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Blockheide Pond – Blockheide Observation Tower loop from Alt Weitra

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Blockheide Pond – Blockheide Observation Tower loop from Alt Weitra

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Blockheide Pond – Blockheide Observation Tower loop from Alt Weitra

02:16

35.7km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 18.1 km for 105 m

After 23.1 km for 152 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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10.1 km

Small Lake

Highlight • Lake

18.9 km

Town Square: Old Town Hall & Schirm Bar & Café, Gmünd

Highlight • Monument

At Gmünd's old town hall, you'll find the legendary "Schirm-Bar & Café" and the Sonnenplatz'l restaurant! Across the street is the Hopferl restaurant, serving authentic Waldviertel home-style cooking. :-)

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19.0 km

Gmünd – Sgraffito Houses (1560–1580)

Highlight • Historical Site

Like other towns in northern Lower Austria, Gmünd also boasts impressive examples of sgraffito art from the Reformation period. Two gabled houses north of the town hall, originally late Gothic, …

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20.2 km

Blockheide Pond

Highlight • Lake

Perfect for relaxing

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20.5 km

Blockheide Observation Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Nice excursion destination in the border area, with lots of information about the boulders (wobbling stones) and of course about the 15th eastern longitude, which runs here. A station has …

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23.4 km

Schlossteich

Lake

25.7 km

Gmünd–České Velenice Border Crossing

Highlight • Structure

Nice little crossing for cyclists.

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25.8 km

The Iron Curtain

Highlight • Historical Site

Depressing... but part of the story!

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31.9 km

Schlösslteich Unterlehmbach

Highlight • Lake

Simply wonderful forest landscape in a godforsaken area

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35.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.1 km

5.01 km

2.38 km

577 m

520 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

28.5 km

3.14 km

2.86 km

528 m

306 m

224 m

Elevation

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Highest point (590 m)

Lowest point (470 m)

Weather

Sunday 19 July

22°C

7°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 16.0 km/h

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Comments

August 12, 2023,1. Tag: Gmünd - Weitra und retour

3 days Waldviertel:
We stayed in Gmünd and cycled to Weitra and back today. Beautiful scenery, hot weather, interesting exhibition in the castle. It was nice.

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Blockheide Pond – Blockheide Observation Tower loop from Alt Weitra

Small Lake

Town Square: Old Town Hall & Schirm Bar & Café, Gmünd

Gmünd – Sgraffito Houses (1560–1580)

Blockheide Pond

Blockheide Observation Tower

Gmünd–České Velenice Border Crossing

The Iron Curtain

Schlösslteich Unterlehmbach

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