Hiking Tour "Doerferrunde"

On the village circuit, you can enjoy wonderful views of Lake Attersee and pure nature on the section of the trail through the Reinthaler Moos nature reserve! If visibility is good, you can see the summit of the Dachstein, the highest mountain in Upper Austria, around 50 kilometres away! The hike is only suitable for children to a limited extent, as the path is partly on roads. The easy trail is sufficiently signposted ("Dörferrunde") and marked (red-white-red).


Start this short hike at the railway station in the municipality of Attersee am Attersee (4864 Attersee, Nußdorferstraße 8). From the railway station, keep to the left-hand side of the railway line on a sunny hiking trail that leads gently uphill. After around a quarter of an hour's walk, you will reach the "Neuhofen - Bienenhof" stop on the Atterseebahn railway. A detour to the Bienenhof is recommended. Otherwise, follow the hiking trail along the railway line to the Palmsdorf district. From this section of the trail, you can see the summit of the Dachstein when visibility is good to the south. At the railway crossing, turn left on the road until you reach a crossroads with a small rest area after approx. 100 metres. Follow the signposts to the left again. After a few metres, you can consider stopping at the cider tavern "Zum Hoangarten". Otherwise, follow the little-used road straight ahead until you reach the village of Abtsdorf after approx. 1 km. Next to the fire station you will find another rest area and two protected lime trees. After a few minutes, you will come to the hotel and Gasthof Hemetsberger and the village square. Next to the village square is a crossroads where the roads lead left to Attersee and straight on to Altenberg. Keep straight on until you reach the pilgrimage church "Zum heiligen Laurentius". Now turn left towards the church.
We recommend that you take a look inside the late Gothic parish church. The building is known for its ribbed vaulting. The pulpit and altars were created by the Mondsee baroque sculptor Meinrad Guggenbichler. With a bit of luck, you might be able to buy black storm candles, which many locals still light today during severe storms!
After visiting the church, the hiking trail leads you past the church on the right until you cross the road to Attersee again. From Abtsdorf, you have particularly beautiful views of the picturesque Attersee. From here, another beautiful hiking trail begins down into the Reinthaler Moor, or moss. Please make sure you stay on the marked path in the forest and moor[MM1]  and enjoy the tranquillity of nature here! When you leave the forest, you come to a narrow tarmac road, which you follow for about 400 metres until you reach a small crossroads. Turn left again here, walk past the campsite and immediately after the campsite take the path back to the train station.
From Attersee train station it is only a two or three-minute walk to the centre of Attersee. Here you have numerous opportunities to stop for a bite to eat, play a game of minigolf or hire a boat for a short tour. You will also find the landing stage for the Attersee boat service on the beautiful lakeside promenade.

Refreshment stops along the way:
Mostschenke "Zum Hoangarten", Palmsdorf
Gasthof Hemetsberger, Abtsdorf

You start this short hike at the train station in the municipality of Attersee am Attersee. From there you walk along the railroad tracks in the direction of Palmsdorf. Here you pass directly by the Bienenhof. After a while you come to a crossing road, where you turn left and a little later you reach the center of Palmsdorf. There you can stop at the "Zum Hoangarten" cider tavern.

Then continue on the village road to Abtsdorf and enjoy a magnificent view of the picturesque Attersee and the surrounding mountains. Here you can take a look at the late Gothic parish church "Zum Heiligen Laurentius", which impresses with its net-ribbed vault. The pulpit as well as the altars are by the Mondsee baroque sculptor Meinrad Guggenbichler.
In Abtsdorf you also have the opportunity to strengthen yourself, such as in the Hemetsberger Inn.
Back to Attersee you now pass through the nature reserve Reinthaller Moos, which offers habitat for special species with its lime tuff springs and orchid-beech forests. The vegetation is dominated by the black button rush, one of the rarest plant species around Attersee. Lilywort, marshwort, swallow-wort gentian and Traunstein orchid also thrive here.

As soon as you arrive at the first houses in the village of Attersee, you have to go straight on for a bit and turn left at the crossroads in the direction of the Wimroither-Mühle campsite. After passing the campsite, we finally reach our starting point again at the train station.

REFRESHMENT POSSIBILITY:
"Zum Hoangarten" cider tavern, Palmsdorf
Hemetsberger Inn, Abtsdorf