Panorama way Frankenmarkt

Very beautiful hike with great views of the mountains, where part of the route is identical to the Way of St. James and passes the pilgrims' rest stop.

From the Zwergerlweg, you reach Mühlberg via a turn-off to the Frucht&Sinne chocolate factory of Christina and Thomas Kibler.


From the village, Fornacherstraße leads us to the kindergarten, where we cross the road and arrive at the artists' square "Ideen Reich" by Mr. Gustav Schobesberger. Here you can
admire many different sculptures. Continue over the small bridge towards the children's playground and on the other side a green area, which serves as an ice skating rink in winter. Up to here, the path is identical to RW2, the Waldidylle path.

Further on, the trail turns right up Pointenstraße. On the hill we pass the
On the hill we pass the elevated tank of the local water supply and Austria's first Ö3 weather station on the left and follow the road further east to three birch trees, where a bench invites you to take a short break.
The road leads us straight ahead and at the edge of the forest "Am Kritzinger Spitz" a shrine and bench await us. The view from here of the Northern Limestone Alps with the Totem Gebirge, Traunstein, the Höllengebirge, the Dachstein glacier, the Zimnitz and the Schafberg with the Lichtenberg in front is impressive. Further on we come to the fork in the path, where we go right back down to the B1 and cross it to hike to Stauff Castle. (Please always use the zebra crossings). Here we cross the road again and follow the Vöckla river downstream along the Westbahn line
to the subway, which we use. Then we take the path to the right along the railway. We walk through the beautiful spruce forest towards Unterrain; this small village is located in the next clearing.

At the edge of the forest, north of the farming settlement of Unterrain, is the Hubertus Chapel. Opposite it is a small wooden servants' hut, the Pilgrims' Rest, which is ideal for resting. From here we take the path back to Frankenmarkt. Here we walk along the Westbahn railway up to the large timber factory of the Stallinger company, where we walk through the subway towards Grieß.
Here we pass the electricity plant, which was built by the municipality in 1912. Via Prager Gasse we climb the hill to the late Gothic, Baroque parish church of St. Nicholas.

Pilgrims' rest stop on the Austrian Way of St. James in Frankenmarkt
The Panoramweg Frankenmarkt and part of the 16th stage of the Austrian Way of St. James from Vöcklabruck to Oberhofen am Irrsee overlap. On a walk along the Panorama Trail, you will therefore also pass the Pilgrims' Rest, a wooden servants' hut built by Anton Schönberger in 2012 as a rest stop and shelter for pilgrims.