Kirchbergvitalweg Ortsrunde

It is best to start in the avenue near the school center, where there is a large overview board with the hiking map and gymnastic exercises. After a few exercises to warm up the joints and muscles, we go along the pond path into the forest and then briefly uphill to the cross at the Schaffler family. Then continue along Langwaldweg until we branch off and join Kirchbergerstraße at Promitzerweg. We hike a short distance on a sidewalk and bike path and then turn into the Hof-Wörthweg, which we follow until we reach the Kricklerweg. From there we walk comfortably uphill on a meadow and forest path towards Harrachberg. Shortly through a hollow way down we reach the district Hof. We cross the Lichendorferstraße at the bus stop, walk uphill along the settlement path and reach a nice resting place above the Stocker family at the edge of the forest with a view of Kirchberg. The hiking trail now climbs slightly through a forest and joins the Lormanbergweg after a short meadow section. From there, the local circuit leads us down a bit until we turn into Jungbergweg. Soon we pass by the Lammer family (farmer's market every Friday in the village) and reach the farm of Obstbau Schuster with a stop and tasting of wonderful fruit juices and schnapps. If no one is home at the moment, you are welcome to help yourself from a refrigerator provided. Further on the path leads us directly to the Eicherlkreuz with a small chapel to stay. The Eicherlkreuz is along the Kirchbergvitalweg also the intersection of the Ortsrunde with the Bergrunde. We follow the local circuit and the Eicherlkreuzweg, which now runs through a hollow path in the forest for a short distance more steeply downhill and then joins the Hof-Wörthweg. The hiking route leads over a small bridge to the Kirchfeldweg, which we follow in the direction of Kirchberg. Before we reach the village center, it is worthwhile to pay a visit to the studio of the artists Anneliese and Ali Rauscher, who are known far beyond the borders of Kirchberg. Passing the community center, the hiker can really fortify himself in the nearby Gasthaus Rodler. In good weather, a beautiful terrace invites you to linger. Now it is only a short distance to the town center, which offers shopping opportunities and cozy cafes around the main square. A visit to the parish church is highly recommended. Past the castle, down the steep Hiegerriegel, we get back to the Schulweg and the starting point.

Use the placed stones for stretching exercises to make the muscles elastic and the joints flexible.

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Gemeinde Kirchberg
Kirchberg an der Raab 212
8324 Kirchberg an der Raab
Tel.: +43 3115 23 12
gde@kirchberg-raab.gv.at
www.kirchberg-raab.gv.at

Hiking map Kirchbervitalweg local circuit
Community Kirchberg: Phone: +43 3115 23 12, gde@kirchberg-raab.gv.at, www.kirchberg-raab.gv.at

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