Organ Hiking: Stage Pöllau - Pöllauberg

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty medium

Route 3,3 km

Time 1:30 h

Uphill 340 hm

Downhill 10 hm

Highest point 749 m

Hiking from the Pöllau parish church via the Kalvarienberg church to the Pöllauberg pilgrimage church Cultural tourism: sacred art and organ hiking

In the Pöllauer Tal Nature Park and the ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee, you can combine your hike with art and culture and enjoy the culinary delights. The individual organ hiking tours can be easily combined with each other.

Hike from church to church in the Pöllau Valley Nature Park and ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee regions and get to know the advantages of an individual guided tour with the sound of bells and organs. Download the free "Hearonymus" app, select the "Churches in the ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee and Pöllau Valley Nature Park" under "Guides" and your smartphone has become an audio guide.

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Pöllau, parish church

The Pöllau Valley Nature Park is located in the heart of Eastern Styria, the garden of Austria, approx. 60 km north-east of Graz and approx. 150 km south of Vienna

By car from ViennaIf you are driving from Vienna to Pöllau bei Hartberg, take the A2 towards Graz and drive about 110 kilometres until you reach the Hartberg exit. From there, follow the B54 in the direction of Pöllau.

By car from GrazTo get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Graz, take the A2 motorway in the direction of Vienna. After about 30 kilometres, take the Gleisdorf West exit and then take the B54 towards Hartberg/Pöllau. Follow the B54 for about 25 kilometres until you reach Pöllau.

By car from SalzburgTo get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Salzburg, take the A1 motorway towards Vienna. Drive about 110 kilometres to exit 109 (Salzburg junction). There change to the A9 motorway in the direction of Graz. At St. Michael, follow the S6 towards Kapfenberg. Continue on the S6 until the Krieglach exit. From there, take the B72 and then the L405 to Pöllau.

Pöllau, castle park
Pöllau, P&R at the bypass

This path is also the pilgrimage route from the Pöllau parish church to the Pöllauberg pilgrimage church and part of the Hirschbirn hiking trail towards Pöllauberg, the signposting for which begins at the signposts in the castle park (south of the Parkcafe).
Starting at the Pöllau parish church, the trail continues along Schmiedgasse to the traffic circle at the bypass ("Pöllau Mitte"), north of the Raiffeisenbank on hiking trail 942 and the signs "Hirschbirnweg" and "Wallfahrerweg" in the direction of the Kalvarienberg church (1699). The trail leads over the Goldsberg to the Marienwallfahrtkirche on the Pöllauberg.
Alternatives for the way back: Follow hiking trail 946 east of the church from the "Zum Jagawirt" inn, Goger family. The trail leads via Ölkreuz, Obersalberg, Buschenschank Haubenwaller and Hotel Retter red markings (no. 8) or via the Hirschbirnwanderweg trail back to Pöllau. Total duration of the hike via the described alternative return route or Hirschbirnwanderweg trail: approx. 2.5 to 3.5 hours.

Important telephone numbers:

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

The trail is easy to walk and therefore suitable for the whole family.

Correct behaviour when hiking: Rules of behaviour when hiking

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

Hikers should avoid visiting the forest approx. 1.5 hours before sunrise and after sunset, as wild animals are particularly active at 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 making fires is strictly forbidden in the forest!
In principle, every person in the forest is allowed to collect 2kg of mushrooms and berries per day for their own use. It is only prohibited if the forest owner expressly forbids it.

Small rucksack with water bottle (+ provisions)Sturdy shoes
Appropriate clothing - preferably several layers - "onion principle"
Rain and sun protection
Hiking poles as required
Mobile phone
Small first aid kit
Route description
Before starting the hike, check where you can stop for refreshments, including opening times, or pack suitable provisions.

Experience the scenic diversity of the Nature Park Pöllau Valley
Plan enough time to savour the culinary delicacies

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

For local transport we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
HF5943 Pöllau, Schlosszwinger
HF 5809 Oberneuberg, Pöllauberg Ort

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

Eastern Styria Tourist Board
Nature Park Pöllau Valley 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.

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