Hiking route panorama path,  Puch bei Weiz - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus Hiking route panorama path,  Puch bei Weiz - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus

panorama path, Puch bei Weiz

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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".

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

January
February
November
December

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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More information

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.

We recommend you

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

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

www.apfelland.info

www.oststeiermark.com

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared cab SAM

 

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What the weather will be like

Puch bei Weiz (432m)

Morning
sunny
5°C
5%
5 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
17°C
0%
20 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
15°C
0%
15 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
Morning
sunny
10°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
very sunny
22°C
0%
15 km/h
Night
very sunny
18°C
5%
10 km/h
Some clouds in the morning, lateron much sunshine and hardly any clouds
31.03.2024
sunny
9°C 22°C
01.04.2024
cloudy
8°C 22°C
02.04.2024
sunny
6°C 17°C
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