--- title: Windischgarsten - Rading – Trainstation Pießling url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-tour/detail/430000970/windischgarsten-rading-trainstation-piessling.html" description: Hike from the town centre in Windischgarsten to Rading and the former Piessling railway station. date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Windischgarsten - Rading – Trainstation Pießling Windischgarsten - Rading – Trainstation Pießling ================================================== **Path number:** 20 **Starting place:** 4580 Windischgarsten **Destination:** 4575 Roßleithen ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/240144/7F8A8EAAF67F993C945C9088C9E1EDA4858F51B111A5402A90F79C5B13EECDE7/wandern-in-oberoesterreich.jpg) © Open copyright © OÖ Tourismus/Erber Close copyright [ ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/240144/7F8A8EAAF67F993C945C9088C9E1EDA4858F51B111A5402A90F79C5B13EECDE7/wandern-in-oberoesterreich.jpg "© OÖ Tourismus/Erber") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/240144/7F8A8EAAF67F993C945C9088C9E1EDA4858F51B111A5402A90F79C5B13EECDE7/wandern-in-oberoesterreich.jpg) Hauptstraße 28 4580 Windischgarsten [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Hauptstra%C3%9Fe%2028%2C%204580%20Windischgarsten "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Hauptstra%C3%9Fe%2028%2C%204580%20Windischgarsten "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&path=enc:_xgbHaemvAZpAFh@@j@oApD_@lAaArAo@`@o@Nm@Ge@Om@Kq@Ko@Qm@My@Qu@_@a@Qy@Bm@Ns@Jo@@s@?m@Eo@`@i@\i@d@g@^UZQx@Yv@YdAWx@M`ACbAClASj@m@d@c@Ne@Xa@f@_@p@e@dAi@jA_@z@e@~@a@`AYd@k@Xq@Jq@Ds@F]HIf@FxAJpBC`@[Zq@?y@?i@Le@PqAj@gAb@}@d@_Aj@w@h@eAx@y@z@]\Wn@s@|@Wr@Wh@QfAUx@YdAMlAIrAGjA?~@?lABdALnAL|@Lt@Fz@IlAQ`A[t@]|@[dA_@hAQn@c@pA[fAU`A[tAMr@IfBAlAC~@Oz@MnAK`AI~@Ix@GdAM~AI|AA~AAzAQ`BQlA[fAe@z@q@b@k@NMLIRIl@PNr@?h@DZPTj@Tl@Zj@\r@d@b@l@X\RKtAA~ACvA@~@IrA[hA]dAWfA]jA]hBe@vB]rB]nAK|@A~@GfAMz@Y`AYp@K`@GRQZU^OLOVSr@i@h@WjAo@z@_@`As@d@Uz@y@z@g@tAc@tA[tAa@tAs@fAg@zAs@p@i@dAYn@GnAMf@Gp@F`AJf@FZAd@RzAC|BCtAa@pAm@`BYl@Sj@c@tA_@n@Q^C`@Cd@QxAWfB[tAUdB[fAc@pAa@bAYdBId@A^JRNXDXEh@EzAKfBGhA@b@?~A?hBAzA?nB?hLCfGGzBOlBSfAYj@HVl@^`B_GDq@AgF@uFC{CIsAB}@&server=meta.tourdata.at) Hike from the town centre in Windischgarsten to Rading and the former Piessling railway station. Take the Salzastraße road in Windischgarsten – continue to your left along the road after the Kalvarienberg (trail nr. 21 to the „Gunst“ mountain) – continue along a cider pear tree alley straight ahead through the courtyard of the farmhouse „Rumplmayr“, then downhills (until you take trail nr. 20a to your left to the farmhouse Islingbauer – trainstation Roßleithen) – continue along tar road to a crossing (right to Rettenbach, AV-Trail nr. 463, Hohe Nock, and trail nr. 28, Gr. Hühnersteige) – left to farmhouse Radlingbauer, continue to your right along a farm road net to the railway (Pyhrn railway line Linz-Selzthal) – until you get to the Steinfang spring, turn right up into a forest and downhills again to the railway line along a forest path to the trainstation Pießling (trail nr. 27, Kl. Hühnersteig, and trail nr. 28a to Stummer farm, trail nr. 28) Trail-Nr: 20 [ Tour and route information ](#ttgCollapseTourdetails) --------------------------------------------------------- **Path number:** 20 **Starting place:** 4580 Windischgarsten **Destination:** 4575 Roßleithen **duration:** 2h 30m **length:** 6,9 km **Altitude difference (uphill):** 307m **Altitude difference (downhill):** 337m **Lowest point:** 561m **Highest point:** 723m **difficulty:** very easy **condition:** very easy **panoramic view:** Individual Views **Paths covering:** Asphalt, Hiking trail **Starting point:** Tourist office in the center of Windischgarsten **Destination:** Pießling Station - former station - no more train stop! 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[ Grooming service ](#ttgCollapseWegbetreuer) ----------------------------------------------- Marktgemeinde Windischgarsten [ Contact ](#ttgCollapseKontakt) ---------------------------------- **Windischgarsten - Rading – Trainstation Pießling** Alpenland Tourismus GmbH Hauptstraße 28 4580 Windischgarsten Phone [ +43 7562 5266 - 99 ](tel:+437562526699) Fax machine +43 7562 5266 - 10 E-Mail [info@pyhrn-priel.net](#mailto) Web [www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at](https://www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at "New window") https://www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at --- **We speak the following languages** German [ Declaration of consent ](#ttgCollapseZustimmung) ---------------------------------------------------- Interactive elevation profile ------------------------------- [ Download GPS data ](#ttgDisclaimerContent) [ Create PDF ](#ttgTourdataPdfModal430000970) [To the website](https://www.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at "New window") ×Declaration of consent ---------------------- The tours presented here are suggested tours that are provided free of charge. 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