The great Jogl - Stage 2: St. Jakob im Walde - Fischbach
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The second stage of the touring mountain bike route "Der große Jogl" in the Joglland - Waldheimat region leads from St. Jakob im walde to the northernmost municipality of eastern Styria, Fischbach.
The stage starting point St. Jakob im Walde is also a flower road community and winter sports resort. The family ski mountain and the Joglland cross-country ski trail offer the best training opportunities in winter. Via Rettenegg and Ratten the tour continues to the Pretul, the second highest peak of the "Großer Jogl". The tour continues to Peter Rosegger's forest home, more precisely to St. Kathrein am Hauenstein with his favorite church. You then drive over the Alpl to the stage destination Fischbach. Fischbach is also a Flower Road community, but also a high altitude health resort and Easter bunny village.
A special service along the tour "Der große Jogl" is the luggage transport - just cycle carefree, without annoying extra luggage. While you are on the way, your luggage will be brought to your next stage destination (by 17:00 at the latest).
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Von Wien:
Über die A2 – Südautobahn bis zur Abfahrt Friedberg/Pinggau. Danach über Dechantskirchen und Bruck/Lafnitz nach St. Jakob im Walde
oder:
Über die A2 - Südautobahn und die S6 Semmering Schnellstraße nach Krieglach. Von dort über das Alpl in die Region Joglland - Waldheimat.
Von Graz:
Über die B72 nach Weiz und weiter nach Birkfeld in die Region Joglland - Waldheimat
Routenplaner für Ihre Anreise
- We start in St. Jakob im Walde
- We drive along the cross-country trail to Gasthof Orthofer
- At the Orthofer Inn we drive downhill for a while until we reach the next hairpin bend.
- Here we turn right onto a gravel road
- Follow the road until you reach the L407 in the direction of Rettenegg.
- There we cross the Feistritz river and follow it on the left side
- After about 4,5 km we are in the district Wasserstatt, where we turn right
- We turn back into the center of Rettenegg and turn right into a small street after the Gasthaus Simml.
- After about 100 m we turn right again
- We follow this road until we reach Ratten
- At the crossroad to the toll road we drive up to the Pretul mountain
- From the top we take the toll road back down to the Eichtinger snack station.
- We follow the road downhill for about 2 km
- At the next crossing we turn right in the direction of St. Kathrein am Hauenstein
- We follow this road until we reach the mining area
- At the second crossing we turn right into Zeiler Weg
- We continue until we reach the Roseggerhof inn
- We turn right onto the federal road B72
- We follow the road for about 1 km, where we then turn off in the direction of Schlagobersbauer
- Then we turn left twice onto the gravel road
- We follow the road until we reach the Waldtoni hut
- Here we go downhill to Fischbach
- We pass the Dissauer chapel as well as the Ägydius chapel
- Now we are again at the village square of Fischbach
Particularly worth seeing is the summit of the Pretul with the Peter-Bergner Warte and the view of the numerous impressive wind turbines in the region.
Parking spaces available at the former Lurger Inn.
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"Der große Jogl" in St. Jakob im Walde | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Bernhard Bergmann
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Roseggerhaus auf der Pretul | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Birgit Kandlbauer
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View of St. Kathrein am Hauenstein, Joglland forest home in Eastern Styria | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Kurt Elmleitner
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Rast in Fischbach | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Gery Wolf
What the weather will be like
St. Kathrein am Hauenstein (783m)
Rather cloudy in the morning, then sunny spells will develop gradually.
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
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