Hiking route St. Andrä - Höcher Round No. 21 - Touren-Impression #1 | © Südsteiermark Hiking route St. Andrä - Höcher Round No. 21 - Touren-Impression #1 | © Südsteiermark

St. Andrä - Höcher Round No. 21

Open
An ambitious hike with many adventure points, such as the largest Klapotetz, the forest and wildlife trail and the butterfly meadow. 
The first historical reference to the Sausal dates back to 977, when the forest "Susil" became the property of the Archbishopric of Salzburg.of the Archbishopric of Salzburg. Farmers cleared the forest through generations of hard work,drained the swampy valleys and ditches and planted vines on the bare, sunny mountain slopes.sunny mountain slopes. Sausal place names such as Reith, Greith, Neurath, Neudorf still remind us of this today.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

January
February
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
17,9 km
Route
5:30 h
Time
570 hm
Uphill
570 hm
Downhill
670 m
Highest point
304 m
Lowest point

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More information

Coming from the south, north, west and east on the A9 Phyrnautobahn - exit Leibnitz - continue towards Kaindorf/S - Heimschuh - Kitzeck - St. Andrä/Höch.
"Hike over the 3 hills with a wonderful panoramic view. The St. Andrä-Höcher loop begins in the centre of Sankt Andrä im Sausal and leads first along the municipal paths and finally through the forest hiking trail past the red deer enclosure into the Brünngraben (328m). Via Schmalegg you pass the largest Klapotetz to the baroque Harrachegg Castle with the Sausal wine and culture cellar. From there, the forest and game nature trail first leads to the Hubertus Grotto, then you follow the path out of the forest along the educational wine hiking trail, which shows different traditional wine-growing cultures, up to the world's largest Klapotetz at Kalkriegl. Via the Jägersteig (hunter's path) you finally reach the lookout point on the Demmerkogel (671 m), the highest point of the circular trail (the lookout point unfortunately burnt down, reconstruction is planned). From there the hiking trail leads across the butterfly meadow on municipal paths to the second viewing hill to Hochbrudersegg. Via Mitterberg you reach Brünngraben, passing numerous wine taverns, and from there the route leads back to the starting point via Hofholz and Reith on municipal paths without major differences in altitude.

Variant 21a: Small St. Andrä Round. Variant 21a offers the possibility of shortening the circular hiking trail with starting point St. Andrä im Sausal to half of the main trail without major differences in altitude. (See tour St. Andrä-Höcher Round No. 21).

Enjoy the view at the big Klapotetz.
We take the train to Kaindorf/Sulm. www.oebb.at
Continue by taxi to St. Andrä i. S. T: 0043 (0)664 886 57 826
Parking spaces are available at the starting point.
Tourist Office Südsteiermark
Hauptplatz 40
A-8530 Deuschlandsberg

Office Kitzeck Tel.: +43 (0)3456 3500
Office Leibnitz Tel.: +43 (0)3452 76811
office@suedsteiermark.info
www.suedsteiermark.info 

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What the weather will be like

Gleinstätten (323m)

Morning
slightly cloudy
9°C
15%
5 km/h
Noon
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15°C
30%
20 km/h
Night
foggy
10°C
65%
10 km/h
Sunny in the early morning, but soon clouds will gather and will lead to light rain towards evening.
Morning
sunny
6°C
5%
0 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
18°C
0%
15 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
16°C
0%
10 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
30.03.2024
very sunny
8°C 24°C
31.03.2024
sunny
9°C 23°C
01.04.2024
cloudy
9°C 22°C

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