Mariazellerbahn

En route to the peak of the Ötscher
massif (alt: 1,893m) pastures, gorges
and waterfalls will delight you. At the
top, uninterrupted vistas of impenetrable
forests, Alpine meadows and flowerfilled landscapes await. The Vordere
Tormäuer and Hintere Tormäuer gorges
– carved out of the rock by the Erlauf
river – are a sight to behold. It’s also
easy to see why the Ötscherbachgräben is sometimes referred
to as Austria’s Grand Canyon.
Lakes and waterfalls. Popular destinations for hikers
and daytrippers include the marked paths on the romantic
Hochbärneck meadowland, the Erlaufsee lake and the
Erlaufstausee reservoir, as well as the Mirafall, Trefflingfall,
Lassingfall and Schleierfall waterfalls. Full of stalactites and
stalagmites, the Ötscher Tropfsteinhöhle caves are full of
mystery. Bizarre natural phenomena line the hiking trails,
and with any luck you might even find traces of an Ötscher
bear somewhere along the way.
Mariazeller Land
Summer sun and
winter wonders
Peppered with mountains, lakes and
rivers, and home to one of Europe’s
most popular pilgrimage churches:
the one-of-a-kind Mariazeller Land.
A picture-postcard old town. Broad
town houses fan out from the beautiful
basilica, which provides the focal point
of the main square with its three striking
towers. There is always something going
on in the heart of this little town of
1,500 people.
In the midst of a magical region. An area that provides
inspiration for all the senses in summer and in winter. Scale
the dizzy heights and take in the spectacular natural scenery
on a hike or from the saddle. Go for a dip in a crystal clear
mountain lake or grab your skis and head for the Bürgeralpe.
Set in the wonderfully tranquil haven
of the Ötscher-Tormäuer Nature Park,
right next to the Mariazellerbahn railway line, this hotel is steeped in turn of
the century charm. The hotel is certified
environmentally friendly.
Information and prices:
otel Winterbach
H
Familie Reisinger
Wohlfahrtsschlag 34, 3283 St. Anton/Jessnitz
Telephone: +43 664 531 09 68
email: [email protected]
www.hotel-winterbach.at
It takes just one trip to Gösing to believe in the hotel‘s promise:
Gösing – natural – personal – tranquil
****Alpenhotel Gösing
Mariazellerbahn 4, 3221 Gösing, Austria
Telephone +43 (0)2728217
[email protected], www.goesing.at
Wonderful produce right on the hotel‘s
doorstep – discover the 48,000m2 organic
kitchen garden. The restaurant is reputed
for its local cuisine using Pielach valley
produce as well as home-grown dirndls
and wild herbs.
Just two minutes‘ walk from the station!
The “Wonders of the Narrow Gauge“
package includes:
• Trip to Mariazell and back
• Two nights accommodation with copious breakfast buffet
(gluten and lactose-free products)
• Two 6-course evening meals, certified „Grüne Haube“
wholefood cuisine
• Mostviertel produce – authentic perry-tasting session
Dogs welcome!
Naturhotel Steinschalerhof
Telephone: +43 (0) 2722 22810
email: [email protected],
www.steinschaler.at, www.steinschalerwiki.at
Rail and ramble
Special offers
• Trip along the mountain section of the Mariazellerbahn
• Four nights half board with breakfast buffet
• 1 x Winterbach Torte cake and coffee
• Info pack (hiking maps)
• Use of the solar heated outdoor pool
The extensive organic cuisine incorporates local produce, game
from the hotel‘s private forest and beef and veal from Gut Gösing
farm.
Family-run, romantic hotel.
Certified local organic cuisine.
Hotel Winterbach
he hotel has views of three stretches
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of the route, Winterbach station and
Laubenbachmühle station. An original
touch: an LGB service train shuttles
the dishes from the kitchen into the
restaurant.
The secluded Alpenhotel Gösing is located
in the hotel‘s private forest with a direct
view over the nearby Ötscher mountain. The
hotel features indoor and outdoor swimming
pools, sauna, Sanarium®, steam room, infra-red cabin,
gym and tennis courts. A range of therapeutic massages and
beauty treatments can also be booked at the hotel.
****Naturhotel
Steinschalerhof
© Hotel Winterbach
At 170km² Ötscher-Tormäuer is the
largest natural park in the whole of
Lower Austria – and for many the
most impressive too.
