Schloss Hanfelden Rundwanderung

Our tour begins at the “Grüner Specht” inn and takes us past St. Nicholas Church and across the church square towards “Blahbach”. After crossing the stream, we walk along Bachstraße to the “Nagelschmiedkreuz” and continue along Franz-Josef-Straße, past the biomass heating plant and Waidpark. From there we follow the signpost “Schloss Hanfelden - Unterzeiring”.

The hike begins at the “Grüner Specht” inn and first leads past St. Nicholas Church across the church square in the direction of “Blahbach”. After the bridge, we walk further east along Bachstraße to the “Nagelschmiedkreuz”. Via Franz-Josef-Straße, past the biomass heating plant and the Waidpark, we reach the signpost “Schloss Hanfelden - Unterzeiring”. We cross a wooden bridge and follow the Roman road to Unterzeiring. At the fork in the road, we keep half left and after about 100 meters we reach Hanfelden Castle. The castle, which is privately owned, is only accessible on Monument Day. The path continues past the “Propstei” castle until we reach the Oswalder-Landesstraße. We turn left and walk along the provincial road to the junction with the main road 514. After crossing, we follow the sidewalk back to Oberzeiring to the starting point. This loop offers a varied mix of nature, historic buildings and quiet paths.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

5,0 km

Route

1:30 h

Time

40 hm

Uphill

40 hm

Downhill

938 m

Highest point

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By Car:

From Vienna (approx. 2.5 hours):

Take the A2 motorway towards Graz.
Switch to the S36 towards Judenburg.
Take the B78 to Judenburg, then the B114 to Oberzeiring.

From Graz (approx. 1.5 hours):

Take the A9 motorway towards Linz.
Switch to the S36 towards Judenburg.
Take the B78 to Judenburg, then the B114 to Oberzeiring.

From Salzburg (approx. 2.5 hours):

Take the A10 motorway towards Villach.
Take the B96 towards Tamsweg, then the B97 towards Murau.
Take the B114 to Oberzeiring.

We start in front of the “Grüner Specht” inn, walk past the entrance to St. Nicholas Church across the church square in the direction of “Blahbach”, cross it and continue along Bachstraße in an easterly direction to the “Nagelschmiedkreuz”. We continue along Franz-Josef-Straße, past the biomass heating plant and Waidpark (so-called Pumperwaldl). There we follow the signpost “Schloss Hanfelden - Unterzeiring” over the wooden bridge onto the asphalted Römerstraße. We walk along the Roman road to the village of Unterzeiring. At the fork in the road, follow the road that turns half left and after approx. 100 m you will reach Hanfelden Castle. The castle is privately owned and is only open to the public once a year, on Monument Day. Our path continues past the “Propstei” castle and now joins the Oswalder-Landesstraße. We now branch off to the left and continue along the main road until we reach the junction with the B514, cross it and walk back along the sidewalk into the village of Oberzeiring to the starting point.

Guided tours of the castle are possible by appointment. Request under +43 650 4111900

Information on public transportation can be found at www.verbundlinie.at

Parking spaces are available under the church on the market square.

More information at www.murtal.at/wandern