Way of St. James Mostviertel: 4th stage: from Mauthausen to Linz

From the Mauthausen Memorial we take the “Death Staircase” to the quarry and from there meet the memorial path. We follow it left, first southwards, then westwards to a wayside shrine where the memorial path turns left, but we continue straight ahead. Passing some farms we reach the hamlet of Kirchberg, from where we go straight to St. Georgen. Then we continue along the Gusen Valley cycle path southwards to Abwinden, where we cross the Danube arm and reach the Danube Cycle Path. We hike upstream along the Danube Cycle Path to Steyregg. Here, we can either follow the Danube Cycle Path on to Linz or turn right into the Steyregg floodplains towards Steyregg. In the town center we find signs to the Danube circular hiking path, which we follow westwards past Obernbergen and Pfenningberg to the Pleschinger bathing lake. From Pfenningberg we also see the markings of the Danube Trail. Behind the bathing lake we meet the Danube Cycle Path again and follow it to the Nibelungen Bridge in Linz.

Coming from Salzburg, take the West Motorway to the Asten/St. Florian exit (160). Then drive on Mauthausener Str. (B1) to Ennsdorf and take the third exit in the roundabout onto B123. Cross the Danube bridge and turn left towards Mauthausen.

From Linz main train station, there is a direct bus connection (bus no. 361) to Mauthausen.

There is a large parking lot directly at the entrance to Mauthausen (in front of Pragstein Castle).

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

 Upper Austria Tourism Information
Freistädter Straße 119, 4041 Linz
info@oberoesterreich.at
www.wandern.at

Useful maps:
ÖK 4322 Pöchlarn, ÖK 4327 Amstetten, ÖK 4328 Scheibbs,
ÖK 4203 Waidhofen, ÖK 4204 Lunz
All at scale 1:50,000 (also available enlarged 1:25,000)
F&B hiking maps 052 Mostviertel (1:50,000),
Kompass hiking guide 1085 Way of St. James

Important phone numbers:
Alpine emergency: 140, International emergency: 112

Recommended literature:
Hiking guide Way of St. James Austria, www.kompass.at
On the Way of St. James through Austria, www.tyrolia-verlag.at
Pilgrimage routes, www.kral-verlag.at
Pilgrimage routes to Mariazell – West + South volume, www.styriabooks.at