Kulturlandschaftsweg Machland

Qualified hiking trail

The hiking route leads through the three market towns of Klam, Saxen and Baumgartenberg. You can start from any of the three starting points. We begin at the starting point in Klam, opposite the municipal office: After approx. 300m, turn right into the Klam gorge - the path now follows the Klam stream and leads past old mills, the former hammer mill, bizarre rock towers (Wollsack weathering) and the waterfall at Strondlmühle; after the long footbridge, a footpath turns left to the viewing platform, with wonderful views from Machland with the Danube floodplains to the foothills of the Alps and the mighty keep of Clam Castle. Back on the hiking trail, you soon reach the Red Gate with an overview board; from there, the trail leads to the Haberlmühle mill and then left through the settlement to Saxen. The parish church, the August Strindberg Museum and the Nature Information Centre are well worth a visit. At the two museums, you can stop for refreshments at the Café Buchberger and the Gasthof Böhm. The hiking trail leads to the left of the parish church to Gasthof Auer, which is also the starting point for the municipality of Saxen. Continue for approx. 500 metres above the village to Hofkirchen, where you reach a natural hollow path. In Hofkirchen you cross the B3 and the route of the Danube bank railway and after approx. 300 m you reach the edge of the Danube, a natural paradise, home to beavers and rare marsh and water birds. The path now leads back towards Saxen and the beautiful "Paradiserl", an accessible natural garden (here you can also take the train from Saxen station to Baumgartenberg). The hiking trail continues through Machland and into the resettlement village of Froschau (due to the regular flood disasters, some villages in Machland were resettled!); orchards, chapels and shrines are reminders of the former inhabitants. After approx. 1.5 km you reach Baumgartenberg with its magnificent baroque monastery church. This is also the starting point of the village. The
Klosterhof and the Gasthof zur Bierquelle invite you to take a break. The route continues along the railway line and the municipal road and at the end of the village up to Mitterholz, a little way through the forest and back down to Gasthaus Rechberger with its Celtic tree nature trail. You then cross the B3 and follow the Donausteig trail to the "Hoher Schuss" hill with a beautiful chapel and a rest area.

100 m after the chapel, the path turns right towards Amesbach, downhill to the "Grabenbauer", approx. 500 m and from there left into a beautiful forest path, approx. 700 m slightly uphill. At the Klam-Münzbach-Baumgartenberg junction, turn left into an impressive oak avenue and follow this for approx. 300 metres. At the crossroads, it is worth taking a detour to Clam Castle, with the castle museum (approx. 500 m away) and the castle tavern, located at the foot of the castle. Before the Gauning forester's lodge, turn right onto the Kirchensteig trail, which first leads through a spruce forest, then past a house
and the Klam cemetery and after a short distance you reach the market town of Klam. The path leads directly past Gasthof Fraundorfer, which also houses the Rose Room, where the Swedish poet August Strindberg lived for a time. After 50 metres on the right, we are back at the starting point.