Particularly noteworthy are the mighty city wall, the historic main square, the imposing St. Stephen's parish church and the Krahuletz Museum.
Out of Eggenburg into the open field
Hiking tour Starting from Krahuletz Museum Eggenburg
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 7,47 km
- Duration: 2:00 h
- Ascent: 85 m elevation gain
- Descent: 85 m elevation gain
Start / Finish: Eggenburg
- Starting point of the tour
- Krahuletz Museum Eggenburg
- Tour destination
- Krahuletz Museum Eggenburg
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 7,47 km
- Duration: 2:00 h
- Ascent: 85 m elevation gain
- Descent: 85 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:2/6
- Overall experience:4/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point316 m
- Highest point401 m
- Round tour
- Nice views
- Accessibility by train and bus
- Suitable for families and children
- safety instructions Pack your mobile phone and maps in your backpack, and don’t forget your Lower Austria Card if you have one!
- Equipment functional clothing
- Route description The route leads from the Krahuletz Museum over the Kremserberg and the Bahnallee out of Eggenburg into the open field. At first, you follow the "Earth History Hiking Trail" to the Kühnring sandpit, then continue west to the village of Kühnring, pass through it and leave it heading north. It then continues to an agricultural path, from there to the right back towards Eggenburg and along the route of the "Meiseldorfer Teich Hiking Trail" to the center.
- Parking Public free parking at the Eggenburg Stadthalle, access via Kühnringerstraße or Leinwandbleiche.Main Square Eggenburg - short-term parking zone.
- Getting there From Vienna on the A22 to Stockerau, then on the B4 towards Horn to Maissau, turn-off to Eggenburg on the B35, 8 km more.Or from Stockerau via the B303 to Hollabrunn and further on the B2 via Schön grabern to Eggenburg.Coming from the West Autobahn (A1), take the St. Pölten East exit on the S33 towards Krems to Gedersdorf, continue on the B35 via Straß and Mühlbach to the B4, then left towards Horn to Maissau, turn-off to Eggenburg on the B35 until Eggenburg.From the Czech Republic via the 413 over Hnanice/Mitterretzbach, continue on the B35 via Retz to Eggenburg
- Public transport Franz Joseph Railway: from Vienna Franz-Josefs Station to Eggenburg. Your exact route can be planned with the VOR route planner: https://anachb.vor.at/
- Editor’s tip Worth seeing:Krahuletz Museumformer cinema (a Clemens Holzmeister building) Bergfried
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Tourism Information Eggenburg
Krahuletzplatz 1
3730 Eggenburg
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Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026