The best family-friendly hikes and walks around Berndorf

The view from the Waxeneckhaus onto the Schneeberg impresses with a wide panorama of the highest mountain in Lower Austria. Especially in clear visibility, the striking plateau clearly stands out from the surrounding pre-Alpine relief. A scenic moment that makes every break up here even more special.

Berndorf-Stadt train station (J.-F.-Kennedy-Platz 1, 2560 Berndorf, Lower Austria) is the terminus of the Triestingtalbahn. The listed station building is picturesquely located next to the Triesting in the district of Baden.

Through the 5 meter wide and 7 meter high portal, one enters a level room 20 meters long, from the end of which one can ascend to the right via sinter steps to a short continuation. In the middle of the entrance room, also to the right, a horizontal passage branches off, leading 10 m north, then turning east and ending due to an artificial closure of another opening to the outside. From the southern boundary of the entrance hall, one reaches through two openings (the western one was artificially cleared, but is now again blocked by earth; in the eastern one is the upper part of an old iron ladder.) the main continuation, a steeply descending passage with varying dimensions, ending in a small hall. The cave showed beautiful calcite crystals in the form of fissure fillings, which, however – like the cave's stalactite decorations – are largely destroyed. The rare, because unstable, monohydrocalcite could be detected here.

The focus of the museum is the permanent exhibition on the life and work of the Krupp family and the development of Berndorf into an industrial city.

Arthur Krupp, fascinated by contemporary architectural history, had an Ionic columned temple with a copper roof erected in 1910 in honor of his father at the ascent to Guglzipf. The bust of Hermann Krupp was designed by the sculptor Russ and cast in bronze.

The 34 m high observation tower and the shelter, which are located at an altitude of 473 m. From here you can enjoy a wonderful view of the surrounding valleys.

The church in Lauterbach, the oldest church in the parish area, is mentioned in a document from the year 767. Berndorf is one of the oldest parishes in our diocese, to which the areas of Nussdorf (until 1683) and Perwang (until 1786) formerly belonged in their entirety. It is therefore understandable that to this day the "Unterberg" – the villages from Lauterbach to Kastenau in the Oichtental valley (municipality of Nussdorf) and Baumgarten (municipality of Perwang / Upper Austria) belong to the parish of Berndorf.

The Buglzipf (474 m) is a wooded elevation near Lindabrunn and counts among the quiet destinations in the Gutenstein Alps. Accessible via simple forest and forestry paths, it offers a pleasant tour with gentle ascents through varied mixed forest. A beautiful spot for everyone who wants to enjoy nature and silence away from the well-known routes.