Franz Höller circular route
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The easy circular trail, starting from the center of Waisenegg, leads us along the Feistritz along the R8 bike path. We are rewarded with a magnificent view!
The hiking trail was created in honor of the local poet Franz Höller. It leads us past his hometown house and is dotted along the way with sayings and texts from his pen.
Characteristics
The tour in numbers
medium
Level of difficulty
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Arrival from Vienna: A2 to Hartberg, B54 towards Graz to the Pöllau turn-off, Birkfeld, Waisenegg. Arrival from Graz: A2 to Gleisdorf exit, B64 towards Weiz. Roundabout before Weiz on the B72 towards Anger, Birkfeld. From Weiz approx. 30 km. Arrival from Salzburg: S6 via Bruck, Kapfenberg to the Allerheilen im Mürztal exit. Immediately after the exit turn right towards Fischbach, Birkfeld, Waisenegg. Detailed information on how to get there can be found
here.
- We start at the pavilion at the parking lot in front of the Kindergartne in Waisenegg
- We walk past the Peace Chapel across the meadow down towards the asphalt road
- After a few hundred meters on the asphalt road we turn left onto a gravel road
- After 15 minutes of walking we reach the cycle path along the Feistritz river
- We follow the cycle path downstream in the direction of Birkfeld
- After a longer walk we leave the cycle path and go onto a gravel road
- After a slight ascent we come to the L114
- We cross the road and walk past the farm
- Passing the many fruit trees, we come to the home house of our poet
- Walk uphill in the forest until you reach the L114.
- If we follow the sign "Path of Labyrinths", we come to the Gallbrunnger inn
- At the Gallbrunner Inn you can have a snack and return to the starting point.
Books with poems by Franz Höller are offered for sale at the market town office in Birkfeld.
Parking spaces at the kindergarten in the town center in Waisenegg.
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Friedenskapelle | © Karl Zodl | Karl Zodl
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Rast beim Wegkreuz | © Karl Zodl | Karl Zodl
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Eine schöne Aussicht | © Karl Zodl | Karl Zodl
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Wanderung | © Karl Zodl | Karl Zodl
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Holzliege | © Karl Zodl | Karl Zodl
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Blick nach Birkfeld | © Karl Zodl | Karl Zodl
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Wirtshaus Gallbrunner | © Karl Zodl | TV Joglland-Waldheimat
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Chapel of peace in Waisenegg, Joglland-Waldheimat in Eastern Styria | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
What the weather will be like
Birkfeld (619m)
Dry and sunny throughout the day with hardly any clouds.
The day starts sunny, but will be partly cloudy in the afternoon.
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