ザンクトゲオルゲンアンデアレイスでの周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

The photo spot: descend a little way from the lookout point at the edge of the rock; there is a spot where you can optimally photograph the lookout point and the rock.

Top hike from Schlagerboden!

A beautiful little town with a church and a castle. The north-south long-distance hiking trail 05 and the Roman road 651 pass through here.

Here is the parking lot for the Blassenstein. You can either walk up to the lookout point or cycle downhill on the trail.

We stayed overnight in the castle on our long-distance hike from Hungary to Switzerland. We were impressed by the stylish room (do you say room in a castle?) and the good dinner. We can highly recommend this castle.

The shorter option is to park your car here. From there, it is very easy to hike to the Urlingwarte and enjoy the great view.

The landmark of Scheibbs (named and inaugurated by the pastor Paul Urlinger). Many young people also come here to the Blassenstein (844 m) to enjoy the great view - which is really a dream when you can see far away, like today.

Plankenstein Castle was lovingly restored over decades of work by Peter Trimbacher since 1975 and by its new owner Erich Podstatny since 2010. The castle has a tavern and a hotel with exceptional rooms! Ask for a tower room! You will be amazed! My room was rather simple, but had direct access to the large sun terrace with a mountain panorama. I enjoyed it: the sun, the view, the sunset and at night the stars and the Milky Way. However, the castle can not only be visited by hotel guests. Tours are at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. It is noticeable that a lot of ceramic works of art and terracotta figures by the artist Melanie Hell can be seen in the castle. Please be sure to visit the playground and the large tournament area behind the castle. All of this is freely accessible. It is also noteworthy that there are two steeply sloping cliffs behind the castle. The very first castle was built on the rock that is closer to the castle. It was actually just a fortified house. However, it did not last long because there was a rockfall. Therefore, the current castle was moved further forward. Behind the castle there is an old steel bridge with riveted trusses. This bridge was dismantled in Melk and rebuilt by Mr. Podstatny between the tournament square and the former castle rock.