Theme path Advance literature path - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus Theme path Advance literature path - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus

Advance literature path

Open
This themed trail (part of the "Styrian Literary Paths of the Middle Ages" network) retells the exciting "Vorau Novel" at 6 stations, symbolically linking the monastery with the market town and illustrated with magnificent illustrations from medieval manuscripts.
As with all eight "Styrian Literature Trails of the Middle Ages", outstanding local literature forms the thematic starting and pivotal point of the themed trail, as this literature is given a new voice against the backdrop of its native natural and cultural landscape. The context of the Vorau Literature Trail is as follows (according to the literature trail association's cross-location trail brochure):

The Vorau novella was probably written in the Alemannic region around 1200 - it is no longer clear who wrote it. What is certain is that the copy in the Vorau Abbey Library from the 13th century is the only one that has survived the ages, but even this record remains incomplete: it breaks off in the middle of the text and leaves the ending to our imagination. Clues to the end of the story are provided by the Latin version of the same material, which has also only survived in Styria, namely as the so-called Reuner Relationen in Rein Abbey. The theme of the so-called Vorau novella - namely the uninhibited search for happiness of two escaped monastery boys - seems like a forerunner of the Faust material: We hear of a magical book, a kind of devil's pact, of lust and grave sins with subsequent torments of conscience. The poem's masterful language also matches its extraordinarily high standard of content. Gripping images and lively dialog still captivate us today. It quickly becomes clear that it is not distant times and unknown places to which the plot of the Vorau novella symbolically refers. Rather, it also refers to us!


Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
0,7 km
Route
0:45 h
Time
13 hm
Uphill
47 hm
Downhill
697 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

 

Further information about arrival: Stift, Vorau

The trail begins in the abbey park at the information point in front of the abbey and then leads us first to the right along the elevated Ackerrain, where the market town of Vorau lies picturesquely at our feet (storytelling stations I and II). From there, we continue down Klosterberggasse to Griesplatz (III). We then walk along the main street for a while, turn left up to the market church (IV) and then reach the magnificent Renaissance town hall (V).
The trail is only approx. 0.7 km long, but is correspondingly longer including the way back, and can be combined with a detour to the famous Vorau Canons' Monastery before or after the visit to the trail.
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
In the monastery parking lot
You can find information about the region, places to stop and stay overnight, excursion destinations, etc. here:

Eastern Styria Tourism Association

Joglland-Waldheimat office

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

Tel.: 03336/20255

Joglland-Waldheimat

Eastern Styria

current weather

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Regio Bus

The complete brochure provided on the project homepage http://literaturpfade.uni-graz.at is available in printed form free of charge, among others, from the Graz service point of Steiermark Tourismus (http://www.steiermark.com).

Gallery

What the weather will be like

Vorau (675m)

Morning
very sunny
16°C
0%
0 km/h
Noon
very sunny
22°C
5%
10 km/h
Night
cloudy
18°C
55%
5 km/h
Mostly sunny throughout the day with a chance of showers towards evening.
Morning
foggy
15°C
70%
5 km/h
Noon
cloudy
19°C
35%
5 km/h
Night
sunny
18°C
45%
5 km/h
Light morning rain, but slowly becoming sunny during the day.
17.06.2024
sunny
11°C 25°C
18.06.2024
very sunny
12°C 28°C
19.06.2024
very sunny
15°C 30°C
GenussCard Steiermark | © Thermen- und Vulkanland Steiermark, Harald Eisenberger

Nearby accommodation options

Continue to search

You may also be interested in

Recommended tours

Accessible by public transport
Themed gardens Pöllauberg, vineyards in Eastern Styria | Tourismusverband Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
Pöllauberg easy Open
Route 1,0 km
Duration 0:45 h

Theme garden tour, Pöllauberg

Accessible by public transport
hww-wanderroute: rohrbach/lafnitz - lebing - eichberg/aussichtsturm - eichberg - lafnitz (rww)_img_76149694 | XKarin Hofer | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
Accessible by public transport
hww-wanderroute: rohrbach/lafnitz - römerhütte - auerbach - trahütte_img_76328626 | XKarin Hofer | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
Oststeiermark medium Open
Route 17,6 km
Duration 5:34 h

HWW-Hiking route: Rohrbach/Lafnitz - Römerhütte - Auerbach - Trahütte

Accessible by public transport
Kultwanderweg auf die Wildwiese | Steininger | © Steininger
Wenigzell easy Open
Route 9,9 km
Duration 2:45 h

Cult hiking trail to the wild meadow - sun trail

Accessible by public transport
hww-wanderroute: st. lorenzen am wechsel - römerhütte - dechantskirchen_img_38322958 | XKarin Hofer | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
Oststeiermark medium Open
Route 11,3 km
Duration 3:07 h

HWW-Hiking route: St. Lorenzen am Wechsel - Römerhütte - Dechantskirchen

Accessible by public transport
hww-wanderroute: lebing/römergrab - römerhütte - ehrenschachen - götzendorf/römergrab_img_76426003 | XKarin Hofer | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
Oststeiermark challenging Open
Route 38,0 km
Duration 10:40 h

HWW-Hiking route: Lebing/Römergrab - Römerhütte - Ehrenschachen - Götzendorf/Römergrab

Accessible by public transport
Blumendorf Pöllauberg | Helmut Schweighofer | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
Pöllauberg easy Open
Route 0,6 km
Duration 0:10 h

Europa-Besinnungsweg