OÖ Mariazellerweg: D: 1. Etappe: Pöstlingberg - St. Florian

The Upper Austria Mariazeller Way begins at the baroque pilgrimage basilica on Pöstlingberg (539 m) with its wonderful panoramic view of Linz. The next 3 hours until Ebelsberg (264 m) are dedicated to crossing the city of Linz. For this, it is recommended to bring a city map of Linz. From Urfahr (so far via the Way of the Cross, Knabenseminarstraße, Freistädterstraße), you go 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 thereafter left uphill (together with the Brucknerweg and Salzsteigweg 09) to an elevation (338 m) and further to Ölkam (297 m). Here we follow the signpost directly to St. Florian. Now along the road to Gemering and then right to the south to St. Florian, where we meet the monastery directly “Am Ölberg”, which is worth a longer visit. From Ebelsberg to St. Florian about 1.5 to 2 hours.

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

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

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

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

Mostviertel Tourism 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 a scale of 1:50,000 (also available enlarged at 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:

Pilgrim routes to Mariazell – West + South volume, www.styriabooks.at

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

Pilgrim routes, www.kral-verlag.at

Overnight accommodation is possible at the St. Florian Monastery.