Biedermeier cycle path

Coordinates: 47 ° 52 ′ 22.4 "  N , 16 ° 7 ′ 43.9"  E

Biedermeier cycle path​

Austria

Cycle path markings in Pernitz

The Biedermeier cycle path is a continuously paved cycle path opened in 1999 through the Piestingtal in Lower Austria . The valley is marketed by tourism as the "Biedermeier Valley" because some Biedermeier artists stayed here in the first half of the 19th century .

The core of the cycle path leads along the Piesting from Markt Piesting ( 335  m above sea level ) via Ober-Piesting ( 350  m above sea level ), Wopfing ( 360  m above sea level ), Waldegg ( 402  m above sea level). ), Oed ( 392  m above sea level ), Reichental ( 400  m above sea level ), Ortmann ( 422  m above sea level ), Pernitz ( 430  m above sea level ), Gutenstein ( 481  m above sea level ) ) the Rohrer Sattel ( 864  m above sea level ) to Rohr im Gebirge ( 683  m above sea level ).

In the spring of 2007, this cycle path is to be expanded and completed with the help of Road Construction Department 4 of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government. The cycle path then leads from the junction of EuroVelo 9 from Sollenau along the Piesting via Felixdorf and Wöllersdorf-Steinabrückl to Markt Piesting, where it connects to the original cycle path.

The route from Sollenau to Markt Piesting is around 16 km, the core route from Markt Piesting to Gutenstein is 28 km and the route from Gutenstein to Rohr im Gebirge is a further 15 km.

route

Day tour for leisure cyclists and families from Sollenau to Gutenstein, from Gutenstein for sporty cyclists to Rohr im Gebirge with max. 15% incline.

Arrival / departure

By car:

Arrival via the A2 to Wöllersdorf , then on the B21 to Sollenau or Markt Piesting (the car park in the center of Markt Piesting is the starting point for the core of the Biedermeier cycle path).

By public transport:

With the ÖBB to Sollenau or Felixdorf or Wiener Neustadt and then with the Gutensteinerbahn to Markt Piesting.

Attractions

• Markt Piesting : Starhemberg Castle ( 542  m above sea level ), birthplace of Leopold Kupelwieser in the Minnatal No. 3, parish church with an altarpiece by Leopold Kupelwieser, brewery of the Piestinger brewery , local museum in the municipal office
• Waldegg : Parish church of Wopfing , parish church of Waldegg, Waldegg castle, Kalksinterader in Waldegg / Schwarzviertel, Waldegger stalactite cave (Große Klause), possibility to hike over the Dürnbachtal and the Große Klause on the Hohe Wand up to an altitude of 1132  m above sea level. A.
• Oed : Brahms house
• Pernitz : Raimundvilla , culture forge, parsonage
• Gutenstein : Hoyos Castle, Gutenstein Castle ruins, Ferdinand Raimunds tomb and memorial , Aratym Chapel , Gutenstein Forestry Museum , Mariahilfberg pilgrimage church ( 708  m above sea level )
• Rohr im Gebirge ( 683  m above sea level ): Via Sacra pilgrimage trail , coal pile, themed trail "Legendary Tüpfelweg" and "Workshop forest and water"

In the side valleys:

• Miesenbach : Gauermannmuseum , Scheuchenstein parish church ( 556  m above sea level )
• Waidmannsfeld ( 495  m above sea level ): Hike from Waidmannsfeld over the Ochsenheide ( 582  m above sea level ) with a chapel under the linden trees at the mountain crossing to Neusiedl and Pernitz
• Muggendorf ( 460  m above sea level ): Myrafälle , Hausstein (difficult climbing wall, which can also be circled by mountain bike), Steinwandklamm , lime kiln, nature trail and hiking possibilities on the Unterberg ( 1342  m above sea level ) and the Kieneck ( 1106  m above sea level )

criticism

In its annual report 1996–1999, the environmental advocacy of the state of Lower Austria described the Biedermeier cycle path as “a route that is quite successful from the point of view of cyclists and also very well accepted by this target group”, but as a “negative example” “from a constitutional point of view, as well as from the View of nature conservation and from a hydraulic engineering point of view ".

Almost 10 years later, the areas in question have been rehabilitated and the problems have largely been resolved, so that the state of Lower Austria is also co-financing the completion of the cycle path and the gap to EuroVelo 9 from regional funding with around € 900,000.

Web links

Commons : Biedermeier cycle path  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• The website of the Biedermeier Valley

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Development of the Waldegger stalactite cave. Badener Zeitung, August 1, 1925, p. 4, bottom center [1]
2. ↑ Environment. Waldegg. (News from the stalactite cave.) Badener Zeitung, August 27, 1927, p. 5, bottom left [2]
3. ↑ "[...] The cave has a length of 20 m, is very easy to enter and was developed as a show cave at the time. This is also evident from the presence of old pipes and lighting. […] The entrance is right next to a long ladder […] in the following room there is a rusted spotlight on the wall on the right […] it was probably intended to illuminate the mountain milk and sinter bulges opposite. […] Formerly existing stalactite jewelry is, as unfortunately common in easily accessible caves, destroyed and broken off […] through a narrow passage one can penetrate further into the end part, which shows sintering […] view of the exit […] in a side Gap beautiful cave jewelry, but also damaged […] ”- Contribution to the summit forum on an inspection ( inspection ) carried out on April 7, 2009 .
4. ↑ location
5. ↑ Umweltanwaltschaft des Landes Niederösterreich, Annual Report 1996–1999, p. 123f. ( PDF ( Memento of August 24, 2004 in the Internet Archive ))