Katzenburg Tour

From Planai stadium at Planai gondola you follow Augasse and pass by congress Schladming and hotel Falkensteiner until you reach the Rechte Ennsau road right next to the river Enns. Make a left, walk up to the street and cross over the bridge to restaurant Zirngast where you also cross the railway. Make a left there and follow the trail up to Hochstraße road and on to Ramsauerstraße road. Follow the side walk (ascending to the right) for about 100 m until you reach the turn-off of Waldstraße road (on the left side of the road).

At the end of Waldstraße road (at the barrier) you make a right and follow trail n° 13. This trail ascends fairly steep to the plateau of Ramsau and crosses Ramsauerstraße two times. Near pension "Adlerhorst" you reach flatter terrain again. You pass by the pension and follow Buchenweg road just before Reiterhof farm. The trail to the remains of castle Katzenburg turns off at the end of the paved road. From the ruins (only a few walls remain today) you take the same way back to Buchenweg road and make a right there. You follow the trail for about 30 minutes until you reach the turn-off to Schladming.

Now the trail descends and crosses Leitenstraße road before you reach the houses of Nußdörfl and continue towards Untere Klaus. At the Skihandelsschule business school you cross the railroad again and continue to Enns river. Make a right and follow the river towards the center. At the pedestrian bridge cross over the river and follow the trail past congress Schladming back to Planai stadium where you started. 

Possibilities for a snack

Restaurant Freischwimmer, Sporthotel Royer, Restaurant Zirngast

POIs

Ruins of castle Katzenburg - some walls of the former castle "Statteneck" still remain.

Todays remains of castle Katzenburg (formerly castle "Statteneck") were the center of a battle between the archbishop of Salzburg Rudolv von Hoheneck and the Styrian Duke Albrecht I. The battle was about land holding, but also about the attempt of Salzburg to extend its territory beyond Mandling. The castle had an important function at this time: its extend, the safe location with the wide view over the valley (from Mandling to Aich) made it a stronghold in this area - together with castle Säusenstein on the opposite side of the valley (remains at Hotel Rohrmooser Schlößl). The castle is first documented in the year 1286.

In the town the Citybus connects to Planai stadium. From Rohrmoos the buses of Planai-Hochwurzen, and from Ramsau the buses of Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe connect to Planai stadium.

• Planai-Hochwurzen buses (including Citybus): www.planaibus.at
• Ramsauer Verkehrsbetriebe buses: www.rvb.at

General tourism information: www.schladming.com

Info about buses: www.rvb.at

360° drone images

Get yourself an overview with our 360° drone images:

• View over Untere Klaus: https://vonoben.schladming-dachstein.at/sommer/index.php?S=219

• Hiking map ‘Hiking WEST’ available at the information offices in the region.
• Schladming hiking map, 1:25,000, available at the Schladming information office.
• Hiking map Schladming-Dachstein, 1:50,000, available at the information offices in the region.
• Hiking guide Schladming-Dachstein by Herbert Raffalt, available at the information offices in the region.