On the Benedikt-Route through Styria

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The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 126,7 km

Time 37:30 h

Uphill 3241 hm

Downhill 3165 hm

Highest point 1862 m

The section of the Benedikt's Route through Styria takes us from monastery to monastery - from Admont via Seckau to Carinthia. Scenic highlights are the national park Gesäuse and the crossing of the Niedere Tauern. Nature and culture alternate and small towns are also on the plan to complement the lush nature experiences.

Pilgrimage - a journey into myself. For some, it is the ancient idea of religion. Giving thanks for regained health, asking for recovery, doing penance, taking a vow... For others, however, pilgrimage is simply a great longing for tranquillity and inner peace.

The Benedikt Path was created on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the repopulation of the monastery of St. Paul in Lavanttal in 2009 and is named after the founder of the order, Benedikt of Nursia. The path leads from Spital am Pyhrn via Admont, Seckau, Maria Buch, Wolfsberg, St.Paul and Slovenj Gradec to Gornij Grad in Slovenia.

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Detailed information on how to get to Spital am Phyrn can be found here.

The first day takes us through the beautiful landscape of the Pyhrgas to the Gesäuse, Austria's youngest national park. Admont, with its world-famous monastery and the worthwhile monastery library, is our first stopover. Via the Kaiserau, we first reach Trieben and continue via the Kettentörl and the Ingeringsee to Seckau.

From Seckau, we continue over the Tremmelberg to Knittelfeld and on to Maria Buch-Feistritz, with its beautiful pilgrimage church in the middle of the Mur valley. From the Styrian Murtal, we change to the Carinthian Lavanttal. Through beautiful forest paths we reach the small village of Obdach and continue over the Obdacher Sattel into the Lavanttal.

Das Benediktinerstift Admont, das älteste bestehende Kloster in der Steiermark, beherbergt ein einmaliges Juwel, die weltgrößte Klosterbibliothek, die seit Jahrhunderten Generationen an Besuchern in ihrem Bann zieht. 2003 etablierte sich das Stift zudem in der Museumslandschaft indem es eines der größten und kontrastreichsten Privatmuseen Österreichs eröffnete. Unter einem Dach vereint finden sich nun Kunst vom Mittelalter bis hin zu einem Naturhistorischen Museum und nichts desto trotz eines Gegenwartskunstbereichs.

Accessible by train and bus.

Detailed information about arriving by ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) can be found at www.oebb.at or on the Verbundlinie Steiermark website www.busbahnbim.at

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Sufficient parking is available around the church in Spital am Phyrn.

Steiermark Tourismus, Tel. +43 316 4003
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