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Roßleithen

Pießling Spring (karst spring) – View of Lake Gleinkersee loop from Roßleithen

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Bezirk Kirchdorf

Roßleithen

Pießling Spring (karst spring) – View of Lake Gleinkersee loop from Roßleithen

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Pießling Spring (karst spring) – View of Lake Gleinkersee loop from Roßleithen

02:14

7.55km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 29, 2026

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2.33 km

Schröckenfux Scythe Works

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Impressive company premises with history, educational trail, and solar and hydroelectric power plants.

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2.57 km

Roßleithen Watermill and Scythe Works

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Refreshing air, interesting history of the production of scythe with possibility of viewing the production on application.

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2.63 km

Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Pießling

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3.40 km

Pießling Spring (karst spring)

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The Pießling spring is one of the strongest karst springs in Austria, which could meet the water needs of several hundred thousand people on summer days.

This description from Wikipedia should also be added that bathing in the spring is life-threatening due to the strong suction effect, despite the apparently calm water.

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3.70 km

Pießling Stream and Waterfall

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In midsummer it is certainly pleasant here

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5.41 km

View of Großer and Kleiner Pyhrgas

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A great view of the mountains, summer and winter, lg Crawallo

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5.48 km

View of Lake Gleinkersee

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Nice excursion around the Gleinkersee or further to the Dümlerhütte, with the possibility of camping or just sitting comfortably in the restaurant or in the guest garden, with a view of the lake, lg Crawallo

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6.14 km

View of Lake Gleinkersee

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Beautiful path around the lake. Also possible with a stroller.

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7.55 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.56 km

2.16 km

1.01 km

817 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.86 km

1.20 km

857 m

674 m

595 m

364 m

Elevation

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Highest point (830 m)

Lowest point (690 m)

Weather

Wednesday 29 July

33°C

17°C

0 %

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Comments

August 12, 2022,Pießling Ursprung und Gleinkersee

ATTENTION: Due to the risk of rockfall, access to the "Pießling Ursprung" spring is closed for an indefinite period! (Aug 2022)

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June 2, 2025,Wasserkraftwerk – Wildromantik am Pießling Runde von Roßleithen

A wonderful tour, a must-do. 👍👌👍👌👍

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August 5, 2022,Zum Pießling-Ursprung und Gleinkersee - Tour 35

There is also the video for the tour here:

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July 11, 2025,Rundwanderung von Roßleithen zum Pießlingursprung und zum Gleinkersee

An idyllic circular hike from Roßleithen, with its source of the Prießling spring and Gleinkersee lake. The tour leads through the grounds of the "Schröckenfux" scythe factory (with its impressive history), through picturesque forests and pastures. At the Gleinkersee lake, there's an excellent place to stop for refreshments with a terrace and mountain panorama.

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November 18, 2021,Pießling Ursprung - Gleinkersee

Again one of our standard rounds recorded

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May 30, 2024,Gleinkersee

The Gleinkersee is a mountain lake in Upper Austria in the municipality of Spital am Pyhrn, at the northern foot of the Totes Gebirge. The name refers to the Benedictine monastery of Gleink near Steyr, the owner of the lake in the Middle Ages.

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August 6, 2025,Bergtour auf den Klammberg - (ausgehend vom Gleinkersee)

The Klammberg (945 m) and the Pießling spring – an incredibly idyllic path, a picturesque summit, and the impressive masses of water at the spring's source – make this route a special highlight. Beautiful views of Windischgarsten, the Sengsengebirge, the Warscheneckstock, and the Haller Mauern mountains make it an absolute pleasure hike.

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August 12, 2023,Rondje vanuit Roßleithen: Gleinkersee – Pießling Ursprung

Today a temperature of 30°C is expected, so we set off at 9 am. Then it's 18°C and by the time we're done with the walk the temperature has already risen to 27°C 🥵.
But it was a nice walk from the Gleinkersee to Pießling Ursprung and back.
Tomorrow we leave beautiful Austria and then stay a few more days …

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Pießling Spring (karst spring) – View of Lake Gleinkersee loop from Roßleithen

Schröckenfux Scythe Works

Roßleithen Watermill and Scythe Works

Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Pießling

Pießling Spring (karst spring)

Pießling Stream and Waterfall

View of Großer and Kleiner Pyhrgas

View of Lake Gleinkersee

View of Lake Gleinkersee

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