Description
"Mira" means beautiful! The Myra Falls are an impressive natural spectacle of bizarre rocks, water cascades, and crystal-clear reservoirs at the foot of the Hausstein. Here is the Hausstein lookout, inviting you to linger and enjoy. At the Jagasitz inn, there is the Kreuth lookout, where you can enjoy the view and relax. Every stone, path, and bridge is designed with special care and knowledge of harmony in nature. Small bridges lead over babbling streams, past bubbling waterfalls, and through cooling forests – a true fairy-tale landscape with many mystical and legendary places to discover.
Starting point of the tour
Pernitz, municipal office
Destination point of the tour
Waxeneck Hut
Route description WAB - Stage 17: Pernitz - Waxeneckhaus
We start the stage of the Wiener Alpenbogen through the Biedermeier Valley at the Pernitz-Muggendorf train station. Coming from the tracks, we turn left at the station building, pass the fire station, and reach the federal road. Continuing westwards, we pass the cemetery and turn right into Urhausstraße opposite the Pernitz-Raimundviertel train station. Signposts lead us out of the settlement; shortly after the town sign there is a water fountain to remind those who forgot to fill their water bottles.
We walk along Blättertalstraße, learn about Ferdinand Raimund's skull, and after 15 minutes turn right at a small chapel. Passing the earth's center and a sculpture garden, we enter a pasture and climb a rugged path uphill to the right in front of a newly built house. Signposts and red markings steadily lead us uphill through the shady forest to a small hill with a memorial cross in the woods.
After a short drink break, we hike downhill on the marked footpath to the Purbach. We cross the bridge and now walk the asphalt road slightly downhill to Muggendorf. Keep left, cross the bridge, and continue to the signposted Myra Falls. Shortly before the entrance, we cross a parking lot and enter the Myra Falls (conservation fee of €3.50 for adults, €1 for children). We follow the cascades of the Myra Falls over footbridges and stairs and enjoy the natural monument in its full glory. At the upper end of the wild waterfalls, signposts lead us away from the water to the Wiener Alpenbogen, and we ascend left to the Hausstein meadow. A detour to the Hausstein lookout allows us to gaze as far as Schneeberg.
We cross the Hausstein meadow at the northern edge and follow the hiking trail downhill to the Karnerwirt inn (closed Tuesday in July & August, closed Tuesday & Wednesday between Easter and All Saints' Day). We go right to the reservoir pond, shortly before crossing the Myra brook and the main road. We continue towards Kreuth and the Jagasitz inn along the farm road, passing a public toilet. After a few minutes, we leave the road at information boards about pitch extraction and hike gently uphill on a forest path. First ascending, then somewhat flatter and leisurely, we hike over meadows and forest to the Kreuth saddle with the Jagasitz inn.
After a break, we hike beside the chapel on the gravel road towards Waxeneckhaus. We cross an enclosure, follow the red-marked paths, and arrive at the Schneerosenhaus “Auf dem Hals”. We cross the pass height directly and continue uphill on the gravel road. Going slightly downhill again, we turn at house no. 10 onto the private road to Waxeneckhaus. We reach today's accommodation after a 20-minute ascent. At Waxeneckhaus, old tools from the pitch extraction era can be viewed.
Directions
Coming from Vienna or Graz via the A2, exit the highway at the Wöllersdorf exit and follow the signage on B21 to Pernitz.
Parking
Parking is available at the Pernitz municipal office.
Travel by train via Wiener Neustadt to Pernitz-Muggendorf station.
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