Upper Austria Mariazellerweg: B: 1st stage: Pöstlingberg - St. Florian

The Upper Austria Mariazellerweg starts at the baroque pilgrimage basilica on the Pöstlingberg (539 m) with its wonderful panoramic view of Linz. The next 3 hours to Ebelsberg (264 m) are devoted to the city crossing of Linz. It is advisable to take a city map of Linz for this. From Urfahr (up to here via the Way of the Cross, Knabenseminarstraße, Freistädterstraße) it goes over the Nibelungen bridge to the main square, then over Landstraße and Wiener Straße to Ebelsberg. Continue southwards on Florianerstraße, under the motorway bridge, shortly after turn left uphill (together with the Brucknerweg and Salzsteigweg 09) to a hill (338 m) and further to Ölkam (297 m). Here we follow the signpost directly to St. Florian. Now along the road to Gemering and right south to St. Florian, where we meet the abbey directly “Am Ölberg,” which is worth a longer visit. From Ebelsberg to St. Florian about 1.5 to 2 hours.

The backpack should really only contain the absolute essentials on a pilgrimage route! A GPS device is very helpful for orientation.

Arrival from Salzburg and Vienna: Westautobahn A1, exit Linz/Center
Arrival from Prague, Freistadt: Mühlkreisautobahn A7, exit Linz/Hafenstraße
Arrival from Regensburg, Passau: Innkreisautobahn A8 to A1, exit Linz/Center or toll-free along the Danube on the B 127.

You can get to Linz by train or bus, then from the main square take the Pöstlingberg railway up to the Pöstlingberg.

You can park your car below the Pöstlingberg church or, if you want to arrive by the Pöstlingberg railway, near the main square.

Mostviertel Tourismus GmbH

Töpperschloss Neubruck, Neubruck 2/10, 3283 Scheibbs
T +43/7482/20 444
info@mostviertel.at , www.mostviertel.at

TVB Mariazeller Land

Main Square 13, 8630 Mariazell

Tel.: +43 (0)3882/23 66

Upper Austria Tourism Information

Freistädter Straße 119, 4041 Linz

info@oberoesterreich.at

www.wandern.at

Useful maps:

ÖK 4319 Linz, ÖK 4320 Perg, ÖK 4326 Steyr,

ÖK 4202 Ternberg, ÖK 4203 Waidhofen,

ÖK 4203 Ybbsitz, ÖK 4204 Lunz, ÖK 4210 Mariazell

All at scale 1:50,000 (also available enlarged 1:25,000)

F&B hiking maps 261 (1:50,000), 051 (1:50,000),

052 (1:50,000), 5031 (1:35,000)

Kompass 22 (Mariazell, Ötscher, Erlauftal, 1:25,000),

Kompass 212 (Hochschwab, Mariazell, Eisenwurzen, 1:50,000),

Kompass 202 (Around Linz, Mühlviertel, Wels, Steyr, 1:50,000)

Important phone numbers:

Alpine emergency call: 140, International emergency call: 112

Recommended literature:

Pilgrimage routes to Mariazell – West + South Volume, www.styriabooks.at

Hiking experience Mariazeller Land and Ötscher, www.kral-verlag.at

Pilgrimage routes, www.kral-verlag.at

There is the possibility to stay overnight at the St. Florian Abbey.