length : 21.0 km · Elevation difference : Schenkenbrunn, 525 m; Mautern, 201 m; · Surface : paved road · Characteristics : After the longer climb to Maria Langegg, the route is winding with several short ascents and descents, beautiful panoramic sections, and small villages. · Course : Aggsbach Village, junction Gansbach / Maria Langegg   (km 0.0) – past the junction Aggsbach Charterhouse (guesthouse, km 1.0) – turn left (km 2.8) and ascend through a woodland section   with two hairpin bends (km 4.0) – access to Pilgrimage Church Maria Langegg (km 5.8) – winding with ascents and descents to Schenkenbrunn (525 m, km 11.0) – continuing to Ober- and Unterbergern (km 17.5) – descent to Mautern (km 21.0).

Food & Drink

Monastery tavern at the Pilgrimage Church; Mrs. Christine Brandstätter, 3642 Maria Langegg, Tel. +43(0)2753/329 or 6111. www.marialangegg-klosterstueberl.com 

In the MONASTERY TAVERN – right behind the church – you will be treated with traditional Austrian delicacies.

Bike Service

Train : nearest station: Melk, 9 km; Ferry : nearest ferry connection Arnsdorf – Spitz, 11 km; nearest bridge : Danube bridge at Melk, 10 km;

Bike rental : · Bernhardt company, 3390 Melk, Pionierstraße, Tel. +43(0)664/222 20 70; ·
Hotel Post, Melk, Linzerstraße 1, Tel. +43(0)2752/52345; www.post-melk.at
Bike repair : Hagebau Schuberth, 3390 Melk, Umfahrungsstraße 1, Tel. +43(0)2752/506-0; www.schuberth.at

Guest Information

Guest Information Wachau Info Center Melk, Tel. +43(0)2752/51160, melk@donau.com  

Municipal Office Mautern, 3512 Mautern, Rathausplatz 1, Tel. +43(0)2732/83151, www.mautern-donau.at 

Interesting facts

Maria Langegg: Around 1600, the Salzburg archbishop’s administrator Matthäus Häring founded a chapel and the image of grace after the miraculous healing of his child. Since the times of the great plague epidemics, the “Austrian help and healing mountain” has been regarded as a religious center and refuge for the sick and distressed. For 330 years the Servites cared for the pilgrims. They built the monastery and the late Baroque pilgrimage church "Maria, Healing of the Sick“. Pilgrimage Museum : Maria Langegg 1, Tel: 02753 / 20741; http://maria-langegg.kirche.at

Organ concerts: concert planning and information: Werner Auer, Tel.: 0664 / 3741917.

Aggsbach Charterhouse : Founded in 1380, the monastery was dissolved in 1782 by Emperor Joseph II and converted into a castle. The Charterhouse Museum reports on the work of the Carthusians and shows the history of the charterhouse. Opposite the uphill end of the charterhouse complex begins the Way of the Cross to Calvary Hill. http://kartause-aggsbach.at/ 
Charterhouse Museum: Open from March 21 (Feast of St. Benedict) to November 15 (Feast of St. Leopold). Admission free, guided tours by appointment (from 6 persons); Tel. 02753/83010 or by e-mail (christine.nussbaumer@kartause.net).

Roman Museum Mautern : located next to the best-preserved castle remains in Austria in the Baroque grain store of the castle. The most important exhibits include the love spell, the military diploma, a glazed figurine vase, and animal masks. The museum also offers a Roman room with reconstructed wall paintings and a kitchen with crockery from five centuries. · Opening hours: July 3 - October 31, 2020, Fri: 12:00-16:00, Sat-Sun: 10:00-16:00

Outside opening hours, the museum is only accessible by prior appointment.

Location / Contact: directly on the Danube Cycle Path, Schlossgasse 12, 3512 Mautern +43(0)2732/83151, stadtgemeinde@mautern-donau.gv.at, www.mautern-donau.at;

Favianis Mutaren Cultural Path : Walking trail through the Roman past in the old town of Mautern.

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