Hochbühelweg

The trail leads up to the Zwischenmühl Ridge, the name of the mountain ridge between the valleys of the rivers Große and Kleine Mühl. From there you have a wonderful view far into the Mühlviertel, the Bohemian Forest and the Bavarian Forest.

Marking: yellow aluminium signs, additional red-white-red tree markings with trail number 

0 km  You leave Peilstein in an easterly direction, walk past the Raiffeisenbank to the Völtl electrical shop. Before the right-hand bend begins, cross the road and turn left into Hopfenweg at Marktstraße no. 9 and then immediately left into Mühlweg. At a gradient of 27%, the trail descends into the valley, where you cross the road to Julbach and the Kleine Mühl river in the hollow. Immediately afterwards you are in front of the ...

700 m Hofwies biotope (rest bench and information board). After a short, steep climb, you reach the village of Stierberg and walk through it. At the small chapel of the Virgin Mary, take the path to the left and shortly afterwards pass a rest bench. The markings lead you towards the forest. Now you can hear the rushing of the Kirchbach stream more and more clearly. The Vogelstimmenweg leads up the opposite side of the stream and the two meet at the ...

1.9 km Sausenden Schlucht (rest bench and information board). Together with the Weg der Entschleunigung and the Falkensteinerweg 110, the trail leads up to the road to Kirchbach. Turning left, you leave the road again shortly afterwards and turn right onto the meadow path. Before the forest, the Vogelstimmenweg leaves you in the direction of Galgenplatz. You continue slightly uphill to ...

4.0 km Oberneudorf. In the centre of the village, don't overlook the turn-off to the left towards Schlägl. The Hochbühelweg follows the road until ...

4.6 km into the forest. Here you separate from the Weg der Entschleunigung and the Falkensteinerweg. A detour (900 m) to the pilgrimage church of St Wolfgang is worthwhile. Turn left here and follow the road gently uphill through the fields. After leaving the road, follow the yellow signs and tree markings.
You have now reached the highest point of the hike. Field and forest paths follow along the slope with recurring views of the Kleine Mühl valley. You pass the ...

7.1 km Hauer, a beautiful cairn farm and the highest situated farmer in Peilstein, and hike on to the ...

8.0 km Thiergrubspitz. Here you are on the Zwischenmühl ridge, where you can let your gaze wander northwards to the Bohemian Forest, westwards to Bavaria and southwards over the Mühlviertel hills. Follow the road to Kirchbach for a short while and before you reach the village sign, turn right onto the dead-end road.
You head downhill towards the beautiful farmstead and pass it on the right. Keep left at the fork in the path. The path leads you down into the Blumauerbach valley, where another ...

9.9 km biotope "Blumau" awaits you (rest area and information board). At the Blumauerbachl stream, change sides at the small stone bridge. Watch out for the stream bed with its many stones. A beautiful forest path begins. You soon reach the village of Martschlag, walk through it and reach the Julbach-Peilstein road.
You have to walk down the road for a few hundred metres, however, you are offered a beautiful view of Peilstein. Take the Exenschlag goods road and walk uphill towards the village. Here you walk briefly on the Julbach-Peilstein road and turn left at the hairpin bend, where the path leads you back over the Krebsenbach valley to ...

14 km Peilstein  

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