© Alpenhotel Gösing
Rugged beauty
****Alpenhotel Gösing –
Time for Tranquillity
All aboard!
Mariazellerbahn
www.noevog.at/mariazellerbahn
How to reach the Mariazellerbahn
Wachaubahn
www.noevog.at/wachaubahn
Reblaus Express
www.noevog.at/reblausexpress
By car
From Vienna/Linz: A1 to St. Pölten (parking available at the
park and ride near the main station or at the Alpenbahnhof)
By rail:
From Vienna/Linz: Westbahn to St. Pölten Hbf (all national
and international express trains stop in St. Pölten)
Waldviertelbahn
www.noevog.at/waldviertelbahn
Mariazellerbahn
Citybahn Waidhofen
www.noevog.at/citybahnwaidhofen
Where unspoiled nature
meets new technology.
Pielachtal
© Steinschalerhof
Naturpark Ötscher-Tormäuer
The Dirndl valley
The traditional bright red Dirndl
fruits (also known as Kornelkirschen)
symbolise the incredible richness of
the Pielachtal valley.
From its beginnings just south of St. Pölten,
the Pielachtal valley stretches across gently
rolling hills, up into the Mostviertel Alps
and onto the Naturpark Ötscher-Tormäuer.
The picturesque Pielach is one of the most
unspoiled river landscapes in the whole
of Austria.
“Pielachtal olives”
The scarlet dirndl fruits grow on the southern slopes of the
valley on fruit bushes which bathe the area in a sea of yellow
blossoms in March. The sweet-and-sour dirndls are used in
countless delicious local specialities: juices, jams, schnapps,
chocolate, cakes and mouthwatering Pielachtal olives. The
stones are also used to make dirndl necklaces and warming
dirndl stone cushions.
Wieselbus
www.noevog.at/wieselbus
Step on board the Mariazellerbahn and
travel along the Pielach valley in the
Mostviertel region, past the Ötscher
mountain and into the Mariazell region.
Schneebergbahn
www.schneebergbahn.at
Schneeberg Sesselbahn
www.schneebergsesselbahn.at
Gemeindealpe Mitterbach
www.gemeindealpe.at
www.noevog.at
NÖVOG info centre
Tel: +43 2742 360 990-99
Fax: +43 2742 360 990-20
E-mail: [email protected]
www.noevog.at/mariazellerbahn
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Plambachecker Höhe
Buchberg
621
Steubach
Meiselhöhe
Kaiserkogel
716
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Eschenau
5
Hirschkogel
(300)
Hofstetten-Grünau
www.hofstetten-gruenau.at
Ruine
Rabenstein
Rabenstein
an der Pielach
Schloss
Grünbichl
Pielachtaler Sehnsucht
Extensive outdoor bathing with natural
roßaigen
swimming lakes and event centre. Massendorf
Kettenreith Wetterlucke
Steinklamm
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station (built 1908–1911,
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1015
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Bürgeralpe
1270
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Feldhütl
Walstern
Habertheuersattel
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Mariazell
(868)
Teichmühle
Basilika
1092.
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Basilica: a pilgrimage destination for hundreds of
years.Erlaufsee: bathing lake, boat hire, hiking trails
The Bürgeralpe mountain with the Erlebniswelt
Holzknechtland discovery park and museum
tramway streetcar to the Erlaufsee lake
Schwarzkogel
www.mariazeller-land.at
21
1365
www.museumstramway.at
Halltal
Köckensttl.
The Exhibition of Lower Austria will also be taking place
in Neubruck, in the former manor of pioneer and
mastermind, Andreas Töpper. This part of the exhibition
will illustrate progress and inventions connected to the
Ötscher mountains through individual biographies.
Krumbachsattel
Mariazell
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Josefsberg
Wienerbruck is just a 40-minute train ride away on board
the Himmelstreppe. Wienerbruck‘s Nature Park is the
perfect place for a hike to discover more of the Alps under
your own steam.
extended in winter 2013/14 and includes a snow
park, a timed speed-check run, a free-ride area and
two ski tour trails. Two modern chairlifts bring you up
the 1,626m high Gemeindealpe peak. The Gemeindealpe is one of the most popular panoramic mountains
Ulreichsberg
(878)
in the
foothills of the Alps. Summer is great for
speeding down to the valley in mountain go-karts!
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(795)
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8 Bhf.
1626
(1015)
Erlaufklause
Hike from Erlaufklause to Wienerbruck
via the Ötschergräben gorge
Tirolerkogel
Wienerbruck 6
Erlaufklause
Hst.
