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This route is a crossing of the Jauerling, the highest mountain on the Danube, leading us into the heart of the nature park. At the summit, we are greeted by the nature park house with its Wachau terrace.
moderate
Distance 14.3 km
Duration5:00 h
Ascent768 m
Descent899 m
Highest point922 m
Lowest point211 m
Crossing the Jauerling
From Mühldorf, we hike over the 628 m high Trenning past the highest vineyard in Lower Austria to the Jauerling, the roof of the Danube. At the summit, we are greeted by the nature park house with its Wachau terrace. Via Benking, our path continues through a magnificent forest landscape past the Hirschen-, Zwölfer- and Elferkogel to the Hinterhaus Castle ruins. From here, it is not far to our stage destination at the church square in the winemaker town of Spitz on the Danube.
Accommodation options are available in Spitz and Mühldorf.
The most renowned and recommended gastronomy and accommodation establishments in the UNESCO World Heritage Wachau can be found at Best of Wachau. www.bestof-wachau.at
Public transport
The places are accessible seven days a week by public transport (Wachau buses). Returning to the starting point of the hike is possible.
Spitz can be reached by bus line 715 (Krems-Spitz-Melk or Melk-Spitz-Krems) from Krems and Melk. The Spitzer Graben (Spitz-Mühldorf-Raxendorf-Pöggstall) is reachable seven days a week with bus line 718.
