Glashüttenweg

The name of the path comes from the glassworks era of this region. In 1719, the Schlägl monastery built the Schwarzenberg glassworks, which was in operation for 30 years. 17 people were employed here to produce crystal glass, ruby and other coloured glass. This glass as well as hollow glass, bull's-eye panes and pearls were sold to Bad Ischl, Ottensheim and Passau, Krumau, Vienna and Hungary. Exhibition on glass production in the Kulturhaus Ulrichsberg.

Cross-border hiking trail - travel document required!

0 km The hike begins at the Gasthof Dreiländereck in Oberschwarzenberg. Follow the little-used asphalt road up a moderate incline to the end of the road.

1.6 km Immediately at the end of the road, take the path to the left and shortly afterwards cross the Grenzbach stream in the hollow. On the left, always downhill through the forest, followed by the babbling Grenzbach, you continue the hike and after about 15 minutes you come out of the forest again. The asphalt road begins, which leads you through the scattered settlement of Lackenhäuser, always downhill. At the Lackenhäuser fire station, continue left and you are already at the ...

3.2 km ... Rosenberger Gut. "My whole soul is attached to this area", Adalbert Stifter wrote to Franz Xaver Rosenberger in 1865. He often stayed here at Rosenbergergut to chat with old Rosenberger, to write his work "Witiko", or later when he was recovering from his illnesses. Two memorial rooms have been set up. You continue the hike downhill. On the left you can already see the camping park and also pass the House of the Bohemian Woodlanders. Now look out for the turn-off to the left. Walk past the campsite fence and the small holiday homes and you will soon reach the ...

3.6 km ... The entrance to the campsite. Immediately afterwards, turn left and walk behind the former Zitherwirt inn towards the forest. Shortly afterwards, cross the border stream and you are back on Austrian territory. Slightly uphill, on a beautiful field and meadow path, you reach ...

4.5 km ... you reach the Zinngießer Hof. The farm is named after a pewterer who appears in documents as early as 1720/21. The three Schwarzenberg glassworks each had their own pewter foundry. Here you also meet the Jagaspitzweg. Both lead into the forest on the right behind the farm. Now follow an ascending forest path. You reach a mountain meadow and immediately after that the asphalt road that leads up from Schwarzenberg to Oberschwarzenberg. On the left, it is only a few minutes to the ...

5.3 km ... Gasthof Dreiländereck.

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