Mühlsteinboden-Round

Long hike for persistent hikers on narrow paths with beautiful views.

The Benedictine monastery of St. Lambrecht, which is the starting and ending point of this hike, tells a 900-year story. It shapes the place and the people in and around St. Lambrecht. Visitors can get to know the monastery on tours of the monastery, in the temporary monastery, the school of existence, tours of the monastery gardens or in the monastery and nature park shop.

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

Best season

January

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

17,0 km

Route

5:00 h

Time

525 hm

Uphill

525 hm

Downhill

1543 m

Highest point

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By car from Germany

From Munich via the A8 towards Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A10 Tauernautobahn to St. Michael im Lungau. On the B 96 to Tamsweg, then on the B 95 to Predlitz. The B 97 leads via Stadl/Mur to Murau. There at the roundabout towards St. Lambrecht to Murauer train station and further towards St. Lambrecht. You reach St. Lambrecht via Laßnitz near Murau. The monastery is located in the town center.

Arrival from Eastern Austria/Hungary

At the motorway junction in St. Michael near Leoben, take the S 36 towards Klagenfurt. Past Knittelfeld and Judenburg to Scheifling. In Scheifling continue towards Klagenfurt to Neumarkt, via Unzmarkt and Perchau am Sattel you reach Neumarkt. Turn right there towards Mariahof and St. Lambrecht. In Mariahof, after the railway crossing, turn left towards St. Lambrecht. The monastery is located in the center of St. Lambrecht.

Arrival from southern Austria/Italy

Via Klagenfurt on the S 37 past St. Veit/Glan, Treibach and Friesach. In Friesach continue towards Vienna, via Dürnstein and Wildbad to Neumarkt. After the town center of Neumarkt turn left towards Murau, in Mariahof turn left after the railway crossing towards St. Lambrecht. The monastery is located in the center of St. Lambrecht.

The tour over the Mühlsteinboden starts through the Stiftsgarten, past the Beautiful Cross and on to the Heiligenstadt Church. At the Wirt am Pichl farm you walk through the forest to the reading garden at St. Blasner Church. Once here, follow a steep path up to Mühlsteinboden, where you can enjoy the fantastic mountain panorama at the small pilgrimage church. Afterwards you always go slightly downhill until just before Karchau, where the path changes direction and leads down to Seebauer. Follow the road downhill for a few meters and then hike along beautiful forest paths through the forests of the Koglerberg. From the meadows, high above St. Lambrecht, you can once again enjoy the wonderful deep view of the town before walking along the rarely used road back to the starting point of the hike.

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Parking spaces are available near the town entrance sign, the monastery entrance or at the market pond in St. Lambrecht.

The ideal time for this tour is from April to September. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.