Discover Wolfern: Fairy-Tale Trail, Culture and Cycling Route

Wolfern combines special hiking experiences with history, sacred culture and a cycling route through the town. Anyone looking for a mixture of activity and discovery during their trip will find various options here: a fairy-tale trail, an exercise circuit, a radio museum, historic buildings and the Traunviertel Tour. This allows you to plan your days in different ways and base your search for a suitable holiday apartment or holiday house in Wolfern on your personal priorities.

Hiking, Balancing and Cycling

The Wolfern Fairy-Tale Trail is a special hiking trail. It starts at the market square opposite Café Lichtblick, near Kirchenplatz 3 by the maypole gap. This specific starting point helps you incorporate the trail into your daily plans without structuring your entire stay around a single activity.

The exercise circuit by the outdoor pool offers another opportunity for physical activity. It has an outdoor fitness area with seven pieces of equipment and also includes a balance course for children. This provides different forms of physical activity side by side: adults can use the fitness area, while the balance course offers a separate focus for younger visitors.

Cyclists can also include Wolfern in their plans. The Traunviertel Tour is a cycle route that passes through Wolfern. On the fourth stage, the route leads along the Über-Drüber-Landpartie to Wolfern and Gleink. Anyone who prefers a set cycling stage as the theme of the day instead of a hiking trail will find another way to structure their trip here.

Radio History and Historic Places

The Wolfern Radio Museum traces the development of radio receivers. For visitors interested in culture, it offers a different approach to the town’s history than the historic buildings and sacred spaces. The Maria Laah pilgrimage church was first mentioned in documentary records as early as 1212. Its history is complemented by a special detail: the spring by the pilgrimage church rises directly beneath the church altar and is channelled into a well chapel. The chancel of the Maria Laah pilgrimage church dates from the Late Gothic period.

Losensteinleiten Castle also has several historical milestones that are clearly distinct from one another. The present-day castle was built by Bernhard von Losenstein in 1515. Between 1550 and 1570, Losensteinleiten Castle was enlarged by Georg Achaz von Losenstein. The mausoleum of the Princes of Auersperg acquired its present form through the Auersperg family in 1910 and 1911.

A Circular Trail with a Historic Starting Point

The Hagleithen Forest Theme Trail is a 1.8 km circular trail. It begins at the mausoleum of the Princes of Auersperg and ends there as well. This combination of a clearly named starting and finishing point and a stated, manageable distance makes the trail a distinct option among Wolfern’s experiences. You can distinguish between a short circular trail, the Fairy-Tale Trail, the exercise circuit and a stage of the Traunviertel Tour, depending on which focus is most important for your day of travel.

Finding the Right Accommodation for Your Stay

When searching for a holiday apartment or holiday house in Wolfern, it is worth first deciding what kind of trip you want. If hiking trails and physical activity are the main focus, you can use the Wolfern Fairy-Tale Trail, the exercise circuit and the Hagleithen Forest Theme Trail as guides for your planning. If you are more interested in history and culture, the Wolfern Radio Museum, the Maria Laah pilgrimage church, Losensteinleiten Castle and the mausoleum of the Princes of Auersperg offer different themes for your days. The Traunviertel Tour adds a cycling route through Wolfern to this selection.

If you would like to compare destination pages beyond Wolfern, you can find Bad Hall, Waldneukirchen, Steyr, Laussa, Aschach An Der Steyr, Reichraming, Schiedlberg and Gaflenz here.

For the higher-level travel overview: Steyr-Land.