Country-City-Round, Pöllau - Hartberg

Name: Country-City-Round, Pöllau - Hartberg
Brand: Steiermark
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From the "Rome of Eastern Styria" in the Pöllau Valley Nature Park out to the district town of Hartberg with its historic town center. On the way back, a particularly beautiful view awaits at the St. Anna Chapel.

Two very special places and fortunately not too far apart: Pöllau is also known as the "Rome of Eastern Styria" due to its beautiful castle complex and parish church, which is reminiscent of St. Peter's Basilica. Hartberg has 3,000 years of history, a historic town center and is a shopping town. These two towns are connected by the R57 regional cycle path, which leads out through the Pöllau Valley Nature Park without any major inclines. On the way back, there is a small "mountain climb" up to St. Anna's Church, a magical place with an equally magical view.

Apart from a short stretch, the cycle tour leads along asphalted roads, with the only real ascent being up to St. Anna.

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

41,4 km

Route

4:30 h

Time

435 hm

Uphill

435 hm

Downhill

597 m

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Pöllau, main square

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 ViennaIf 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 GrazTo 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 SalzburgTo 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.

Start: main square in Pöllau/entrance to the castle, start: city park in Hartberg, parking spaces in Klostergasse

Marking: R57/Pöllau cycle path, HB26/D'Anninger mountain tour

We join the R57/Pöllau cycle path and ride in the direction of Stubenberg/Pöllauberg.
We continue along Lamberggasse and pass the Ebner pastry shop.
We cycle out via Freiberg and Safental to Schönaudorf, where we keep left at the traffic circle and continue along the R57 in the direction of "Hartberg".
Immediately after the Buschenschank Spindler, we cross the main road at the traffic circle, leave the traffic circle at the 3rd exit and continue in the direction of "Winzendorf".
At the crossroads "Söldnerdorf/St.Anna" or "Oberneuberg/Pöllauberg" we continue right along the R57.
At GH Stiegenwirt we turn right in the direction of "Flattendorf". Directly in front of us on the mountain we see the little church of St. Anna.
At the next crossroads with the path up to St. Anna, we continue straight ahead.
We have now reached the wine village of Löffelbach, Neuburg Castle towers above Löffelbach.
We reach Hartberg via Schildbach at the traffic circle on the Bundesstraße 54. We keep left and cycle along the cycle path towards the town center.
Immediately after the monastery church/elementary school, we turn left uphill into the town park.
Turning right, we reach the old town of Hartberg via the gate at the fortified tower, straight ahead up to the castle = start of the tour in Hartberg
For the return journey, we cycle back onto the R57/Pöllau cycle path in the town park and take the same route back to Löffelbach. If you don't want to do the "mountain climb" up to St. Anna, you can of course take the same route/R57 back to Pöllau.
There we continue straight ahead and thus leave the R57. For the route up to St. Anna, we now follow the HB26/D'Anninger Bergtour.
After a decent climb, we reach the church of St. Anna on the Masenberg, where the view invites us to take a break.
We continue along the path, at the next junction we turn left towards "Flattendorf and thus leave the HB26.
We ride down the St. Anna-Weg until we reach the R57/Pöllau cycle path on the right.
On the R57 we cycle back along the path we already know from the outward journey to the center of Pöllau.

The whole treasure trove of regional products is available in the Nature Park Farm Shop on the main square in Pöllau - for a snack on the go or to take home with you.

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

For local transport we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Pöllau, castle park

Pöllau, P&R at the Pöllau bypass

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

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Find out about cycle maps and other tour tips at the tourist office.You can also order information material from the comfort ofyour own home on our website

Tourism region Eastern StyriaNature Park Pöllauer Valley officeSchloss 1, 8225 PöllauTel: +43 3335 4210 www.naturpark-poellauertal.atwww.oststeiermark.com