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The municipalities of Roßbach and St. Veit im Innkreis have created a "Peace Trail". All known chapels, shrines, wayside crosses and weather crosses were recorded and a hiking route planned.

Nature of the trail
The trail is not suitable for baby carriages or wheelchairs, as you walk a lot on forest paths, root paths, gravel paths and some side roads.

Details of parking spaces
There is a large parking lot in the town center, which is well signposted. This is also the starting point of the trail.

Difficulty
The trail is very challenging due to its length and constant inclines.

Refreshment stops
In the center of Roßbach there is a Nah & Frisch with a small snack bar. You can also stop at the Wirt z'Grünau.

Additional information
You have to follow the signs for hiking trail no. 4, as it runs along the same route in places.


📌 1 st parish church Roßbach
The parish church of Roßbach was first mentioned as the "Schlosskapelle zu Roßbach" in 1140 and was registered as a parish from 1200. The parish church is dedicated to St. James, is Gothic in style, has 3 naves and was rebuilt in the 17th century and later baroqueized. In 1967, the altar was completely removed during the renovation and only a popular altar was erected. During the last renovation in 1998, the church was completely renovated both inside and out.

📌 2nd Uberl/Anna Chapel

📌 3rd Heimkehrerwald Chapel
According to an old legend from around 1850, there were several apparitions of the Virgin Mary on the spot where the chapel now stands. Because of this event, farmer's wife Bernroitner from Fraham had a small chapel built with the help of donations. The chapel was enlarged and renovated several times. In 1944, two soldiers on leave from the front promised to renovate the chapel out of gratitude when they returned home safe and sound from the Second World War. Since 2005, the chapel has been a stage destination on the Way of St. James.

📌 4 th Rödham path and weather cross
This cross has existed for 100 years. It has been renovated several times. When storm "Emma" destroyed the cross in 2008 and only the Lord God remained, the Streif family rebuilt the cross in memory of their daughter Martina, who died in 2008. The cross was solemnly consecrated in 2009.

📌 5th Barth Chapel Rödham
The chapel is over 100 years old. It has been renovated several times. It was consecrated in honor of St. Anne, patron saint of women in childbed.

📌 6th Marterl Rödham
A man went out to work in the fields with a scythe. When he was struck by lightning during a thunderstorm, he died. The wayside shrine was erected in memory of this man.

📌 7th Krottenthaler Chapel
The chapel was built in 1990 by Josef Jodlbauer. He was mentally ill and built this chapel as a result of his recovery.

📌 8th Schiefecker Chapel
Franz Mühlbacher, the builder of this chapel, had some serious accidents 20 years ago that left him in a very bad way. When he recovered completely, he wanted to build a chapel. He finally built the Schiefecker Chapel in 2010.

📌 9th Hofinger Chapel
The Hofinger Chapel was originally a wooden chapel. Due to the effects of the weather, it has since been replaced by a cross. In 1990, with the help of many volunteers, the Ratzinger (Hofinger) family rebuilt the chapel. It was consecrated in 1992.

📌 1 0th Gschaidter Marterl
The history is unknown. In 1974, the Altheim working group for "Ortsbild und Heimatpflege" under chairman Prof. Lothar Bodingbauer launched the campaign "Rettet die Marterl, Bildstöcke und Kapellen" (Save the shrines, wayside shrines and chapels), as they were in danger of disappearing as small monuments and thus being forgotten. Master builder Wolfgang Bodingbauer made a rough formwork for a multi-part wayside shrine. The "head" consists of 3 pictures: St. Leonhard, St. Florian and St. Mary, painted by the artist Walter Paulusberger from Kirchheim im Innkreis.

📌 1 1th wayside shrine in Parschalling
In 1874, Parschalling burned down and a wagon driver died in an accident while rebuilding it. The wayside shrine, which was erected as a memorial, was very weathered. The Altheim road maintenance department renovated it in 1974 and fitted it with a ceramic tile. It is also a memorial to Karl Ortbauer zu Parschalling, who had a difficult life and hanged himself in 1973.

📌 1 2th Hofinger column
There was once a chapel 60 meters away at the "Hofinger zu Hofing", which became so dilapidated over time that it had to be demolished. Only the remains of a stone pillar were left. Farm chapels normally stood right next to the farm. As this chapel was a considerable distance from the farm, it can be assumed that the original chapel in Hofing was the place where a plague victim was buried. The Altheim road maintenance department made a wayside shrine in which an enamel tile was used.

