Hiking route Pöllauberg circuit via Hotel Muhr and Pöllau, Pöllauberg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus Hiking route Pöllauberg circuit via Hotel Muhr and Pöllau, Pöllauberg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus

Pöllauberg circuit via Hotel Muhr and Pöllau, Pöllauberg

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Hiking in the Pöllau Valley Nature Park - the realm of the Hirschbirn - and enjoying nature, culture and culinary delights.
The route starts at Pöllauberg and takes us via Hotel Muhr and the Roseggerweg to Pöllau. From there, we return to the starting point at Pöllauberg for the final leg.

During this hike, we experience the landscape and biological diversity of the Pöllauer Tal Nature Park. Simultaneously, opportunities abound to explore cultural highlights such as the Gothic pilgrimage church at Pöllauberg or the "Steirischer Petersdom".

Cultural Tourism: Sacred Art and Organ Excursions


Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
18,0 km
Route
5:00 h
Time
550 hm
Uphill
550 hm
Downhill
847 m
Highest point

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Pöllauberg, Nature Park Arena
Pöllauberg - Xandl in Zeil - Hotel Muhr
  • Starting from the nature park arena in Pöllauberg, we cross the country road and after a few meters reach a chapel. There we keep left towards Masenberg and walk approx. 200 m to the next crossroads with the signpost "Hartberg" and continue straight uphill, following the signpost marked white-blue-white no. 6 to the left into the field path.
  • We follow paths 941 and no. 6 in the direction of Zisser Taverne and walk uphill along Zeiler Dorfstraße until we reach the signs for Hotel Muhr/Waldlehrpfad and turn left.
  • From here to Waldhof Muhr we follow the forest nature trail.

Hotel Muhr - Roseggerweg - Pöllau town center - Pöllauberg

  • After a refreshment, we walk back along the access road in a southerly direction.
  • We stay on this road and follow the white-red-white markings no. 5 towards Pöllau and join path no. 11 at the fork near the Kohl sawmill. The path leads us south to Pöllau.
  • At the adventure pool, we cross the L406 road and reach the Aupark, from where we continue to the center of Pöllau with its large former monastery complex.
  • From the center of Pöllau, we head east past the former Augustinian monastery (castle/church) to the traffic circle, the entrance to Pöllau-Mitte.
  • We follow the red-white-red markings no. 942 or the green signs "Hirschbirnweg" and "Wallfahrerweg Pöllauberg" north of the Raiffeisenbank to the pilgrimage church of Pöllauberg.
  • Via the main square (north of the church), follow the access road back to our starting point at the Naturparkarena.
Along the way, in Pöllau and on the Pöllauberg, the numerous catering establishments look forward to our visit!

Fahrpläne und Reiseinformationen finden Sie bei den Österreichischen Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) oder unter Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

Für den örtlichen Transport empfehlen wir das SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark. HF5809 Oberneuberg - Pöllauberg Ort

Pöllauberg, Nature Park Arena
Information about the region, places to stop for refreshments and overnight accommodation, excursion destinations etc. can be found here:

Eastern Styria Tourist Board

Pöllau Valley Nature Park office

Castle 1

8225 Pöllau

Phone: +43 3335 4210

www.naturpark-poellauertal.at 

www.oststeiermark.com 

Current weather

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Kompass Map, Hiking Map Nature Park Pöllauer Valley 1:30,000

Find out about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office. You can also order information material on our website from the comfort of your own home.

Tourism region Eastern Styria Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau Tel: +43 3335 4210  www.naturpark-poellauertal.at www.oststeiermark.com

Rother hiking guide "Oststeiermark - Von den Fischbacher Alpen bis in die Thermenregion", 50 tours, Elisabeth Zienitzer & Silvia Sarcletti paperback, ISBN-10, 376334577 available in bookshops

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What the weather will be like

Pöllau (421m)

Morning
foggy
12°C
90%
5 km/h
Noon
foggy
14°C
80%
10 km/h
Night
cloudy
13°C
50%
10 km/h
Light rain until the early afternoon, then slowly becoming dry.
Morning
sunny
12°C
5%
10 km/h
Noon
very sunny
18°C
0%
15 km/h
Night
very sunny
16°C
0%
10 km/h
Some clouds in the morning, lateron much sunshine and hardly any clouds
10.05.2024
slightly cloudy
7°C 21°C
11.05.2024
sunny
8°C 23°C
12.05.2024
sunny
9°C 22°C
GenussCard Steiermark | © Thermen- und Vulkanland Steiermark, Harald Eisenberger

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