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Edlbauer Rocks – Jankaskirche Viewpoint loop from Windhaag bei Freistadt

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Edlbauer Rocks – Jankaskirche Viewpoint loop from Windhaag bei Freistadt

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Edlbauer Rocks – Jankaskirche Viewpoint loop from Windhaag bei Freistadt

03:14

11.0km

310m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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370 m

ORF Landkrimi filming location

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Two country crime dramas were filmed by the ORF at various locations here, and there are information boards to accompany them.

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2.53 km

The Red Cross

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In a wide curvature, a wayside cross made of granite, the Red Cross, finally appears on the right.

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4.50 km

Rest bench in the forest

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There is a bench and fountain to relax at an altitude of 880 m.

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5.22 km

Behind the ruins of a dilapidated stone house, turn right and after a short climb you reach the rock towers at 1009 m.
With the help of footrests and climbing skills, you reach the highest point of the rock formation.

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5.55 km

Silbersee Quarry

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From the Edlbauer rock, the trail markers show the further course of the trail in a south-easterly direction and you reach an impressive rock wall with a lake underneath.

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7.37 km

Jankaskirche Viewpoint

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With a little skill, the rocks are easy to climb, everything is well secured with ropes and ladders.

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7.39 km

Säftristei Rock Formation and Viewpoint

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Scenic rocks with via ferrata at the Waschberg. Good accessibility, as very good ascent aids are available

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11.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.80 km

1.70 km

1.36 km

1.17 km

Surfaces

5.03 km

2.63 km

2.59 km

411 m

341 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,000 m)

Lowest point (730 m)

Weather

Monday 31 August

22°C

9°C

23 %

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Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

March 9, 2025,🇦🇹 Kraftplatz Mühlviertel/Jankas-Kirche - Windhaag bei Freistadt

An easy circular hike starting in Windhaag near Freistadt, close to the border with the Czech Republic, which runs along forest roads for long stretches.
With the Edlbauer rock and the Jankas church, the tour offers two striking rock towers in the middle of the forests of the northern Mühlviertel.
The ORF also filmed two country crime dramas here.
There …

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September 2, 2023,Plochwaldrunde mit Edlbauerfelsen, Edlbauerruine, Steinbruch Silbersee und Jankaskapelle

My hiking tour, which I started in Windhaag near Freistadt, took me to the original filming locations of the ORF state thrillers (2015: The Dead Man by the Pond and 2017: The Dead Man in the Lake).
Very tranquil places on this route are the Edlbauer rock, the Edlbauer ruins, the Silbersee quarry and the Jankaskirche stone formation (viewing rock …

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May 12, 2024,Windhaag b. Freistadt - Plochwaldrundweg

oberoesterreich.at/oesterreich-tour/detail/430001049/plochwaldrundweg.html

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Edlbauer Rocks – Jankaskirche Viewpoint loop from Windhaag bei Freistadt

ORF Landkrimi filming location

View from Lippenhöhe

The Red Cross

Rest bench in the forest

Edlbauer Rocks

Silbersee Quarry

Jankaskirche Viewpoint

Säftristei Rock Formation and Viewpoint

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