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View of Hochosterwitz Castle – Hochosterwitz Castle loop from St. Veit a. d. Glan West

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Carinthia

View of Hochosterwitz Castle – Hochosterwitz Castle loop from St. Veit a. d. Glan West

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View of Hochosterwitz Castle – Hochosterwitz Castle loop from St. Veit a. d. Glan West

02:23

34.8km

420m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.66 km

Längsee

Highlight • Lake

There is a nice lido and places to eat by the lake.

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View of Längsee from the Abbey

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12.0 km

Maria Wolschart Pilgrimage Church

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Maria Wolschart, located east of the Carinthian federal highway in the middle of the once feared Wolschart forest, is a small pilgrimage church. The location, which today consists of two houses and the church, was first mentioned in documents in 1458 as "Woleschart". This name is probably derived from an old German word that means something like "wolf forest".

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25.1 km

View of Hochosterwitz Castle

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The mountain cone, which is particularly suitable for a large and solid castle complex, rises completely freely from a gently undulating plain. The road, secured by 14 gates, circles around it in multiple turns at a comfortable incline, bridges deep ravines, leans against skilfully carved rock walls, widens out to form weapons positions until it reaches the main castle crowning the mountain peak.

A second staircase, called the Fool's Path, leads over the steep and rocky western slope of the mountain cone, is partially carved into the rock and allows access to the actual castle without touching the gates of the road.

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26.8 km

Hochosterwitz Castle

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The fortifications of the Burgweg with 14 large gate structures leading in several turns through the rocky terrain to the top are characteristic and interesting from a fortress point of view. This road overcomes deeper rock notches at a moderate incline, occasionally leads along carved rock walls or widens to weapon sites until it reaches the main castle. A second approach, called the Narrensteig, leads up the steep, rocky western slope, is partly carved into the rock and leads into the castle without touching the gates of the main path. This access was blocked off by a defensive transverse wall erected at the lowest part with a few additions that no longer exist today. Both defensible approaches existed in earlier times, as reported by the 13th-century chronicler Unrest.

Due to its age, the castle can be found both as a medieval fortress and as a fortress in the modern sense. A document from 1388 mentions the original design, consisting of a square tower or keep, the adjoining living quarters (palas), the small castle chapel and protective walls with battlements (wintperge) and embrasures, when the crossbow was still the main weapon. The actual core of the complex, the stronghold, is an independent defense body that includes older parts. The gates, partly in red sandstone, partly in green chlorite slate and enriched with white limestone or marble, are noteworthy as Mannerist architecture.

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27.2 km

View of Hochosterwitz Castle

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In one of the most beautiful valleys in Carinthia, a 150 meter high limestone cliff rises, which can be seen from all the surrounding mountains and hills. The mountains of Friesach and the Gurktal, the Ulrichsberg, the Magdalensberg, the Gerlitzen and the Villacher Alpe, part of the Karawanken, the highlands of the Duchy of St. Veit and the numerous nearby castles and ruins (such as Mansberg, Taggenbrunn, the Kraiger castles , Nussberg, Liebenberg, Liebenfels and Karlsberg) are part of the view offered to visitors from Hochosterwitz Castle.

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33.4 km

View of Burg Taggenbrunn

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Taggenbrunn Castle, first mentioned in 1142 and documented in 1157, was built in the 12th century by Tageno von Pongau for the Archdiocese of Salzburg.

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End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

21.4 km

4.94 km

4.26 km

3.88 km

252 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.3 km

12.5 km

3.20 km

2.30 km

337 m

< 100 m

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Highest point (620 m)

Lowest point (460 m)

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View of Hochosterwitz Castle – Hochosterwitz Castle loop from St. Veit a. d. Glan West