Bernhardiweg - Stage 1: Stift Zwettl - Jagenbach
Hiking tour Starting from Stift Zwettl
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 28,22 km
- Duration: 7:00 h
- Ascent: 284 m elevation gain
- Descent: 221 m elevation gain
Zwettl Abbey - Oberstrahlbach - Sallingstadt - Schweiggers - Jagenbach
- Starting point of the tour
- Stift Zwettl
- Tour destination
- Jagenbach
- Difficulty: Difficult
- Distance: 28,22 km
- Duration: 7:00 h
- Ascent: 284 m elevation gain
- Descent: 221 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:6/6
- Overall experience:5/6
- Scenery:5/6
- Lowest point515 m
- Highest point666 m
- Stage tour
Zwettl Abbey - Oberstrahlbach - Sallingstadt - Schweiggers - Jagenbach
The Bernhardiweg is a pilgrimage route in the Waldviertel, Lower Austria, named after St. Bernhard of Clairvaux. It connects several historical and spiritual places and invites you to discover the rich history and scenic beauty of the region.
Make sure that your chosen route matches your fitness level. Check whether the gastronomy businesses you want to visit along the way are open. Pack your charged mobile phone and map material into your backpack.
Sturdy footwear, functional clothing, sun and rain protection, maps, if applicable telescopic poles, first aid kit (blister plasters), sufficient provisions (snack, muesli bars, fruit, water).
Stift Zwettl - Oberstrahlbach
The detailed route description from Stift Zwettl to Oberstrahlbach can be found here: https://www.zwalk.at/bernhardiweg-stift-zwettl-oberstrahlbach/Oberstrahlbach - Sallingstadt
The detailed route description from Oberstrahlbach to Sallingstadt can be found here: https://www.zwalk.at/bernhardiweg-oberstrahlbach-sallingstadt/Sallingstadt - Schweiggers
The detailed route description from Sallingstadt to Schweiggers can be found here: https://www.zwalk.at/bernhardiweg-sallingstadt-schweiggers/Schweiggers - Jagenbach
The detailed route description from Schweiggers to Jagenbach can be found here: https://www.zwalk.at/bernhardiweg-schweiggers-jagenbach/Find the best and fastest way to the starting point of the route through the route planner: https://www.google.at/maps
All information about all bus and train lines to the Waldviertel can be found at www.vor.at or at www.oebb.at.
Recommended period
Waldviertel Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43 2822 54109
(E) info@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at/pilgern-bernhardiweg
Letzte Änderung: 25 Mar 2026