We start in the Marktstraße of the picturesque Renaissance town of Emmersdorf and pass under the viaduct of the Wachau railway. Below past Rothenhof Castle, we follow Rote-Kreuz-Straße out of town to the Red Cross. Here we meet the Wachau World Heritage Trail and follow the road straight into the picturesque hamlet of Hain. Our path leads through Hain to St. Georgen, where at the chapel we turn right into the Georgener fields "In der Eben". Through blooming fields we hike up to the hamlet of Pömling, whose bell tower greets us from afar. In the village, we turn right and follow the path over fields and meadows as well as splendid forest landscapes down to Eitental. Just after the chapel we cross the main road and turn left at the first intersection. Over the Lohsdorfer Höhe and the Kögelfeld we hike down to the hamlet of Mörenz with its picturesque bell tower, turn left in the village and follow the service road up to "Auf der Hülben". At the top, we keep left and reach the highest point of the stage at Spielerkreuz through a pine forest. To the right, it continues briefly along the main road toward Nasting, where we turn left at the first street and follow the service road to the fortified church Weiten. Here we keep left, cross the Weitenbach immediately after and shortly afterwards reach Prangerplatz Weiten, where we end our stage.
