Hiking route Tremmelberg "Tower in the mountains" above Calvary Church - Touren-Impression #1 | © Weges OG Hiking route Tremmelberg "Tower in the mountains" above Calvary Church - Touren-Impression #1 | © Weges OG

Tremmelberg "Tower in the mountains" above Calvary Church

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With the Tremmelberg and the "Turm im Gebirge" viewing tower, you can hike to one of the most popular hiking destinations in the Murtal region directly from Seckau.

This hike can be found as tour 27a in the regional hiking maps 1 & 2.

Seckau is known far beyond its borders for its Benedictine abbey, the Regner confectionery and the Hofwirt inn, and the Seckau Alps are well-known to many hikers. The Hochalm church - Maria Schnee - is also the highest pilgrimage church in the Eastern Alps. In both summer and winter, numerous hikers come to explore the gently rolling landscape of the Seckau market town and indulge in the culinary delights of the regional produce. While still in the village, you pass one of the most artistically valuable baroque wayside shrines in the Murtal region - the Färberkreuz, which stands in front of the former (namesake) Färberhaus.

There was already a radio tower on the Tremmelberg in the 1950s, which was also the inspiration for the current tower. The "new" tower was built in 1999 and is a wooden structure based on the Seckau "Dom im Gebirge". The structure is 42 m high in total, with the top viewing platform at a height of 36 m and can be reached via 202 steps (turnstile for ascent: €2 fee, closed in winter from November to March).

Characteristics

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The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
8,8 km
Route
3:00 h
Time
380 hm
Uphill
380 hm
Downhill
1194 m
Highest point
843 m
Lowest point

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More information

From St. Michael in Upper Styria via the Murtal freeway S36 (toll sticker required) to the "St. Lorenzen" exit; continue in the direction of Knittelfeld via Kobenz to Seckau. (27 km, approx. 20 minutes).

 

From Judenburg via the Murtal freeway S36 (toll sticker required) to the "Knittelfeld-Ost" exit; continue via Kobenz to Seckau. (30 km, approx. 25 minutes).

We start at the parking lot in Seckau (1), 843 m, and thus in the center of Seckau, where the monastery, the municipal office and the Hofwirt are located. The hiking trail leads directly past the JUFA Seckau in a south-westerly direction. After the Regner confectionery, we come to a crossroads with a striking wayside shrine - the Färberkreuz (2), 855 m. Here we turn left and after a few meters follow the road on the right through the populated area and past meadows until we reach a crossroads after approx. 500 m. Continue straight ahead on an asphalt road, past a few houses, until you reach a gravel road that leads slightly downhill. We reach a stream and a small parking lot (3), 834 m.

 From now on, we leave the road and walk past the wooden hut on the right, slightly uphill. A short stretch along meadows and then we are in the forest. We follow the well-marked hiking trail, which is a combination of paths and forest roads, until we come to a forest road junction, which can be recognized by information boards and Stations of Christ. Here we leave the road and continue uphill to the right along a path or hollow path. During the steeper ascent, we cross forest roads, but always stay in an uphill line until we reach the ridge and continue left at a crossroads station. Here too, the path is perfectly marked and clearly trodden. We pass information boards, where it is also much flatter. Just one more small ascent and we reach the Calvary Church (4), 1191 m. Past the church we come to a forest road, which we follow to the Tremmelberg (5), 1194 m, and the "Turm im Gebirge" observation tower. The way back is the same as the ascent route. A flatter alternative descent leads via Bauenhof vlg. Willhuber (see Tremmelberg hike via Willhuber).

For a circular hike, you can choose the more leisurely option via the farm vlg. Willhuber farm to Seckau.

Admission to the towers 2-euro coin. Closed in winter from November to March.

The village of Seckau can be reached by bus. The nearest train station is in Knittelfeld.

General information about public transportation in the region: www.verbundlinie.at 

 

Murtal Taxi, Tel.: +43 660 1018101, 8740 Zeltweg, www.murtal-taxi.at 

Cab Jäger, Tel.: +43 3512 44833, 8720 Knittelfeld

Cab Steiner, Tel.: +43 3512 71718, 8720 Knittelfeld

Free parking lot in Seckau.
Hotel Hofwirt, Tel.: +43 3514 54290, 8732 Seckau, Seckau 3, www.hotel-hofwirt.at 

Jufa Hotel Seckau, Tel.: +43 57083-270, 8732 Seckau, Seckau 2, www.jufahotels.com 

Cafe Konditorei Regner, Tel.: +43 3514 5207, 8732 Seckau, Seckau 39, www.lebkuchen-regner.at 

Adeg Markt Pressler, Tel.: +43 3514 53100, 8732 Seckau, Seckau 121

Jausenstation am Tremmelberg, Tel.: +43 664 3383301, 8732 Seckau

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What the weather will be like

Seckau (851m)

Morning
very sunny
3°C
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Noon
very sunny
14°C
5%
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Night
very sunny
11°C
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Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
Morning
sunny
7°C
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Noon
sunny
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Night
very sunny
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Early clouds will clear to leave the region with a dry and sunny day.
29.04.2024
sunny
4°C 22°C
30.04.2024
sunny
6°C 23°C
01.05.2024
very sunny
6°C 21°C

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