Vienna Water Pipeline Hiking Trail

Hiking route from Thermal bath Bad Vöslau to Mödling cemetery gate 2

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Elevation profile

16,60 km length

Tour dates
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Route: 16,60 km
  • Ascent: 37 egm
  • Descent: 93 egm
  • Duration: 5:00 h
  • Lowest point: 208 m
  • Highest point:268 m
Features
  • With refreshment stops
  • Suitable for families and children

Details for: Vienna Water Pipeline Hiking Trail

Brief description

This beautiful hiking route commemorates the construction of the First Vienna Mountain Spring pipeline in 1873. In order to send valuable drinking water from the source in the Rax-Schneeberg area to Vienna, the required gradient was “divided” across the entire length of the pipeline. The hiking route is correspondingly flat. There are no noteworthy ascents or descents, apart from in the urban area of Baden – and even that is insignificant.

Description

Tip/Fun-Fact: In 1998, this path was created in the direct vicinity of the pipeline route, to mark the 125th anniversary of the First Vienna Mountain Spring Pipeline. This is where the traditional Genussmeile (“Pleasure Mile”) festival, including wine tasting sessions in the vineyard, takes place every September.

Starting point of the tour

Thermal bath Bad Vöslau

Destination point of the tour

Mödling cemetery gate 2

Route description Vienna Water Pipeline Hiking Trail

From Bad Vöslau, we will walk straight along the pipeline route, heading north. After about an hour, we will reach Baden (the urban parts of the route are not marked out). We will pass the Helenenfriedhof cemetery, Steinbruchgasse, the viaduct, the Hildegardbrücke bridge, the thermal baths of Baden, Schlossgasse and Marchetstrasse until we reach the casino. We will then follow the Kaiser-Franz-Ring before turning left onto Welzergasse, from where we will turn right onto Trostgasse, before turning right onto Flamminggasse and right again onto Schiestlstrasse. From here, Gumpoldskirchen is approx. 100 m away, following the Mountain Spring route. The village is approx. 5 km away. We will head north as we leave Gumpoldskirchen and cross the country road. After approx. 1 km, we will have our final opportunity to refill our flasks before we reach Mödling.

Parking

Thermalbad Bad Vöslau
Occasional in the Guntramsdorferstraße

Arrivals with public transport

Start point: by bus to the stop "Thermalbad Bad Vöslau"

End point: by bus to the stop "Mödling Freidhof Tor 2"

More info/links

Verantwortlicher für den Inhalt dieser Tour
Wienerwald
Letzte Aktualisierung: 25.10.2023

Wienerwald Tourismus GmbH
Hauptpl. 11, 3002 Purkersdorf
Tel.: 02231/ 62176
E-Mail: office@wienerwald.info 
Webseite: www.wienerwald.info 

Equipment

sturdy shoes, water, rain protection

Safety information

Trotz sorgfältigster Recherche kann es bei den Strecken zu unvorhergesehenen kurz-, mittel- oder gar längerfristigen Sperren (z.B. wegen forstlicher Sperrgebiete durch Grundbesitzer) kommen. Von uns empfohlene Parkmöglichkeiten können teils privat oder gebührenpflichtig sein – bitte auf die Beschilderung vor Ort achten. Manche Wege können abschnittsweise oder zur Gänze durch gebührenpflichtige Betriebe/Gebiete führen (z.B. Naturparke oder Klammen). Darauf wird aber in der Regel explizit in der Beschreibung hingewiesen. Alle Angaben erfolgen ohne Gewähr und die Benützung der Wege erfolgt auf eigene Gefahr. Etwaige Wegesperren sowie Hinweise von Jagd- und Grundbesitzer sind zu beachten.

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