The Seiber is a mountain near Weissenkirchen in Lower Austria.

Market square
Market square

For this hike you will need approximately three hours. You start it at the market square of Weissenkirchen.

Municipal office
Municipal office

From there you walk to the Rathaus (Municipal office) that has been built in the 16th century.

Seiberstrasse
Seiberstrasse

From there you walk up the Seiberstrasse.

L78
L78

After leaving the dwelling area you reach the L78 main road that is also called "Seiberstrasse" or "Seibererstrasse" and turn right into it.

Markings
Markings

You can follow the white-green-white markings.

After 590 meters you have to turn right and walk on a paved road in the wood, still following the white-green-white markings.

Güterweg Seiber
Güterweg Seiber

At the crossing you turn right into the "Güterweg Seiber".

Crossing
Crossing

Then you come to another crossing. At this crossing you see a wayside cross. Here you have tu walk straight ahead.

L78
L78

After a walk through vineyards and woodland you come to the L78 again, cross it and walk straight ahaed into the wood.

L78
L78

You will soon come to the L78 again, turn left into it and after 180 meters turn right into the wood.

Weisses Kreuz
Weisses Kreuz

The path through the wood is more or less parallel to the L78. You will pass by a wayside shrine called "Weisses Kreuz" ("White cross").

L7095
L7095

The path through the wood ends at the L7095. You turn right into this main road and continue walking upwards.

Am Seiber
Am Seiber

Soon you reach a hamlet called "Am Seiber".

At the bend you walk straight ahead.

View on the Danube river
View on the Danube river

On your left you will have a wonderful view on the Danube river.

Marking
Marking

Then you walk back to the L809, turn left into it. Soon you will see this junction box. Here you have to turn right. For walking back you have to follow the white-blue-white markings.

Schutzhaus am Seiber
Schutzhaus am Seiber

You will pass by the "Schutzhaus am Seiber". This house used to be a shelter house and mountain inn. Unfortunately it was closed years ago.

The way through the wood is sometimes not easy to find. Please continue following the white-blue-white markings. I also recommend using a GPS for hiking and following the paths of OpenStreetMap. Other paths are not so exact on this mountain!

L78
L78

The path leads to the L78, but you have to turn into the path turning off left just right before the main road.

View from ”Taberreith”
View from "Taberreith"

But I recommend to walk up the L78 to the parking space "Taberreith" which is about 150 meters walking distance away from you. From this parking space you have a really amazing view on Weissenkirchen.

But now back to the hiking trail which soon will leave the woodland and into the vineyards.

Way through the vineyards
Way through the vineyards

The way down through the vineyards is steep but you have an amazing view on the Danube river again.

Crossing
Crossing

At the second crossing you turn left and leave the marked paths.

Wood
Wood

Soon you will come into a wood again.

View on Weissenkirchen
View on Weissenkirchen

Before entering the wood you should for a last time enjoy a wonderful view on Weissenkirchen.

L7094
L7094

The way ends at the L7094 main road in that you turn right. The road follows a stream called "Grubbach".

Cholerakreuz
Cholerakreuz

You pass by the Cholerakreuz. This wayside cross was erected in 1863 to thank God for preventing Weissenkirchen from a Cholera epidemic.

Weissenkirchen
Weissenkirchen

On the L7094 you walk back to Weissenkirchen. 

Market square
Market square

Now you just have to follow the road to come back to the market square.

A detailled description in German language with a lot of photos and a map can be viewd on Weinbergwandern.at!

GPS data is available here