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Hiking tour Starting from
The market town of Hirtenberg is located at the end of the Triestingtal valley, where the Lower Austrian Prealps border the Vienna Basin for the first time. While the village area itself lies on the plain at 280 m above sea level, gentle mountains rise up to 470 m to the north and south of the municipality. The municipality itself is heavily influenced by industry (including the Hirtenberg cartridge factory), but has the advantage that the natural area begins right at the edge of the settlement. The influence of the Pannonian climate is very noticeable here, as dry black pine and oak forests predominate, while beech forests are usually only found on more humid northern slopes. The hikes from Hirtenberg lead to the surrounding hills such as Lindenberg, Pfarrkogel and Guglzipf (viewing tower) and surprise with beautiful views and impressions of nature, despite the low altitude. The hiking options are rounded off by a beautiful forest nature trail at the Steinkamperl.
Although the name suggests otherwise, the Lindenberg is dominated by oak forests that are unique to the Triestingtal. The influence of the Pannonian climate is already very noticeable here, on this last foothill of the Alps. While the forest is mostly on the right, vineyards, meadows and farmland dominate on the left. There are also areas of dry grassland.
Despite the low altitude - a maximum of 369 m above sea level - this loop around the Lindenberg is amazingly scenic. There are views of Guglzipf, Berndorf, Waxeneck, Hocheck, Hoher Lindkogel, Sooßer Lindkogel, Harzberg, Bad Vöslau, Anninger, Leithagebirge, Rosalia, Wechsel and Hohe Wand.
As you are mostly on very good hiking trails, forest roads and partly also asphalted roads, this hike can also be completed with baby carriages. The only exception is the path approx. 10 minutes after the start. However, this can be bypassed to the right on a forest road and then a forest path.
All in all, this route makes for an amazingly varied, scenic hike on the border between cultivated landscape and forest landscape, which can also be easily combined with a visit to the forest nature trail.
