Heavenly Round (with Dog)

Heavenly Round Hiking with your dog in the Dirndl valley
classification: 1 Paw, grazing livestock

Excerpt from the book "Walking with Dog" by Michael Hlatky

The Round: Warth – Kirchberg – Warth

Getting to the Heavenly Round

About St. Pölten A1, on the B 39 to Warth. Arriving to the Mariazell Railway (narrow gauge) is easily possible, the station is called Steinschal-Tradigist.

Parking at Steinschalerhof in Warth.

Heavenly Round: character of the Tour

Dirndltallogo

Laimboden by Raureif

Hoarfrost on orchard trees in Laimboden

Start and end point of the hike was the Hotel Steinschalerhof in Warth, where we have a few days found a hospitable reception for us. Dogs are appreciated here because the owners have even two cute dogs. In addition to the comfort rooms have a special attraction called "garden shed", small two story garden cottages which are ideal for dog owners as they offer more space than the regular rooms.

Guests with dogs at the bank

The Pielachtal is also called "Dirndl", which has nothing to do with the traditional fashion, but the cherry-like fruit of the yellow dogwood (cornus mas) are called Dirndl and processed as regional specialties jams, liqueurs, brandy, etc..

The "Heavenly Round", as the trail of Warth about Kirchberg in Pielachtal is well known and will be marked accordingly, resulting in the footsteps of the most famous son of the area, Cardinal Franz King, along its way to school and facing his birthplace by the wonderful cultural landscape of the Mostviertel, marked by small structured agriculture, orchards and over again to the perennial shrub of the Dirndl.

The trail "Heavenly Round" is created as a year-round hiking trail and therefore mostly to hike on paved roads. These fit well into the cultural landscape, and are not necessarily interfere with the short circular walk. Along the Pielach, the route as part of the pilgrimage to Mariazell on a meadow back to Warth.

The Pielachtal is agriculturally dominated by grazing, cattle, but especially sheep, ducks, geese and even some goats.

It is worth after the tour a visit to the Natural Gardens at Steinschalerhof with a variety of herbs and vegetables, their culinary processing can be tasted in the Steinschalerhof immediately following. Worthwhile Refreshments, especially since dogs are particularly welcome here, with special offerings and as a target group for getaways or hiking excursions from Steinschalerhof.

For dogs an extensive "walk" without great effort, which can be done all year. Water is always present, the cattle protected by electric fences. Unfortunately, approximately 80% of the round have to be covered on asphalt, or roadside in Wiesbaden.

Text: Mag. Michael Hlatky

Directions

Herberts fountain in Laimboden

Cattle crate in Warthgraben at Braunsteiner

Pielach in the early spring

Warth – Kirchberg a.d. Pielach – Laimboden - Warth
Lasts two hours for the whole round.

Start and end point of the hike is the station of the Mariazell narrow gauge railway in Warth / Tradigist. (380 m), or when sharing in the close-Steinschalerhof. Cross the B 39 and begins the hike after the bridge towards Kirchberg at the Pielach.

Parallel to the Pielach winds of completely flat route around 2 kilometers to Kirchberg at the Pielach. Marked crossroads just before the sign, turn uphill right hand in the direction of "air", yellow.

Tipp for dogowners: House 20 with fence 2014

In some switchbacks through the forest to the homestead loam on a saddle. Directly at Homestead Laimboden turn right. Passing a paddock and a silo through another farmstead the Fronberg surround and back down into the Pielachtal and the pilgrimage to Mariazell on a meadow along the Pielach back to the starting point in Warth.

Variety: One can also tour with the walk "Cultural" connect to Tradigist, then take the 8-loop originating and terminating Steinschalerhof or stop the Mariazellerbahn Tradigist approximately in 4 hours.