If you are looking for a hike that leads through the hilly landscape of the Thermen- & Vulkanland, has pleasant resting and viewing places and also passes by TAU vintners, then the "TAU - Weg der Riede" is just right. This hiking trail leads around Tieschen and takes you to the home of 12 TAU winegrowers. TAU - the sign of St. Francis - was the name-giving for the special wine and for the path. During the breaks you can use the sun loungers in the vineyards, or the bottle peepers - very original telescopes - in the vineyards. The path is marked in such a way that it is basically hikable in both directions and also has shortcut possibilities. Those who undertake this hike during the bathing season can cool off after the tour in the open-air swimming pool in Tieschen and then stop at a Buschenschank for a good snack and a TAU wine. Information about the Tau winegrowers can be found on the homepage
www.tauwein.at.
Additional information
Tourist Office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Gästeinfo Bad Radkersburg
Hauptplatz 14
8490 Bad Radkersburg
Tel: +43 3382 55 100-90
badradkersburg@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at
Konditorei Prahsl, Tel.: +43 3475 2386, 8355 Tieschen 98,
www.konditorei-prahsl.at
Author’s recommendation
A free hiking map is available at the overview board on the market square in Tieschen, where, among other things, the TAU vintners are also listed with contact details.
Author
Weges OG
Safety guidelines
Emergency call mountain rescue: 140
ambulance: 144
European emergency call: 112
firefighters: 122
police: 133
Tips when reporting an emergency – Answer these six WH questions: What happened? How many people are injured? Where did the accident happen (are there GPS coordinates)? Who is reporting the incident (callback number)? When did the accident happen? What is the weather like at the site of the incident?
Directions
We start at the market square in
Tieschen and walk past the church slightly uphill. After a few minutes we continue on a gravel road to the waypoint Feichterwald. We go to the right and follow the asphalt road that passes above the JUFA Tieschen and subsequently reach the village of
Jörgen. Through the small village we follow the hiking trail slightly uphill. In the forest we pass a basalt quarry natural stage and follow the idyllic forest road slightly uphill or evenly there through the forest. From the forest road we turn right into a path that leads to the rock grave and subsequently downhill to an asphalt road. Immediately afterwards, turn right, pass a self-service station (Waldschenke Königsberg) and continue uphill through the forest. A longer stretch of trail follows through the forest or along the edge of the forest until we reach the station "TAU-Ried Königsberg - Bodenständig" and the lookout station, which is only a few meters away from the trail. From now on it goes continuously downhill. Through the village of
Pichla near Radkersburg, further downhill until we reach the valley floor. We cross a narrow bridge. Then we keep to the right and hike slightly uphill, passing by a striking wooden construction. Continuing uphill on the "Alter Bauernsteig" we come to a road, keep to the right and follow the signs to the Buschenschank Hopfer. Shortly after, we turn right to get to the station "TAU-Ried Aunberg - Gemeinschaft" or the observation and rest area. Back at the asphalt road, we soon go left through the forest and across meadows downhill. We cross an asphalt road and shortly after reach the Fruttner Bach. A bit upstream, then past elderberry fields, continue through a forest to Größing. Through the sparsely populated area, the path leads along the asphalt road, past the snack station or store "Steintal-Alpaka", slightly uphill and subsequently flat. Soon we see a fork on the right, which leads us through the vineyards and to the station "TAU-Ried Hochstrandl/Pum - Qualität". The resting and viewing place convinces with the photo motif of the oversized bottle and glass. Back through the vineyards we reach the district of Pum and hike past the horse paddock into the forest. From now on we go downhill again, along the asphalt road and through vineyards (please always close the gate), until we reach the station "TAO-Ried Patzenberg - Verwurzelt in Tieschen" or the landscape picture frame. Continue along a forest road until we cross an asphalt road. Here you have the option to turn left and shorten the hike. The main trail leads to the right, past the self-service station of the Bischof Winery, further along the asphalt road until we see the turnoff on the left. It goes through the forest for a while until we reach another asphalt road. From now on, the trail continues along the road without exception. It goes continuously downhill and continues along the valley floor until we reach the Patzen bridge. Continue straight on, past a chapel and the Sorger winery, and you will soon reach the road, which you follow to the left into the center of Tieschen and back to our starting point.
Map / Maps
freytag & berndt WK 412 Southeast Styrian Hills, Volcano Country, Bad Gleichenberg, Bad Radkersburg
Hiking maps are available at the guest information Bad Radkersburg. - Hiking map Tieschen You will find an overview board at the market place in Tieschen with a hiking map withdrawal box!