Opfersteinweg Groß Gerungs No. 33

Hiking route from Main square Groß Gerungs

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Elevation profile

2,77 km length

Tour dates
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Route: 2,77 km
  • Ascent: 66 egm
  • Descent: 26 egm
  • Duration: 0:45 h
  • Lowest point: 657 m
  • Highest point:712 m
Features
  • Round tour
  • Nice views
  • Suitable for families and children

Details for: Opfersteinweg Groß Gerungs No. 33

Brief description

The Opferstein is one of the places of the Kraftarena Groß Gerungs. These places invite you to pause and linger to sense the various spatial qualities from invigorating to calming.

Starting point of the tour

Main square Groß Gerungs

Destination point of the tour

Main square Groß Gerungs

Route description Opfersteinweg Groß Gerungs No. 33

The path leads past the roundabout towards Thail to the Opferstein parking lot. Shortly after, you turn right onto a field path. The Opferstein lies in a group of trees to the left above the path. This object of the Kraftarena Groß Gerungs is a three-meter-high stone with one of the largest bowls in the Waldviertel. You can also try out the wooden telephone and the humming stone here. Then continue over the field and meadow path past the Trinity wayside shrine back to the main square.

Directions

Coming from St. Pölten via S33 to Krems, then via B37 and B38 to Zwettl and via B38 to Groß Gerungs.

Coming from Vienna via A22 and S5 to Krems, then via B37 and B38 to Zwettl and via B38 to Groß Gerungs.

Coming from the west via A1 to Linz, then on A7 and S10 to Freistadt, B38 to Karlstift, B38 to Groß Gerungs

Parking

Parking lots in Groß Gerungs, attention to short-term parking zone at the main square Groß Gerungs

  • Bus connections from Krems via Zwettl, from Linz via Karlstift or Arbesbach and from Gmünd to Groß Gerungs
  • Waldviertelbahn from Gmünd to Groß Gerungs in the summer months

All information about all bus and train lines to the Waldviertel can be found at www.vor.at or at www.oebb.at.

Equipment

Sturdy footwear, functional clothing, sun and rain protection, map material, possibly telescopic poles, first aid kit (blister plasters), sufficient provisions (snack, muesli bar, fruit, water).

Safety information

Make sure when choosing your route that it matches your fitness level. Check if the catering establishments you want to visit along the way are open. Pack your charged mobile phone and map material in your backpack.

Author's tip

Get to know the other places of the Kraftarena Groß Gerungs as well. (www.kraftarena.at).
Also recommended: a ride with the Waldviertelbahn.

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