Nordic walking circuit, RETTER Pöllauberg

Name: Nordic walking circuit, RETTER Pöllauberg
Brand: Steiermark
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Challenging walking tour from RETTER Bio-Natur-Resort up to the pilgrimage church of Maria Pöllauberg ...

... through woods and meadows.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

5,1 km

Route

1:30 h

Time

200 hm

Uphill

200 hm

Downhill

754 m

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Pöllauberg, Hotel Retter

The Pöllau Valley Nature Park is located in the heart of Eastern Styria, the garden of Austria, approx. 60 km north-east of Graz and approx. 150 km south of Vienna

By car from Vienna

If you are driving from Vienna to Pöllau bei Hartberg, take the A2 towards Graz and drive about 110 kilometres until you reach the Hartberg exit. From there, follow the B54 in the direction of Pöllau.

By car from Graz

To get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Graz, take the A2 motorway in the direction of Vienna. After about 30 kilometres, take the Gleisdorf West exit and then take the B54 towards Hartberg/Pöllau. Follow the B54 for about 25 kilometres until you reach Pöllau.

By car from Salzburg

To get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Salzburg, take the A1 motorway towards Vienna. Drive about 110 kilometres to exit 109 (Salzburg junction). There change to the A9 motorway in the direction of Graz. At St. Michael, follow the S6 towards Kapfenberg. Continue on the S6 until the Krieglach exit. From there, take the B72 and then the L405 to Pöllau.

We start from the hotel, past the quince orchards in the direction of Buschenschank Haubenwaller.
The trail is marked with a green sign with a red bar.
After the asphalt stockyards of the Buschenschank, we leave the marking and walk the white-green-white marking along the edge of the forest steeply uphill.
We cross the village road and continue along the trail, following the markings.
After entering the forest path, we come to the oil cross - then we keep to the left and walk straight ahead with a view to the right of the pilgrimage church.
Then we walk up the pilgrimage path to the church.After visiting the pilgrimage church, we pass the cemetery and turn left under the primary schools onto the marked running track.
Then we walk down the steps to the right at the Christmas tree culture and left again.
After about 50 metres, we turn right along the forest path until we reach the Ölkreuz (fork).
Continue straight on here.
After the end of the forest, we walk about 150 metres on the road and turn left before the first house onto the meadow path.
Once back on the road, we walk down to the Maierhofer family, here a beautiful field path leads back to the hotel.

SAM - the collective taxi in Eastern Styria - can be reached on +43 50 363738 (waiting time approx. 1 hour).

Collecting stops: Pöllauberg Ort (HF 5809) and Hotel Retter (HF 5805).

Don't forget to bring candle money! A visit with a short prayer and a look behind the altar to the second Madonna are worthwhile.

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

For local transport we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Pöllauberg, Hotel Retter

Information about the region, places to stop for refreshments and overnight accommodation, excursion destinations etc. can be found here:

Tourism region Eastern Styria

Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office

Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau, Austria

Phone: +43 3335 4210

www.naturpark-poellauertal.at

www.oststeiermark.com

Current weather

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Kompass Map, Hiking Map Nature Park Pöllauer Valley 1:30,000

Find out about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office. You can also order information material on our website from the comfort of your own home.

Tourism region Eastern StyriaNature Park Pöllauer Valley officeSchloss 1, 8225 PöllauTel: +43 3335 4210

www.naturpark-poellauertal.at

www.oststeiermark.com

Rother hiking guide "Oststeiermark - Von den Fischbacher Alpen bis in die Thermenregion", 50 tours, Elisabeth Zienitzer & Silvia Sarcletti paperback, ISBN-10, 376334577 available in bookshops