--- title: Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail Pulgarn-Hohenstein url: "https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-tour/detail/430008159/danube-heights-circular-hiking-trail-pulgarn-hohenstein.html" description: "Short description:The Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail passes through 3 municipalities, from Pulgarn via Forst to St. Georgen an der Gusen, Frankenberg and Kruckenberg up to Mauthausen. This describes the section Pulgarn - Hohenstein and back.Quality of experience: ****Recommended season:JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecemberProperties:LoopMulti-stage routeScenic" date: 2017-02-22 modified: 2026-03-18 --- # Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail Pulgarn-Hohenstein Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail Pulgarn-Hohenstein ========================================================= **Starting place:** 4221 Steyregg **Destination:** 4221 Steyregg ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/397379/F996C9F7C3570722787645B5DD465F85DBAACB37430FAD799C966F58B1EA5313/reichenbach-juni.jpg) © Open copyright © CC-BY-ND, Stadtgemeinde Steyregg Close copyright [ ![Reichenbach-Juni](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/397379/F996C9F7C3570722787645B5DD465F85DBAACB37430FAD799C966F58B1EA5313/reichenbach-juni.jpg "© CC-BY-ND, Stadtgemeinde Steyregg") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/397379/F996C9F7C3570722787645B5DD465F85DBAACB37430FAD799C966F58B1EA5313/reichenbach-juni.jpg) Lindengasse 9 4040 Linz [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Lindengasse%209%2C%204040%20Linz "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Lindengasse%209%2C%204040%20Linz "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:skteH}izvAN}@ISoDiF{@e@h@eISqBW}@uAaAHuHQ?cB}@EcAkAgE{@{@iAuBeBaBQC{Bv@iEBgAYkA}@iA?{Bo@oCd@y@e@_AcA_@GaBqAuDaAqCoDjANCe@}A_BoBeDc@gD}@cBCkNaEBw@sA_EuJqB}Gq@k@qAo@qBz@k@FuDoAg@u@}@gDyAwCsA}AgAcD_AQf@XNb@OrFZpCZ`@RdAFvFZrCIlDM\PlCQmC{@rAGf@J`@n@l@FfBaCrJcAPL^ZPdCEbBNv@?b@OTeBGy@JkBbAgAvAKvDh@jAGv@Yt@b@hBlCb@ItC}BrA{AtEIBjN|@bBb@fDnBdD|A~ABd@kAOpCnDtD`A`BpA^F~@bAx@d@nCe@xBn@jA?jA|@fAXhEC~Ao@l@CrAjAzAjCz@z@jAfEDbAbB|@P?ItHtA`AV|@RpBi@fIz@b@nDhFHRO|@&server=meta.tourdata.at) Multi-day tour Circular route **Short description:** The Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail passes through 3 municipalities, from Pulgarn via Forst to St. Georgen an der Gusen, Frankenberg and Kruckenberg up to Mauthausen. This describes the section Pulgarn - Hohenstein and back. **Quality of experience:** **** **Recommended season:** - January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December **Properties:** - Loop - Multi-stage route - Scenic **Description:** From the Pulgarn train and bus stop, we walk to the Pulgarn monastery church. "Am Reichenbach" we follow the path with the green and white marking. Upon reaching Hohenstein at 526 m, 5 minutes further, past a hunting lodge, we arrive at a really beautiful rest place, the "stoanan Stubn" with benches on a striking granite rock and a good view from Luftenberg to Pfenningberg! Back to Pulgarn, we continue on the path, first a somewhat steep forest path down, first crossroad straight ahead, at the second crossroad left, and at the third crossroad with a hut left again. On the forest road we arrive after 15 minutes at the "Faschinger Rast" and continue on the Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail back to Pulgarn.**Equipment:** Hiking backpack (including rain cover), sturdy footwear**Additional information:** [ Tour and route information ](#ttgCollapseTourdetails) --------------------------------------------------------- **Starting place:** 4221 Steyregg **Destination:** 4221 Steyregg **duration:** 2h 19m **length:** 7,5 km **Altitude difference (uphill):** 274m **Altitude difference (downhill):** 274m **Lowest point:** 248m **Highest point:** 520m **difficulty:** medium **condition:** medium **panoramic view:** Great panorama **Paths covering:** Asphalt, Hiking trail **Starting point:** Pulgarn train and bus stop **Destination:** Pulgarn train and bus stop **further information:** - Multi-day tour - Circular route [ ![Altitude profile Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail Pulgarn-Hohenstein](//static.et4.de/ElevationProfileChart/Go.ashx?Experience=hoehenprofil-meta&Server=meta.tourdata.at&AddElevations=true&AddOfftrackWaypoints=false&AddSurfaces=true&AddWaypoints=false&globalid=tourdata_tour_430008159&width=355&height=250&FontSize=12&mkt=en) ![Altitude profile Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail Pulgarn-Hohenstein](//static.et4.de/ElevationProfileChart/Go.ashx?Experience=hoehenprofil-meta&Server=meta.tourdata.at&AddElevations=true&AddOfftrackWaypoints=false&AddSurfaces=true&AddWaypoints=false&globalid=tourdata_tour_430008159&width=450&height=350&mkt=en) ](#ttgHoehenprofilModal "Danube Heights Circular Hiking Trail Pulgarn-Hohenstein") [ Along the trail ](#ttgCollapseAnDerStrecke) ----------------------------------------------- ![Rastplatz Mühlviertelblick](https://assets.tourdata.at/660x495/415971/870C5DCC7CFEC9EDAC07B873C84AE524455B8593971CA638F6CBC4512B7B80EB/rastplatz-muehlviertelblick.jpg "Rastplatz Mühlviertelblick") Rastplatz Mühlviertelblick Indoor forest and carpenters... The montane beech (fir-spruce mixed) forest is the main natural forest type in the region. The tall forests look like large halls. This forest type was and is endangered by intensification of utilisation and conversion to spruce forests. Unfortunately, there are hardly any near-natural mixed forests left. One exception is the area around Linz. Large, vigorous, beech-dominated forests have been preserved here in large forest estates and farm forests. The large forests lack the historical overexploitation and thus represent valuable remnants of this forest type. The undergrowth includes woodrush, wood hawkweed and wallflower. Old-growth beech islands are important for the black woodpecker, for example, which likes to make its home in free-standing beech trees. Many wolves once roamed the Pfenningberg. The Danube legend "Der mit dem Wolf geigt" (The one who fiddles with the wolf) tells how a tailor escaped with his life one night when he encountered a wolf. 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