Große Waxeneckrunde

The village of Pottenstein is located in the Triestingtal valley to the west of the town of Berndorf in a valley widening, nestled in a gently rolling landscape. In addition to the main town, the villages of Fahrafeld and Grabenweg also belong to the municipality of Pottenstein. The hiking tours in the municipality lead either to the hills of the Vienna Woods to the north of the Triesting, where the 500-metre altitude mark is rarely reached, or to the mountains around the Waxeneck (796 m) to the south of the municipality, where the altitude can easily exceed 800 meters. Cozy huts and inns invite you to take a break. You often walk through sparse black pine forests, which give the area its Mediterranean character. Deciduous and mixed forests are more common on the wetter northern slopes and at higher altitudes. An exception to this is the "Culture and Nature Trail" in the Fahrafelder Becken basin, which runs along the edge of this basin or along the Triestingtal cycle path and is flat with hardly any elevation gain. In Pottenstein, there are several culturally interesting points to visit along the hiking tours: The Ferdinand Raimund monument directly on the main square and the Ferdinand Raimund death house on the main square, the pilgrimage church "Maria Trost im Elend" and the double charnel house from the 13th century, ( ossuary behind the church, permanent exhibition "Das kleine Andachtsbild "), the "Alte Herrenhaus" of the former cloth factory with exhibition room, the vacation cross from the 16th century on the main road, the Antoniusbründl with chapel drinking water spring. This makes for varied and interesting hikes in and around Pottenstein.