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, 24.08.2026

The day starts sunny, but will be partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Morning
very sunny
17°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
sunny
25°C
0%
5 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
21°C
0%
0 km/h

Tomorrow, 25.08.2026

Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
Morning
sunny
16°C
5%
0 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
23°C
30%
5 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
20°C
45%
5 km/h

Forecast

26.08.2026
very sunny
15°C 28°C
27.08.2026
very sunny
16°C 31°C
28.08.2026
very sunny
18°C 32°C