Nature & Country Way

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty easy

Route 1,7 km

Time 0:30 h

Uphill 12 hm

Downhill 10 hm

Highest point 886 m

The Natura 2000 protected area is still a “host country” for many rare bird species.

The “Furtner Teich”, a pond in the middle of the Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen Nature Park, is not only popular as a bathing and fishing paradise, but also a landing place for migratory birds from far and near. Around the internationally important bird sanctuary you can learn a lot about the diverse life forms in and around the Furtner Teich.

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More information

By car from GermanyFrom Munich via the A8 towards Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A10 Tauernautobahn to St. Michael im Lungau. On the B 96 to Tamsweg, then on the B 95 to Predlitz. The B 97 leads via Stadl/Mur to Murau. There at the roundabout towards St. Lambrecht to Murauer train station and further towards St. Lambrecht. Via Laßnitz near Murau you reach St. Lambrecht, which is already in the nature park. Continue to Mariahof, cross the railway crossing, the fortified church can be seen on the left. At the former Raiffeisenbank turn right to Furtnerteich.

Arrival from Eastern Austria/HungaryAt the motorway junction in St. Michael near Leoben, take the S 36 towards Klagenfurt. Past Knittelfeld and Judenburg to Scheifling. In Scheifling continue towards Klagenfurt to Neumarkt, via Unzmarkt and Perchau am Sattel you reach Neumarkt. At the former Raiffeisenbank turn left to Furnterteich.

Arrival from southern Austria/ItalyVia Klagenfurt on the S 37 past St. Veit/Glan, Treibach and Friesach. In Friesach continue towards Vienna, via Dürnstein and Wildbad to Neumarkt. After the town center turn left towards Mariahof, then turn left towards Furtnerteich.

Parkplätze beim Furtner Teich

The path leads along the right bank of the pond through the forest to the clearing. Here you turn around again and walk back the same way until you get back to the starting point.

Good shoes
Sun protection
Possibly food

On hot summer days, the Furtnerteich offers a great way to cool off!

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The ideal time for this tour is from April to October. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.