Organ Hiking: Stage Pöllau - St. Stefan

Name: Organ Hiking: Stage Pöllau - St. Stefan
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Hiking from the parish church in Pöllau to the church in St. Stefan 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 Pöllauer Tal Nature Park and ApfelLand- Stubenbergsee regions and get to know the benefits of an individual guided tour with the sound of bells and organs. Download the free app "Hearonymus", set the "Churches in ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee and Naturpark Pöllauer Tal" in the "Guides" and your smartphone has already become an audio guide.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

10,0 km

Route

2:30 h

Time

70 hm

Uphill

170 hm

Downhill

454 m

Highest point

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Pöllau, castle park

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 - Haidenweg - Berger Kreuz - Kroisbach

Our tour starts from the Pöllau parish church and heads south along Lamberggasse or Remigigasse.
After reaching the bridge over the Mausbach stream at the Buchberger abattoir, turn left and follow the road to the next crossroads, turn right into Wiedenweg and follow the red-white-red No. 945 or white-green-white No. 9 markings.
Continue along a gravel road through the Berghofer estate, Hinteregg 111, until you reach the signpost with the number 945, Maria Fiederbründl, white-green-white no. 9, and turn right here over the small bridge.
From the Freiberg district in a south-westerly direction, the trail leads through a slightly ascending mixed forest.
After passing a stream over a longer bridge, the path finally leads slightly uphill over open terrain past a chapel to the Mauerhofer family (former inn). From there, the trail climbs slightly in a south-westerly direction to the Berger Kreuz and the Kroisbach bus stop.

Kroisbach - Schönau - Schönaudorf - St. Stefan

At the Kroisbach bus stop, follow the red-white-red trail no. 945 in a southerly direction to the Schönegg school.
Directly in front of the former municipal office (next to the school), the path branches off to the left into the forest to the Schönau landmark.
From there, continue right through the forest following the markings as before.
After a beautiful forest path, cross an asphalt road and then turn right into the romantic Schönauklamm gorge, past an old mill ruin, cross the Kroisbach stream at a bridge to the exit of the gorge.
Here you pass a house on the left and then reach an asphalt road. Then turn left into Schönaudorf.
From the center of Schönaudorf, walk right along the road for approx. 1.5 km on the Annahofweg and the Fahringweg past small shrines and beautiful detached houses to the Schönau 93 estate, which is located at a crossroads.
Turn left onto the municipal road and follow it to the church in St. Stefan.

Experience the scenic diversity of the Pöllauer Tal Nature Park.
Also plan enough time to enjoy 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.

Pöllau, Castle Park

Pöllau, P&R at the Pöllau bypass

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

Tourism region Eastern Styria

Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office

Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau, Austria

Phone: +43 3335 4210

www.naturpark-poellauertal.at

www.oststeiermark.com

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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.

Tourism region Eastern Styria

Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office

Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau

Tel: +43 3335 4210

www.naturpark-poellauertal.at

www.oststeiermark.com

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