The path of salt - stage 4: Maxlhaid - Linz

The PATH OF SALT leads from Altaussee and Bad Aussee via Hallstatt, Bad Ischl, Ebensee, Gmunden, Stadl-Paura, Lambach, Wels, Linz, Rainbach im Mühlkreis and Bujanov to Budweis. The historical significance of this route can be seen in the horse-drawn railway stations "Engelhof" in Gmunden, "Kerschbaum" and "Bujanov" on the Czech section of the line, which are considered to be the oldest still existing railroad stations in continental Europe. These stations were built to transport salt
efficiently from the Kammergut to Bohemia.

From Maxlhaid to Marchtrenk - Heidehaus (3.5 km) (circular route Marchtrenker Friedensweg), continue via Weißkirchner Straße to Traun on the Jakobsweg to Traun Pucking power station (turn-off to VARIANTE B Enns - Ebelsberg). Continue to Ebelsberg (km 24.2) and from there along Wienerstraße to the Musiktheater and Humboldstraße to Südbahnhof (31.3 km).

RETURN 
Gasthof "Zum goldenen Hirschen", Gasthof Rainer Roitmeier, Gasthaus Herwig Mitter; all Marchtrenk; Traun & Haid: Traunerhof, Haidcenter; Ebelsberg: Restaurant Volkshaus Ebelsberg, Da Giulio; Linz Wienerstraße towards the city: Gasthaus Löwenfeld, Restaurant Rauner; Linz: www.linztourismus.at/freizeit/linz discover/gastronomy/gastronomiesuche/search
 


UNTERKUNFT
Hotel Gasthof Fischer, Gasthof "Marchtrenkerhof", both Marchtrenk; Haid: Motel Ansfelden-Haid; Ansfelden: Herzog zu Laah, Sleep Hotel Ansfelden, Gasthof Strauß (Freindorf), Brucknergut, Gasthof Hotel Stockinger, Landzeit Ansfelden Nord;
Wienerstraße towards the city: Hotel Kleinmünchen Garni, Hotel Turmfalke, ibis styles Hotel Linz;  
Linz: see www.linztourismus.at/freizeit/reise- planen/naechtigen/hotels#/unterkuenfte

POINTS OF INTEREST
Heidehaus Museum Marchtrenk, Alte Kirche - Wasserturm (Kriegsgefangenenlager 1.WK) -
Fischer(Flößer)Kapelle - Mauthaus (old Traunbrücke) - all Marchtrenk, Schloss Traun, Erlebnisbad Ansfelden, Escape Room Napoleon in Schloss Ebelsberg (castle not open to the public!), Brücke Ebelsberg (largest battle in Upper Austria, 1809, approx. 52.000 soldiers),  Linz: Ars Electronica Center, Schlossmuseum, Lentos Kunstmuseum, voestalpine Stahlwelt, Hauptplatz and Altstadt, Mariendom, Pöstlingberg, Alter Dom, Nordico Stadtmuseum, Mural Harbor, Musiktheater, Donaupark mit Bruckner-haus,  Südbahnhof Linz, Salzamt Linz, Personen-Aufsitzstation im Basdargarten (now Francisco Carolinum Linz).