Psalms' Way

Beautiful hike with wonderful views of the Bohemian Forest vacation area.
Marking: white aluminium signs, black lettering 
Alternative starting point: Mosthütte snack station (300 m from the trail).

0 km  You start at Dreispitz at the beginning of the Way of the Cross to the Maria Trost pilgrimage church and walk in the opposite direction on the high path towards the Pestsäule (the slope to the right drops down to the route of the Mühlkreisbahn). At the road junction with the plague column, we cross the road over the Pfaffenberg and continue along a meadow path to the ...

550 m Liberation Cross (erected to commemorate the withdrawal of the Russian occupying forces in 1955). Continue along the meadow path to ...

780 m 2nd plague column. Here we follow the path to the right, downhill, cross the tracks of the Mühlkreisbahn railway and turn right onto the path leading along the forest. This field path ends at the railway crossing on the road towards Klingreit. We cross the railway track and immediately turn left towards the forest. At the beginning of the forest, the tarmac house access road joins a forest road.
The route continues on this road through the Bergerwald forest. At the edge of the forest, the path turns right uphill and leads out of the forest after a short ascent (approx. 300 m detour to the Mosthütte snack station). We stay at the edge of the forest and turn right uphill towards the ...

2.7 km 3rd plague column. After a few steps, we follow the path back into the forest and shortly afterwards branch off from the wide path onto a narrow path on the right. We are now on one of the oldest pilgrimage routes on the mountain. Past the Holy Sepulchre, the Maria Schnee Chapel and the Maria Hilf Chapel, we reach the steps that lead to the destination of the Psalm Trail, the ...

3.0 km Maria Trost pilgrimage church. The Maria Trost church was built on the remains of the first Berger castle in fulfilment of a vow. As we walk around the church, we can see the weaving village of Haslach an der Mühl between the trees. 

3.4 km  The road downhill takes us back to the starting point. 

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