OÖ Mariazellerweg: A: 8. Etappe: Mitterbach - Mariazell

The route follows the picturesque Sebastianiweg along the Via Sacra, with its Rosary shrines, to Mariazell (about 1.5 hours from Mitterbach).

On a pilgrimage, your backpack should really contain only the bare essentials! A GPS device is very helpful for navigation.

Coming from Salzburg, take the A1 toward Vienna and exit at Amstetten Ost (108). Take the L97 to Steinakirchen am Forst, then continue via Purgstall an der Erlauf, Scheibbs, Gaming, and Lunz am See to Mitterbach am Erlaufsee (L89, B25, and B71).

Coming from Vienna, take the A1 toward Linz and exit at St. Pölten-Süd (59). Take the B20 (Mariazellerstraße) to Mitterbach am Erlaufsee.

You can get to Mitterbach either by taking the Mariazellerbahn (departing from St. Pölten) or by bus (bus lines 192 or 197).

For more information on the Mariazellerbahn, visit: http://www.mariazellerbahn.at/

There are several free parking options in the center of Mitterbach.

Mostviertel Tourismus GmbH

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

Mariazeller Land Tourist Board

Hauptplatz 13, 8630 Mariazell

Phone: +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 as a 1:25,000 enlargement

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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 number: 140, International emergency number: 112

Recommended Reading:

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

Hiking in the Mariazeller Land and Ötscher Regions, www.kral-verlag.at

Pilgrimage Routes, www.kral-verlag.at