Chess flower- in the nature reserve Großsteinbach - Impression #1 | © Josef Kaufmann Chess flower- in the nature reserve Großsteinbach - Impression #1 | © Josef Kaufmann

Chess flower- in the nature reserve Großsteinbach

Großsteinbach

Großsteinbach is the only region in Styria that is home to the chess flower

At flowering time around Easter, thousands of chess flower heads turn the meadows into a dark red sea of flowers.

However, this coloring of the meadows lasts only one to two weeks. After that, the plant disappears into the green of the newly sprouting meadow grasses. None of the hanging flower bells resembles the other.

On the single flower, which shows various color variations from deep purple to light brown-pink, you can recognize an individual checkerboard-like mottling, which gave the protected plant its name.

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Only for a short time the chess flower blooms in Großsteinbach. In early spring is the flowering time

Contact

Schachblumenwiese
Auweg 2
8265 Großsteinbach

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What the weather will be like Großsteinbach (326m)

Today, 14.09.2026

Rain and rain showers will end around noon. Dry with a chance of sunny spells afterwards.
Morning
foggy
15°C
95%
5 km/h
Noon
cloudy
20°C
75%
5 km/h
Night
sunny
17°C
65%
5 km/h

Tomorrow, 15.09.2026

Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
Morning
very sunny
12°C
0%
0 km/h
Noon
very sunny
24°C
0%
5 km/h
Night
very sunny
17°C
0%
0 km/h

Forecast

16.09.2026
very sunny
10°C 25°C
17.09.2026
foggy
12°C 19°C
18.09.2026
cloudy
11°C 20°C