Circular hike to St. Oswald

We start at the car park of the ADEG shop in Möderbrugg. We cross the wooden bridge to the St. Oswald-Möderbrugg leisure and landscape pond complex. Passing the pond facilities, we walk downstream along the tarmac footpath. We cross the road and follow the footpath that runs right next to the Pöls until we reach the 24-hour Adelwöhrer farm shop. A look inside the shop is definitely recommended. The hiking trail continues to the right on the gravel road along the Pöls. Directly after the wooden bridge , we branch off to the left and continue along the right bank. A clearly recognisable path takes us to a bench and then over a bridge to an educational forest ant trail. We walk along the edge of the forest past several anthills until we continue along the gravel road across the meadow and pasture area. The open areas offer a beautiful view of St. Oswald and the Seckauer Tauern towering behind it. At the chapel we reach a street, which we follow left to the center of St. Oswald.  We walk through the village, past the scenic benches and continue slightly downhill along the tarmac road. We stay on the road, pass the Pölzlhof farm and enjoy the view of this glacial landscape. Once we are back in the valley, we see the information board for the leisure and landscape pond complex on the right before the bridge and thus come to the path we already know. We walk leisurely past the pond and soon reach our starting point. 

 

Alpine emergency call:

Mountain rescue emergency number: 140

EU emergency number: 112

Weather service: www.zamg.ac.at 

Direct link mountain weather Styria: https://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/wetter/produkte-und-services/bergwetter/steiermark 

• Backpack with rain cover
• Telescopic / hiking poles
• Mountain / hiking boots
• Headgear / sunglasses
• Water bottle / thermos flask (on cooler days a warming drink is pleasant)

If you prefer a longer hike, you should take a look at the "Circular hike from Mödernbrugg with a view of the Pölstal valley"

Möderbrugg is connected to the public transport network and can be reached by bus. (From Judenburg or Hohentauern approx. 30 minutes)

The exact timetable and general information about public transport in the region: www.verbundlinie.at 

Refreshments and overnight accommodation:

Landhotel Timmerer, Tel.: +43 3571 22 24, 8763 Möderbrugg, Hauptstraße 53, www.landhotel-timmerer.at 

Pölstalerhof, Tel.: +43 3571 2202, 8763 Möderbrugg, Im Dorf 7

Bakery-Confectionery-Cafe Brandl, Tel.: +43 3571 2331, 8763 Möderbrugg, Hauptstraße 11, www.baeckerei-brandl.at 

Adelwöhrer - The farm shop, Tel.: +43 650 5006267 / +43 677 61400361

Gasthof Holzmann - Kirchenwirt, Tel.: +43 3571 2265, 8763 St.Oswald-Möderbrugg, St.Oswald 22, www.gasthof-holzmann.at 

Freytag & Berndt (2017): Seetaler Alpen, Seckauer Alpen, Judenburg, Knittelfeld. WK 212 Wander-, Rad-, Freizeitkarte; 1 : 50 000 C. und M. Hlatky, (2017): Murtal – Rund um Spielberg – Seetaler Alpen und Seckauer Alpen. Kral Verlag, S. 160