Castle and palace trail

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Old and new signs on the Burgen- und Schlösserweg

The Castles and Palaces Trail ( Zemská cesta in Czech ) is an approximately 215 km long long- distance hiking trail through the cultural landscapes of the Mühlviertel ( Austria ) and southern Bohemia ( Czech Republic ). The cross-border themed trail opens up a total of 19 castles and palaces.

Routing

Route overview

The long-distance hiking trail connects the Danube town of Grein with Velešín in the Czech Republic. In the southern part, the path divides into a south and north route (which can also be walked together as a circular route). Along the northern route it leads through the communities of Grein, Klam , Bad Kreuzen , St. Thomas am Blasenstein , Pierbach , Schönau im Mühlkreis , Gutau , Kefermarkt , Lasberg , Freistadt , Rainbach im Mühlkreis , Windhaag near Freistadt , Dolní Dvořiště , Bujanov , Benešov nad Černou , Kaplice , Soběnov , Netřebice , Svatý Jan nad Malší and Velešín. With the southern route, instead of the municipalities of Pierbach and Schönau, the municipalities of Windhaag bei Perg , Rechberg , Bad Zell and Tragwein are reached. Upwards there are almost 4800 meters of altitude to overcome and downwards a good 4930 meters.

Castles and palaces along the way

The castles and palaces are sorted by region (Upper Austria, South Bohemia) and name:

No. Name of the castle / chateau local community Location on the way Specialty
1 Castle Clam Klam Main route Castle Museum
2 Dornach Castle Lasberg Main route
3 Freistadt Castle Free City Main route Mühlviertel Castle Museum
4th Greinburg Castle Grein Main route Upper Austrian Maritime Museum
5 Klingenberg Castle St. Thomas on the bladder stone North route
6th Cross Castle Bad crosses Main route
7th Prandegg castle ruins Schönau in the Mühlkreis North route Castle Museum
8th Reichenstein Castle Carrying wine South route Castle Museum
9 Ruttenstein Castle Pierbach North route
10 Saxenegg castle ruins St. Thomas on the bladder stone South route
11 Tannbach Castle Gutau Main route
12 Castle vineyard Kefermarkt Main route
13 Windhaag castle ruins Windhaag near Perg South route
14th Zellhof Castle Bad Zell South route
15th Louzek castle ruins Bujanov Main route small horse-drawn railway museum at the train station
16 Pořešín Castle Kaplice Main route Castle Museum
17th Sokolčí castle ruins Benešov nad Černou Main route
18th Fixed Tichá Dolní Dvořiště Main route
19th Velešín castle ruins Svatý Jan nad Malší Main route

History of origin

The first route variant was created in the 1980s. At that time the route only ran on the Austrian side from Grein to Freistadt, with Saxen , Reichenstein and Liebenau also being included by branch routes. In 1994 Fritz Fellner, curator of the Mühlviertel Castle Museum in Freistadt, and Ingrid Wiederschwinger brought out the right hiking guide with a map. The fall of the Iron Curtain and the EU funding opportunities ultimately provided a basis for further developing the hiking trail across borders. In the ETZ AT-CZ 2007-2013 program, a cross-border project “Castle and Palaces Route / Zemská cesta” was created, which included the castles of the “Hrady na Malší” association. The path was subsequently signposted and some castles were structurally upgraded. In 2017, under the lead partnership of the Mühlviertler Alm Association, another project was submitted within the framework of the Interreg VA Austria - Czech Republic (ATCZ91) program, which was approved in the same year. In addition to further investments in some castles (Pořešín, Tichá, Prandegg and Kreuzen), an audio guide (for all 19 objects), a hiking guide, a website and marketing activities are being implemented.

literature

  • Andreas Hunger: Castles and Palaces Trail. Hiking in the footsteps of our shared history. Long-distance hiking in the Mühlviertel and in South Bohemia. www.buschweg.at . Ed .: Association Mühlviertler Alm. Self-published, Unterweißbach 2019 ( buschweg.at [PDF]).

Web links

Commons : Burgen- und Schlösserweg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hunger 2019, p. 120.
  2. ↑ Castles and Palaces Path. Directions. In: buschweg.at. Retrieved December 21, 2019 .
  3. ^ Archive of the Unterweißbach tourist association: Burgen- und Schlösserweg. 1988.
  4. ^ Fritz Fellner, Ingrid Wiederschwinger: Mühlviertler Burgen- und Schlösserweg: from Freistadt to Grein . Landesverlag, Linz 1994, ISBN 978-3-85214-605-8 , p. 80 .
  5. ↑ Burgen- u. Castle path from the Maltsch to the Danube (Castle and Castle Path / Zemská cesta) Start date: Apr 29, 2010, End date: Aug 31, 2013. In: up2europe.eu. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  6. ^ Project - Hiking on the tracks of the common ancestors on the castle trail in the border region Mühlviertel / South Bohemia - old handicraft and historical construction culture is applied and experienced between Maltsch and Danube in the present. In: keep.eu. Retrieved December 23, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Hiking in the footsteps of the common ancestors on the castle and palace trail in the border region of Mühlviertel / South Bohemia - old handicrafts and historical building culture are used and brought to life between Maltsch and Danube in the present. In: AT-CZ.eu. Retrieved December 19, 2019 .