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Herrgott Gemeindealpe
Wienerbruck
Mitterbach/Gemeindealpe
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Hausstein Alpine farming museum
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1030
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station, visitors
(878)
Walster- can get a real taste of the mountains –
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Ursprung
both in summer and winter! The ski resort was
Erlaufstausee
1489
The new operations centre in Laubenbachmühle can
be easily reached from St. Pölten on the Mariazellerbahn
railway. The centre‘s depot, with its impressive
architecture, will be home to an exhibition bringing
the natural and cultural worlds of the Alps together.
Outdoor climbing centre with climbing wall
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In 2015, the Mariazellerbahn will be in the spotlight
during the Exhibition of Lower Austria 2015:
„ÖTSCHER:REICH – Die Alpen und wir“ (LAND OF THE
ÖTSCHER – The Alps and Us) is the name of the
exhibition, which will be held in Frankenfels, Wienerbruck
and Neubruck from 25th April to 1st November 2015.
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786
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model railway museum
In the station: brings the 30km mountain section
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with 16 tunnels, nine viaducts and seven
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bridges. Including railway shop.
Opening hours:A
Sun 13–16 and by prior arrangement.
Telephone: +43 (0)2722 7309 www.mzb-modellbahnmuseum.at
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952
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Starting point for hikes in the
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baptism church
(356)
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Weinburg
572
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Rotheau
www.rabenstein.gv.at
Klafterbrunn
(332)
Home to one of Austria’s newest
climbing therapy centres, just a
few minutes’ walk from the station:
www.tkzweinburg.eu.
Greenhorn Hill – a village like in a Western!
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HofstettenGrünau 623
(317)
(274)
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Am Sulzbichl
Sulzbichl
A leisurely trip aboard the slow
Brandeben
Turmkogel
train leaves the station bound for
1246
Brandgegend
the Sulzbichl and Erlaufboden gates
to the Naturpark Ötscher Tormäuer.Nestelberg
Timetable at www.puchenstuben.at
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With a quirky miniature LGB
service train and the popular
Winterbach Torte cake.
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Laubenbachmühle operations centre
The new operations centre at Laubenbachmühle – comprising
station, depot and workshop – has now become the core of the
Mariazellerbahn railway. Guided tours for groups are bookable
from summer 2014. The bistro shop will not only sell food and
drink, but also local Pielach valley produce, souvenirs and train
tickets.
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Panorama carriages – the Himmelstreppe highlight!
The four panorama carriages will be in service on this section
of the line from summer 2014. These carriages with panoramic
windows afford passengers an excellent view over the
surrounding countryside.
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Lower Austria 2015
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Schlagerboden
St. Anton
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Dietmannsdorf
Gärtenberg
Laubenbachmühle
Wies
Karrotte
Bhf.
Operations centre
New station, tourist information portal,
bistro shop, guided tours
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Ochsenburg
Hst.
Original roundhouse
Mühlgang
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Schloss
Draxelhofer Höhe
Prinzersdorf
next to the station
Ochsenburg
Rasthaus
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(252)
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Restored original trains: the legendary
S34 proj.
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Mh. 6 steam locomotive dating back
an der Pielach
Rudolfshöhe
St. Georgen
Schloss
Ebersdorfer
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am Steinfelde
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to 1908 is still in occasional service to
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Poppendorf
Flugfeld
this day! Heritage listed roundhouse.
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wooden narrow-gauge turntable.
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Open on weekdays.
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Grafendorf
Zehethofer Höhe
Geschirrmuseum
608
Visitors must book ahead by phone,
St. Margarethen
(734)
an der Sierning
on +43 664 553 24 71.
Mh. 6 rail club
www.mh6.at
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Gerersdorf
The Himmelstreppe has been operating on the Mariazell railway
since 5th September 2013, providing passengers with greater
comfort. The Himmelstreppe‘s low-level carriage floor and wide
doors makes it a comfortable, modern and passenger-friendly
means of transport.
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(298)
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Edited and published by:
NÖVOG (Niederösterreichische Verkehrsorganisationsgesellschaft m. b. H.).
Photos: www.weinfranz.at, Gabriele Moser, Knoll, Schendl, Baireder, NÖVOG,
Magistrat St. Pölten, Destination Mostviertel, associated organisations.
Concept, text and design: Heavystudios, St. Pölten.
Subject to errors and misprints.