Kneipp hiking trail St. Jakob im Walde
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On this hike you can expect different stations of the Kneipp teachings. The Kneipp path includes 3 different routes where you can experience, enjoy and learn a lot. For example, you pass by the arm water pool in the Europapark.
A visit to the herb farmer is also worthwhile. At the "Jakobi-Bründl" you come to a mystical place where you can forget everyday life. For children, there is a barefoot play area next to the foot-water pool. (Water treading pool)
The Kneipp Association St. Jakob im Walde was founded in 1998 and thus also the Kneipp path was ceremoniously opened. In the course of time, there have always been renewals so that the five pillars of the Kneipp teachings are attractively expressed along the Kneipp path. At the beginning of the Kneipp path near the elementary school, the five pillars are represented. The hike takes you across the Europapark, past the Lueger Inn to the vicinity of the Arzberger homestead, where there is a chestnut tree and a wayside shrine, and right next to it you will find a plaque with a short biography of Father Kneipp. The next station is again dedicated to the order of life: an unusual wooden cross invites you to linger and pause.
If you are interested, you can also visit the herb garden in the herb kingdom and the relic of Emperor Charles in the parish church in the course of the hike along the Kneipp path.
More information
From Vienna via A2 to Friedberg exit and B54 to Rohrbach From Graz via A2 to the Rohrbach – Vorau exit, then to Rohrbach and on to Waldbach and St. Jakob/W. (elementary school) From the S6 exit Krieglach via the Alpl to Ratten and St. Jakob/W. (elementary school)
Further information on how to get there: Machtreich, St. Jakob im Walde
- We start at the 5 pillars near the church
- We follow the Kneipp signs 1,2,3
- We walk leisurely across the Europapark and the military cemetery
- At the military cemetery we turn left and come to the main road.
- We go right along the road until we come to the junction after the petrol station.
- Now we go down the road until we come to a farm
- At the farm we continue straight on and enter the forest landscape
- We cross two streams and come to the fork Kneipppath 1
- Kneipp path 1 leads us to the left through a forest clearing.
- At the foot water basin of path 1, path 2 and path 3 join again shortly before.
- Now the paths 1,2,3 lead us upwards over a bend back to the village
- Path 2 and 3 lead us at the junction of path 1 to the right up to the forest clearing
- From the clearing we continue to the left
- After approx. 100 mn we come to the junction of Kneipp path 2 and Kneipp path 3
- Path 2 leads us on an asphalt road back to the village
- Trail 3 leads us at the junction of trail 2, right down the asphalt road and then left down to the herbal stream
- We cross the Heroderbach three times and come to a meadow
- At the next crossing we keep left until we reach path 2
- Now we go right following the signs
You can learn even more about Kneipp and about Sebastian Kneipp in the exhibition Kräftereich in St. Jakob im Walde.
There are various parking spaces at the inns in town and at the Kraftreich. (near church)
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Informationstafeln Kneippweg | © Klaudia Zink | TV Joglland Waldheimat
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Markierungstafeln Kneippweg | © Klaudia Zink | TV Joglland Waldheimat
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Kneippweg | © Klaudia Zink | TV Joglland Waldheimat
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Kneippweg | © Klaudia Zink | TV Joglland Waldheimat
What the weather will be like
St. Jakob im Walde (927m)
The day will be dry, but mostly cloudy with occasional sunny spells.
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
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