Barefoot Park, Wenigzell

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty easy

Route 0,9 km

Time 0:30 h

Uphill 9 hm

Downhill 9 hm

Highest point 840 m

Out of the shoes - into the pleasure! Walk barefoot over hill and dale and feel nature under your feet - at the barefoot park in the Joglland - Waldheimat region!

More and more often, doctors discover the positive effect of walking barefoot on the human body and its health. Quite apart from improving blood circulation in the legs and veins, a lap around the barefoot park also acts like a massage for the soul. Body and mind find harmony, relaxation and joy of life!

On three different routes with a total of 30 stations you can feel nature under your feet at the barefoot park in Wenigzell. A wide variety of surfaces, such as basalt chippings, river pebbles or clinker stones, but also a very special spider web, an ABC forest or a wobbly beam await you!

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More information

Wenigzell is located in the Joglland mountains in the north-east of Styria.

By car:
From Vienna: via the A2, exit Pinggau - Friedberg, Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Mönichwald, Waldbach, Wenigzell

From Graz: via the A2, exit Gleisdorf, Kaindorf, Pöllau bei Hartberg, Schloffereck, direction Vorau, left after the Kreuzwirt to Wenigzell

Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.
Wenigzell; old armory, children's playground, school, village square (all free)

We take off our shoes and walk through different stations

The stations stimulate the circulation and blood flow.

At the stations expect us e.g.:

Wood chips
Bark mulch
Fine sand
Grass pavers
Forest floor path
Peat Clay

European emergency call: 112
Emergency call mountain rescue: 140 (if possible please provide GPS data)
Rescue: 144
Fire brigade: 122
Police: 133

A few tips on correct and fair behaviour in the forest: (Source: www.bundesforste.at )

Hikers should avoid visits to the forest about 1.5 hours before sunrise and after sunset, as wild animals are particularly active during this time.

Plastic bottles, handkerchiefs, cigarette butts etc. have no place in the forest! Please make sure that you do not leave any rubbish in the forest.

Camping and lighting fires are strictly forbidden in the forest!

In principle, every person is allowed to pick 2 kg of mushrooms and berries per day for personal use. It is only prohibited if the forest owner expressly forbids it.

Best NO SHOES!

Businesses in the village spoil you with delicacies: Giant buns from the Buchtelbar, Jogllandtorte at Prettenhofer and Holzofenbratl at the Bratlalm!

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Tourism Association East Styria
Office Joglland - Waldheimat
8255 St. Jakob im Walde, church quarter 24
Tel.: +43 3336 20255

Joglland-Waldheimat
Eastern Styria

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Regio Bus

Wenigzell hiking map and barefoot park folder: available from the Wenigzell municipal office

Hiking booklet “On foot through Joglland and Waldheimat”: available from the Joglland - Waldheimat tourist office: +43 3336 20255

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