Rosenkogel- Kulmweg, Puch bei Weiz

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The apple village of Puch is the starting point for a true "journey into paradise".

The circular hiking trail leads up to the Kulm at 975 m, which was already inhabited in Celtic times and offers a magnificent panoramic view.

This hike is particularly beautiful in spring when the trees are in bloom and the village is enveloped in a cloud of white and delicate pink blossom, and in fall,when the 25 km long Apple Road is transformed into a paradise of ripe apples.

However, the region around the apple village of Puch has much more to offer.

Numerous fruit farms invite you to taste their apples and offer many delicious delicacies in their farm stores and 24-hour stores so that you can take a piece of Eastern Styria home with you. Or we can enjoy not only the view, but also the entertaining stories with which Puch storyteller Marion Wiesler will whisk you away to apple paradise on the five idyllically placed audio loungers at Hochgartl in Puch, Singerberg, ElzerRoas, Apfelschlössl and the apple pavilion at Biohof Schloffer.

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

Experience

Scenery

Best season

January

February

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November

December

The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

8,3 km

Route

3:00 h

Time

539 hm

Uphill

537 hm

Downhill

963 m

Highest point

427 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 Vienna

From Graz

A2 Südautobahn in the direction of Vienna to Gleisdorf West

B54 Wechsel federal highway towards Hartberg as far as the traffic circle at the Jet petrol station

B64 Rechberg-Bundesstraße in the direction of Weiz to Unterfladnitz

L361 to Etzersdorf and on to Puch bei Weiz

From Vienna

A2 Südautobahn in the direction of Italy to Hartberg

B50 Burgenlandstraße in the direction of Hartberg

B54 Wechsel federal highway in the direction of Gleisdorf to Kaindorf

L414 to Buchberg near Herberstein

L409 to Lebing

L361 to Puch near Weiz

To Google Maps for the calculation of the journey.

We start the circular route at the municipal office in Puch bei Weiz.

We head in the direction of Puch-Eben, then turn left past the sports field into the forest. Steadily uphill we come to the "Kreuzwaldkreuz" cross, where we cross the road and after a short stretch turn left uphill towards "Ramhof" (path no. 9). We keep to the right and walk past the water reservoir towards the summit.

Now we are rewarded with a magnificent view. If we are lucky and reach the summit on a clear, beautiful day, we can see as far as the Pannonian lowlands.

After these wonderful impressions, we continue downhill, turn left at the Kulmwirt and pass the "Hoader" farmstead, the Hofersiedlung and the "Hoaderbauernkapelle" chapel before returning to our starting point at the Puch municipal office.

We recommend you:

Listening pleasure loungers on the Styrian Apple Road"

Kulm Celtic village"

Cool off in the Puch swimming pool in summer

Timetables and travel information can be found directly at:

Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB)

Postbus

For local transportation we recommend the SAM-SammelTaxi.

Municipal office Puch bei Weiz

Information about the region, places to stop and stay, excursion destinations, etc:

Eastern Styria

Tourist Board ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee office