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, 27.10.2026

Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
Morning
very sunny
1°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
very sunny
13°C
0%
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Night
very sunny
5°C
0%
0 km/h

Tomorrow, 28.10.2026

Clear in the early morning, later variable cloudiness with sunny spells.
Morning
very sunny
0°C
0%
0 km/h
Noon
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11°C
25%
5 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
8°C
20%
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Forecast

29.10.2026
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6°C 13°C
30.10.2026
very sunny
5°C 13°C
31.10.2026
sunny
4°C 13°C