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Raxendorf and parish church of St. Gotthard
Photo: Gemeinde Raxendorf
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Hilly forest and meadow landscape with numerous individual farm settlements and viewpoints. Worthseeing gothic pilgrimage church of St. Andrew in Heiligenblut. Baroque parish church of St. Gotthard in Raxendorf. Trail riding station in Braunegg, new recreational facility with bathing pond.
Distance 6.2 km
Duration1:50 h
Ascent191 m
Descent191 m
Highest point704 m
Lowest point519 m
From the municipal office, you walk through the village to the farm road Gstettenäcker. You walk about one kilometer on open field. Then on a forest path you cross a forest slope lightly uphill and come to a farm road. You walk on the right-hand side and are immediately at Kreuzriedel (solstice place). From the south side of the small hill (a resting place invites you to linger) you enjoy the view over the wide valley on the north side of the Jauerling or northwest over the ridge around Braunegg. Northeast of the Riedel, you continue along the forest road to the Bildföhre. Here you turn right and after a few hundred meters right again and soon reach the meadows of the Leesterin, which are surrounded by forest. Now slightly downhill and then briefly through the forest again, until you reach the high reservoir of the village Raxendorf (where you can again enjoy a nice view over the valley). Then you go down into the village and arrive at the starting point.
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Person responsible for the content of this route Wachau-Nibelungengau-Kremstal Last update: 03.10.2025
Take bus 715 from Melk station to "Spitz/Donau Hinterhaus" and from there bus 718 to "Raxendorf Gemeindeamt". Timetable 715 - Timetable 718.
From Krems, the same, except that bus 715 goes in the other direction (to "Melk station")
Alternatively, from March (2023) the Wachau train runs on weekends. From May 30 to November 2 it runs daily. More info on the Wachau train.
Directions
West motorway exit Melk or Pöchlarn
Variant Melk: Danube bridge towards Waldviertel; Emmersdorf; Weitenegg; towards Weiten; Weiten; Am Schuß (turn right); Heiligenblut; Feistritz; Raxendorf (Melk-Raxendorf 25 km)
Variant Pöchlarn: Danube bridge towards Wachau; Weitenegg; towards Weiten; Weiten; Am Schuß (turn right); Heiligenblut; Feistritz; Raxendorf (Pöchlarn-Raxendorf 25 km)
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48.341433, 15.274942
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48°20'29.2"N 15°16'29.8"E
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33U 520373 5354286
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6.2 km
Duration
1:50 h
Ascent
191 m
Descent
191 m
Highest point
704 m
Lowest point
519 m
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