Steyregg: Steyregger Round

INTERESTING POINTS ALONG THE WAY:

Steyregg Castle available by appointment only (Tel.: +43 732 640054)

Pulgarn Monastery and Monastery Church open year-round

Local history museum in the town tower, opening hours by telephone arrangement

Guided town walk with the night watchman Tel.: +43 664 3129821

Riding stable Hametner Franz, Holzwinden

SPIRITUAL HIKING ON THE DONAUSTEIG:

Steyregg is located on the Upper Austria section of the Way of St. James. East-West-North route.

On the “Steyregger Round” you encounter the beautiful estate of the Pulgarn Monastery and the monastery church.
The history of Pulgarn Monastery begins with the founding of a hospital for the poor in 1301. From 1313, brothers of the Order of the Holy Spirit from Vienna and later the Augustinian Canons were active here. In 1332, a women's monastery was established nearby by Agnes von Falkenberg. Both monasteries were of equal status(!)

The monastery complex was set ablaze by the Hussites in 1424 and experienced a very eventful history of rise and fall up to recent times, due to wars and raids. Today it is filled with artistic and cultural life.

On the “Steyregger Round” I let myself be moved by lightness.
The path comes to meet me – I do not have to laboriously push through it.

I pay attention to my feet and try to move forward with light steps How heavy is my footwear, does it feel lighter with lighter shoes? How heavy is my backpack? – Do I really need all of this I am carrying around? I keep breathing to let lightness into my chest and abdomen through each breath, to ease myself, to let go. Arms swinging, directing my mind to beautiful things. I walk with a light heart and light feet. I let my gaze wander into the distance, e.g. looking down towards Linz and on beautiful days as far as the mountains.