Niederkappel: Donauschlingen Trail

Logo Niederkappel: Donauschlingen Trail
Logo Niederkappel: Donauschlingen Trail
Tour data
19.37km
280 - 601m
Distance
481hm
479hm
Ascent
06:30h
 
Duration
Brief description

Haichenbach Castle Ruins, Donauschlinge Nature Trail

Difficulty
medium
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Starting point

Niederkappel – village square

Route
Dom Niederkappel
Niederkappel
Zum Mühlviertler Dom
0.1 km
Weikersdorf
1.4 km
Niederbumberg
2.4 km
Oberbumberg
3.3 km
Dorf
5.2 km
Gruft
7.2 km
Au
8.6 km
Zur Fährfrau
8.7 km
Grafenau
14.1 km
Niederkappel
19.3 km
Zum Mühlviertler Dom
19.3 km
Dom Niederkappel
19.4 km


Best season
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Description

Starting point: village square of Niederkappel. From Niederkappel (rest stops) across meadows and forests through the hilly landscape to Dorf, past “Kerschbaumbankerl” bench – one of the most beautiful vantage points – to Haichenbach Castle Ruins with observation tower. From there across the Donauleiten hills to Au (snack station). Continue downstream on the left bank of the Danube to the Donauschlinge Nature Trail where you hike through an unspoilt landscape with a unique flora and fauna. The trail continues to Grafenau past an abandoned quarry and leads then back to Niederkappel.

Highest point
601 m
Endpoint

Niederkappel - Ortsplatz

Height profile

Equipment

Sturdy hiking boots

Tips
Mühlviertler Cathedral and Kirschschläger Centre in Niederkappel

Observation platform at Haichenbach Castle Ruins

Danube ferry between Au and Grafenau on which one can experience the Danube Loop from the water.

Donauschlinge Nature Trail with a unique fauna and flora – a nice piece of unspoilt nature – is part of the loop trail and of Donausteig Trail!

Additional information
Niederkappel Municipal Office
4133 Niederkappel 48
Tel.: 0043(0)7286/8555 Fax:30
E-mail: gemeinde@niederkappel.at www.niederkappel.at

Directions
By car: from Linz: on the B127 past Ottensheim to Neufelden - Lembach im Mühlkreis - Niederkappel

By train: Westbahn train to Linz – Mühlkreisbahn train to Neufelden – by taxi or bus to Niederkappel www.oebb.at

By boat: www.donauschiffahrt.de

Public transportation
Next train station: Neufelden

Public bus: www.ooevv.at

Parking

In Niederkappel directly at the village square, Grafenau/Längsfähre


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General info

Refreshment stop
Flora
A lot of view
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