panorama path, Puch bei Weiz

Name: panorama path, Puch bei Weiz
Brand: Steiermark
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Circular hiking trail with beautiful viewpoints

The apple village has a special climate. The warm days and cool nights are perfect for fruit growing. Only here do the apples get their intense aroma. That is why there are more apple trees around Puch than anywhere else; three out of four Styrian apples come from here. The fruit growers refine many of them into juices, cider and schnapps. The innkeepers on the Apple Road conjure up specialties from the fruit. For example, all vintages of the "Abakus" are bricked into the church wall; this noble brandy is only opened after 100 years.

In Elz stands as an archway the largest apple in the world, in Harl the "cathedral of the apple", the large fruit warehouse. In the "House of the Apple" the history of fruit-growing is presented, and here you can taste the fruit in liquid form and as a juicy pastry. The gravestone of Ignaz Weberhofer, Peter Rosegger's forest schoolmaster, is right next door. When the great poet visited him, it was for him "A journey to paradise".

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

11,2 km

Route

3:50 h

Time

502 hm

Uphill

586 hm

Downhill

903 m

Highest point

433 m

Lowest point

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ApfelLand is located in the heart of Eastern Styria, approx. 60 km north-east of Graz and approx. 140 km south of ViennaBy car: Coming from Vienna: Via the Südautobahn (A2) to the Hartberg exit - via the main road (B54) towards Graz - 2 km after Kaindorf towards Graz, turn off towards ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee- Stubenbergsee- Floing- Unterfeistritz- Puch bei Weiz

Coming from Salzburg/Germany: Take the highway via Salzburg - Pyhrnautobahn (A9) to Graz - continue via the Südautobahn in the direction of Vienna (A2) to the Gleisdorf West exit - federal highway (B54) to Kaibing - ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee- Stubenbergsee- Floing-Unterfeistritz- Puch bei Weiz

Route planner

We start the circular walk at the Puch municipal office. From here we walk through the village, past the parish church of St. Oswald in the direction of Harl.

Turn right at the Hoadnbauerkapelle and continue uphill past the Hofersiedlung.

After the forest turn left and follow the forest road, past the Hoader homestead, on to Hinterkulm. On the hill we follow the markings to the Sattelwirt.

From the Sattelwirt we walk in the direction of Kulmstraße and after about 50 m we turn into the forest road. This is marked with the No.9 green-white-green.

We follow the signs and so we go back in the direction of Apfeldorf Puch.

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Stop off at the Schnitzelwirt before heading back to PuchAfter the hike in the village at the Kirchenwirt Hofer, Wirthaus Meißl

Timetables and travel information can be found directly at:

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)

Postbus

Municipal office Puch

Information about the region, places to stop and stay, excursion destinations, etc:

Eastern Styria Tourist Board

ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee office

8223 Stubenberg am See 5

Tel. :+43 3176 8882