📌 1 3th Hofbauer Chapel
The chapel is said to date back to the time when there was still a castle in Grünau. The Feuchtinger family (Hofbauer) rebuilt the chapel in 1934. Years later, the road was widened and the chapel demolished. After the road construction work was completed, the road maintenance department rebuilt the chapel.

📌 14 th Edt Chapel

📌 1 5. chapel by the old vicarage

📌 1 6. wooden cross in front of the old vicarage

📌 1 7th Pfarrermann Chapel/Bodingbauer Chapel/Mary Chapel "Rosa mystica"
In 1997, the then owners of the "Pfarrermannsölde", Christine and Lothar Bodingbauer, had the chapel built as part of an unemployment project. The statue of the "Rosa mystica", the "Mysterious Rose", is the focal point of the chapel's interior.
The chapel is also decorated with pictures of saints and blessed persons, whose trusting invocation may provide help and strength in personal matters.

📌 1 8th Hubertus Chapel Jaiding
There was a major church renovation at the end of the 1960s. The high altar, the two side altars and the pulpit were torn down and stored in the old vicarage. When the old parish cook "Marie" was asked to saw up the gilded altar pieces, Josef Gottfried decided to buy the remaining parts of the church. In 2008, he and his family built the Hubertus Chapel in gratitude for his health and creativity.

📌 1 9th local history museum
The museum created by Josef Gottfried houses interesting and valuable treasures from days long past. It offers impressive insights into the often difficult everyday life of our ancestors. The museum contains tools, everyday objects, furniture, locks, chests, clocks and musical instruments. Most of the objects date from the 17th to 19th centuries.

📌 20th St. Nepomuk
Patron saint of bridges and against water hazards. Erected in 2010 as part of the bridge renovation in Fraham.

📌 21st Aigner Chapel Fraham
In the 17th century, Fraham was ravaged by the plague. Only two people survived - the "blacksmith" and the "Aigner's son". The plague chapel was built by the "Aignersohn" in gratitude and as a memorial. The chapel had to be demolished and rebuilt on the site where it stands today as part of the reconstruction work on the road.

📌 22nd castle builder's chapel
The origins of this chapel can be traced back to Wimhub Castle. The chapel is said to have been built in memory of the boy who climbed a tree, fell down and suffered fatal injuries. The chapel was renovated in 1996.

📌 23rd Niederhauser stone cross
In the past, the deceased were carried directly from their homes to the church. As they often had to walk very long distances, a stone cross (formerly a wooden cross) was erected here to gather new strength.

📌 24th Marterl Pirat

📌 25. memorial plaque Kirchensteig
There used to be a wooden cross with the "Lord God" on it. As it was already very weathered, it was rebuilt. After the cross was destroyed, the current wayside shrine was erected.

📌 26th stumbling block
Franz Braumann (born 1908) was executed on 05.07.1944 for military subversion. The stumbling block was placed in his memory.

📌 27th St. Veit war memorial
The war memorial was erected in memory of fallen St. Veit soldiers of the First and Second World Wars.

📌 28th St. Veit branch church
The church of St. Veit is a small late Gothic parish church, which is decorated with beautiful four-hall stucco. Of the rococo altars with beautiful paintings, the high altar with the altarpiece by Josef Brandstätter, the charming tabernacle and the pulpit, which was created at the same time as the high altar around 1760, are particularly noteworthy. The statues of St. Barbara and St. Magdalene on the altar of the 17th century mortuary chapel have a rustic feel.

📌 29th Marlupperberg wooden cross

📌 30th Katzlberger Chapel Marlupp
Gerner Nani (known as G'Schlossbauer Nani) was seriously ill. She had the chapel built as a result of her recovery.

📌 31st Feichtinger Chapel
It is a "thanksgiving chapel" that was built in 1995 by Kreszenz and Manfred Feichtinger in front of their farm in Pudexing. The occasion was the recovery of their son Josef after a serious accident.

📌 32nd Marterl Pudexing


Further tips along the route
📌 There is a Kneipp facility at the St. Veiter Bach stream or you can treat yourself in the shady garden at the Haiderwirt inn in St. Veit im Innkreis.
📌 Refreshment stops in St. Veit and Roßbach
📌 What's going on in St. Veit and Roßbach