Schild: Munterlinde, Hiking Trails and the S13 Cycling Tour

The Munterlinde near Schild is a natural monument in Upper Austria. Hiking and cycling routes provide additional ways to find your bearings during a stay, with different points of reference: there are marked hiking trails around Schenkenfelden, while the S13 Ottenschlag Loop cycling tour passes through Schild towards Reichenau im Mühlkreis. This places a natural monument, hiking orientation in the municipality and a named cycling tour side by side as distinct points of interest.

Hiking map and described trails

In the municipality of Schenkenfelden, hikers can collect a free copy of the “Mühlviertler Sterngartl Hiking Map” at the Schenkenfelden municipal office during citizen service hours. The marked hiking trails around Schenkenfelden are designated in coordination with neighbouring municipalities. If you would like to collect the map, plan your visit around the citizen service hours; collecting it is a separate step in your planning.

One described route for hiking trail 97 leads from Lichtenstein through the forest to Grasbach. On a hike on 30 May 2025, the trail passed along the Wasserscheideweg, by the Hofstadler farm in Schild, and continued to Steinschild. Another route for hiking trail 97 described in 2025 leads from Schild 12 via Schild 2 and Schild 11 to the Munterlinde. The two sequences name different destinations and intermediate points: one ends at Grasbach, the other reaches the Munterlinde via the specified Schild locations. Check the local trail markers for trail 97 before setting out.

A route for hiking trail 65 dated 24 February 2016 continues along the Schenkenfelderstraße after the section near Schild. In one described route, the Sterngartl Loop ends before the onward route through Liebenschlag follows hiking trail 31. Another described section of the Sterngartl Loop passes via Schild 4 and Schild 5, continuing along the Sterngartl Loop and hiking trail 65 to Steinschild. The hiking information can thus be distinguished by trail name and the locations named for each route: a sequence of locations describes where a particular route leads, while the trail name identifies the associated hiking route.

The marked hiking trails around Schenkenfelden and the individual route descriptions serve different planning purposes. The marked trails provide general orientation; the described routes, with places such as Grasbach, Munterlinde and Steinschild, help clarify specific points along the way. When choosing a hike, consider both the trail name and the locations in its described sequence.

The S13 Ottenschlag Loop by bike

The S13 Ottenschlag Loop is a designated cycling tour, 23.9 kilometres long, that passes through Schild towards Reichenau im Mühlkreis. The distance refers to the tour route, not the travel time. This means the S13 offers a different kind of tour orientation from the described hiking routes: it is identified as a cycling route and its length is specified. If you are planning this tour, check the route markers and conditions before setting off.

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