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Hernstein Resin Worker Educational Trail
Hiking tour Starting from At Hart, parking lot beside the road
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 1,53 km
- Duration: 1:00 h
- Ascent: 11 m elevation gain
- Descent: 11 m elevation gain
During this leisurely hike, several display boards explain the working methods and importance of the pitching profession.
- Starting point of the tour
- At Hart, parking lot beside the road
- Tour destination
- At Hart, parking lot beside the road
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 1,53 km
- Duration: 1:00 h
- Ascent: 11 m elevation gain
- Descent: 11 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:1/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point507 m
- Highest point519 m
- Round tour
- Suitable for families and children
Description
The Herstein pitching trail, which runs through the Schwarzföhrendwälder am Hart, offers impressive insights into the profession of pitcher with its display boards, stations, exhibits and "pitched trees". Traces of resin extraction (pitching) are still visible, especially in the extensive, resinous-smelling pine forests. The resin was once an important raw material for the production of rosin and turpentine. The Vinzenz Chapel, which is well worth a visit, and the Pechermuseum with its documentation of the profession of the pitcher are also reminders of this once important industry. Today, only one resin processing company remains.
The market town of Hernstein with its 7 districts is located in the middle of the largest black pine area in Central Europe, between the Triesting and Piesting valleys. The landscape is dominated by gentle mountain forms with heights of up to 600 m. Leisurely hikes predominate in the municipality. Only to the west of the municipality does the Hohe Mandling rise with beech forests at higher altitudes. However, since the fire at the Berndorfer huts at the summit (967 m), the Mandling has lost its importance for hikers.
- Equipment Hiking boots, drink, rain protection (for safety)
- Route description From the parking lot, head onto the asphalt road and after a few meters pass the first display panel "Chisel Marks". After a few more meters, you reach the Vinzenz Chapel and then the display panel "Preparation Marks". Shortly after the panel, leave the asphalt road and continue following the path into the forest. On a good forest path, pass the display panel "Planing". At a crossroads, continue left following the "Educational Trail" sign, passing the "Emptying" display panel until you reach a crossroads. Here you can take a detour to the right to the "Resin Worker’s Hut" (shelter in the forest), also passing the "Scraping" panel. After only 80 meters, you reach the hut. Then return to the crossroads and turn right back onto the original route. Passing the "Resin Products" panel, you quickly return to the parking lot. The pure walking time is about 20 minutes, about 1 hour with careful engagement with the individual stations. To complete the impressions, a visit to the Resin Worker Museum is also recommended.
- Parking Parking lot opposite the turning to Aigen, directly to the right beside the road at Hart (sign: "Vinzenzkapelle")
- Getting there A2 South motorway exit Leobersdorf, on the Hainfelder federal road B 18 to Berndorf, turn left onto L 4020 towards Aigen, Hernstein. In Hernstein turn right onto Piestinger Straße towards Piesting and after 5 hairpin bends to Hart.
- Editor’s tip Also worth seeing is the Vinzenz Chapel, a modern, symbolic triangular building in the pine forest, whose design reflects the elements of resin extraction. The chapel was built in 2002.
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Wienerwald Tourismus GmbH
Hautplatz 11, 3002 Purkersdorf
Tel.: 02231/62176
E-Mail: office@wienerwald.info
Website: www.wienerwald.info
Leader Region Triestingtal
Leobersdorfer Straße 42, 2560 Berndorf
Tel.: 02672/87001
E-Mail: office@wienerwald.info
Website: www.triestingtal.at
Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026