Psalms' Way

Beautiful hike with wonderful views of the Bohemian Forest vacation area.

Marking: white aluminium signs, black lettering. 
Alternative starting point: Jausenstation Mosthütte (300 m from the trail).

0 km You start at the Dreispitz at the beginning of the Way of the Cross to the pilgrimage church Maria Trost and walk in the opposite direction on the high trail towards the Pestsäule (on the right, the slope drops down to the Mühlkreisbahn line). At the road junction with the Pestsäule we cross the road over the Pfaffenberg and continue on a meadow path to the ...

550 m ... Liberation Cross (erected to commemorate the withdrawal of the Russian occupation forces in 1955). Continue along the meadow path to the ...

780 m ... 2nd plague column. Here we follow the path to the right, down the slope, cross the tracks of the Mühlkreisbahn and turn onto the path leading to the right along the forest. This field path ends at the railway crossing on the road towards Klingreit. We cross the railway track and immediately turn left towards the forest. At the beginning of the forest, the asphalted house access road leads into a forest road.
Continue on this road through the Bergerwald forest. At the edge of the forest, the path turns right uphill and after a short climb leads out of the forest (approx. 300 m detour to the Mosthütte snack station). Stay on the edge of the forest and turn right uphill towards the ...

2.7 km ... 3rd plague column. After a few steps, we follow the path back into the forest and shortly afterwards branch off from the wide path onto a narrow path to the right. Now we are on one of the oldest pilgrimage paths on the mountain. Passing the Holy Sepulchre, the Maria Schnee Chapel and the Maria Hilf Chapel, we reach the steps that lead to the destination of the Psalm Path, the ...

3.0 km ... Maria Trost pilgrimage church. The Maria Trost Church was built on the remains of the first Berger Castle, in fulfilment of a vow. Walking around the church, we see the weaving village of Haslach an der Mühl between the trees. 

3.4 km On the road downhill we return to the starting point. 

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