Hohe Wand Nature Park - Witch's Forest

Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be a completely enjoyable and safe experience. Please therefore pay attention to the following:

Preparation

Make sure when choosing the route that it matches your experience and fitness. Check the weather report in advance. The weather in the mountains can change surprisingly quickly. Always set out appropriately equipped (e.g. rain protection).

Check if the hut and snack stations you want to visit on the way are open. Inform someone about your choice of route and your planned return before you start.

Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes adapted to the route, bring sun and rain protection, as well as water and a snack. Take your mobile phone with you and save the emergency number of the mountain rescue: 140

The path starts at the petting zoo. We continue to the village square/Köhlerplatz and then follow the signpost "Witch's Forest" to the right. At the passage with the colorful stones, our hike through the Witch's Forest begins. Now it's the children's turn, because the colorful stones show the way, which leads crisscross through the forest. With some luck, we even find the secret of the Witch's Forest, the gingerbread house, and the Bromberg witch...

Nature Park Center - Animal enclosure parking lot, Kleine Kanzelstraße 241, 2724 Hohe Wand

From Vienna

1) A2 – exit Wöllersdorf – turn right B21 towards Gutenstein – turn off to Dreistetten – Muthmannsdorf – Emmerberg – Gaaden – Stollhof – year-round over Bergstraße onto the plateau of the Hohe Wand
2) A2 – exit Wiener Neustadt West – Weikersdorf – Winzendorf – Emmerberg – Gaaden – Stollhof – Hohe Wand

From Graz

3) From Neunkirchen – Würflach – Willendorf – Höflein – Zweiersdorf – Maiersdorf – Hohe Wand

Take the Southern Railway from Vienna or Graz to Wr. Neustadt – change to the regional train towards Puchberg am Schneeberg to Winzendorf – change to the bus to Maiersdorf, junction Hohe Wand Straße from where you can hike to the Hohe Wand in about 1 hour via various ascents.

Or change in Wiener Neustadt towards Puchberg am Schneeberg – exit Grünbach am Schneeberg – via the blue-marked Grafenberg trail in about 1.5 hours to the plateau at the Wilhelm Eicherthütte.

You can also take the Gutensteinerbahn (from Wr. Neustadt station) to Oberpiesting or Waldegg and approach the Hohe Wand from the back side.

More information at www.oebb.at and www.vor.at

Children love this hike :-)