Details for: Mank Pilgrimage Path
Brief description
The pilgrimage path leads mainly on field paths from the center of the city of St. Pölten to Mank. At first, you are on the Pilachtal pilgrimage path and then partly continue on Roman roads towards Mank. Along many sections of the path, you can see the Ötscher and the impressive mountain panorama of the Alpine foothills. The path passes chapels inviting meditative pauses.
Description
A prayer walk to Mank
The plague of today comes from the exhaust pipe. However, those who go on foot on a pilgrimage to Mank do not spread plague, although they are on a medieval prayer walk against it. Clergy advised the people of St. Pölten during plague times to pilgrimage to the Virgin Mary at "Mank am grünen Anger" to pray for help. This created an old connection between St. Pölten and Mank, which today also finds its expression elsewhere: in the "Sweet Corner," a confectionery here as well as there. From afar, the 43.5-meter high church tower in Mank shines with its distinctive onion dome. The three-aisled hall church was begun around 1400. The largest bell is called Heart of Jesus and weighs 1,675 kilos.
Starting point of the tour
Cathedral Square St. Pölten
Destination point of the tour
Mank
Route description Mank Pilgrimage Path
Cathedral St. Pölten - Town Hall - Hafinger Way - Teufelhof - Schwadorf - Matzersdorf to the Pielach - Ebersdorf - Feilendorf - Saudorf - St. Margarethen - Unterradl - Schlatzendorf - Scharagraben - Kälberhart - Loipersdorf (stone Snake Cross, donated by St. Pölten) - Mank.
The route follows marking 455 up to the Farthof in the Pielach valley and partially runs on the Roman road (651) from St. Margarethen to Mank.
Directions
To St. Pölten by Westbahn or via the A1.
Parking
Park & Ride (behind the station)
Westbahn, ÖBB
Author's tip
Enjoy the return trip to St. Pölten with the narrow-gauge railway "Krump'n" – better known as "the most beautiful track through the Alpine foothills".
