From Weissenbach to the alpine Hocheck, 1,037m

Difficulty: Difficult
Distance: 18,03 km
Duration: 5:30 h
Ascent: 836 m elevation gain
Descent: 837 m elevation gain

To the west of Weissenbach rises the Hocheck, which at an altitude of 1,037 m already offers an extended hike. The fact that there is also a viewing tower at the summit with a fantastic 360° panorama rounds off the hiking experience.

Starting point of the tour: Weissenbach on the Triesting, church square
Tour destination: Weissenbach on the Triesting, church square

Difficulty: Difficult
Distance: 18,03 km
Duration: 5:30 h
Ascent: 836 m elevation gain
Descent: 837 m elevation gain

Fitness level required:
5/6
Overall experience:
5/6
Scenery:
6/6

Lowest point355 m
Highest point1026 m

Round tour
Nice views
With refreshment stops

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North of the Triesting, leisurely hikes through the typical Vienna Woods landscape predominate, with gentler mountains and forest areas interspersed with many meadows and pastures. Here you will find both the typical pine forests of the region and magnificent high beech forests. An exception in these gentle landscapes is the Peilstein, whose limestone walls protrude from the forest and which is the traditional climbing area of the Viennese. In Weissenbach itself, the Triestingtal Museum is well worth a visit, with its extensive collection of around 10,000 exhibits from the valley, as well as the church and cemetery. In the district of Neuhaus, the renovated Neuhaus Castle with the parish and the forest class are well worth a visit.

This loop can also be easily completed by public transport (Triestingtalbahn), but is 1.5 km longer.
In order to climb the Hocheck from Weissenbach in a circular tour, you have to accept a few kilometers of asphalt at the beginning and end of the loop. The asphalt can be partially avoided, at least at the beginning, by not taking the road from Weissenbach to Furth, but instead choosing the much nicer option presented here via Niemthal and Rehgras. You will be rewarded with beautiful views of Furth and the Further mountains. However, there are a few more meters in altitude to cover. The ascent from Rohrbach to the Hocheck then leads surprisingly quickly via the Krennweg to the summit with its viewing tower.
As the beech forests on the flanks of the Hocheck are currently being extensively cut down by chainsaws, the views of the foothills of the Alps are already increasing during the ascent. However, this is surpassed by the 360° panorama from the Meyringer Warte at the summit, where the mountain view extends as far as Schneeberg, Rax and Ötscher. The hike then continues downhill along the eastern ridge of the Hocheck, with great views, until you descend through mixed forests to Eberbach. From here it is back to asphalt, first on a road with little traffic as far as the Triesting, then on the Triestingtal cycle path back to Weissenbach. Weissenbach is located in the Triestingtal exactly where the Furthergraben and Nöstachbach streams flow into the valley from the southwest and north respectively. The former summer resort, which can still be reached by train, is an ideal starting point for several beautiful hikes.

Equipment Hiking backpack with personal items, rain protection, water bottle, energy bar
Route description From the parking lot (sign Wiener Wallfahrerweg, green marking), walk between the church and the local heritage museum and follow Niemthalstraße (green marking) uphill. Passing meadows, you first reach the new district of Niemthal and then immediately after the old district with the "Andrä Hof" on the road. 300 m after the farm, at the highest point of the road, a forest road (sign "Rehgras") branches off to the right, which you follow to the forest edge. This now leads uphill through rocky terrain until you cross a clearing (green hall) on a flatter section of the path. After a crest, slightly downhill crossing a large meadow, you then take the left turn at a fork in the beech forest (marking poorly visible). Now a forest road runs along the slope until you cross a meadow and continue through the forest to a high seat.Here you leave the forest (the blue marking from Eberbach joins from the right), go straight over the meadows (sign: Rehgras, Furth, green marking) on a field path to the Rehgras farm, which you pass through a green iron gate. Along a forest piece and past a cross, now over meadows with a beautiful view of Furth and the Further mountains straight downhill until the path continues between two wooden fences.A bit further through the forest and crossing a small stream, you reach an asphalt road that leads directly down to Rohrbach (just before the toll road).Here, before a chapel under two lindens, following the ÖTK sign "Hocheck via Krennweg" and the blue marking, turn right into the Rohrbach valley. Following the road past a carpentry, you reach the "Pfefferhäusl." Here you follow a meadow path at the valley floor to the toll road and then turn left immediately into the forest. Now hike on a forest road along the valley edge until it returns to the road on the right. From here you now walk a section on the toll road until the first significant left bend. Here you leave the toll road and stay on the right (in walk direction) side of the creek. Staying close to the creek, the blue marking guides you further on a path down the Rohrbach valley. At the valley end, the path turns left and crosses the creek to now ascend steeper and crossing through beech forest to a forest road.Always following the blue marking, you now climb briskly higher on cart tracks and paths, crossing the toll road several times. Here, fresh clearings, beech high forest, and young forest alternate.At the last hairpin turn, where the summit meadow is already visible, you now enter the toll road that shortly leads you to the parking lot and the hut. You can reward the ascent with the climb of the "Meyringwarte" at the summit (1,037 m), as the 360° panorama covers half of Lower Austria in good weather. Hocheck – Mittagskogel – Eberbach – WeissenbachFrom the hut, turn east initially on a wide, rocky path descending through bizarre beech forest along the yellow and red markings (No. 448). A flat section along the meadow edge offers beautiful panoramic views once again. You soon reach a saddle just north of the ridge, where the path to Altenmarkt branches off to the left. However, continue straight ahead towards Mittagskogel (yellow and red markings 448), which you pass south of a meadow. Shortly after this meadow, you reach the junction to Weissenbach and Eberbach in a saddle.The path continuing straight ahead (yellow marking) leads further to Tasshof.Follow the sign "Eberbach, Weissenbach" and the red marking No. 448 to the right, to descend on a wide forest path through mixed forest to a small clearing at 727 m (Prinzwiese). Here turn left and continue to descend steeper and partially stony in a ravine, following the red marking. Continue down a forest road until you meet a forest road. Cross this and continue to follow path No. 448, partly steeper downhill in the ravine, until you reach another forest road. Follow this downhill until shortly after a right bend, then turn left onto a path and continue downhill following path 448 with red marking. Soon you reach meadows and orchards and the first houses of Eberbach. Stay on the marked path and pass the town northwards until the path leads to the right down to the road. Follow this road downhill for 2 km (path 448) past some homesteads to the B 18, Hainfeld federal road. Here you meet the Triestingtal cycle path No. 42, which you follow downhill for 1.4 km, first through the valley narrowing of the Tormauer, then over a wooden bridge back to the starting point.
Parking Parking lot at the church square in Weissenbach If arriving by train: From the station, go to the main street and follow it for 700 m to the church square
Getting there A2 South Autobahn exit Leobersdorf, follow the Hainfeld federal road B 18 to Weissenbach, turn left towards Furth, after 900 m continue straight on the main street and after 100 m (after the municipal office) turn left to the church square. Public transport: Southern railway to Leobersdorf, change to the Triestingtal railway to Weissenbach = last station in the Triestingtal.
Editor’s tip Places to eat and drink:Cafe Restaurant "Hamkumst"Tip:Triestingtal Homeland and Regional Museums'Gschäft am Hof - Family ReischerLechner Kirchenkrenn magdalena+manfred

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Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026