Hiking route Stage 20 From Glacier to Wine South Route Bad Schwanberg - Eibiswald - Touren-Impression #1 | © Steiermark Tourismus/Leo Himsl Hiking route Stage 20 From Glacier to Wine South Route Bad Schwanberg - Eibiswald - Touren-Impression #1 | © Steiermark Tourismus/Leo Himsl

Stage 20 From Glacier to Wine South Route Bad Schwanberg - Eibiswald

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A beautiful scenic stage of the hiking route "From glacier to wine" right through the Schilcherland. The destination of the tour is Eibiswald, the long-distance hiking hub of Austria. No less than 3 long-distance hiking trails of the Alpine Club - the Mariazell Trail 06, the Southern Alpine Trail 03 and the North-South Long-Distance Trail 05 - as well as the European Long-Distance Trail E06, which leads from the Baltic Sea to the Aegean Sea, meet here.
Eibiswald is also home to the long-distance hiking museum of the Austrian Alpine Association, which is run with much love and idealism. It is located in the Lerchhaus, which is situated on the Upper Square of Eibiswald and dates back to the 16th century. The museum has existed since 1998 in the courtyard wing of the building complex and, based on the "Hermann Collection", presents the history of the origins of long-distance hiking as well as the regional connection to this subject. Carl Hermann, born on October 28, 1918 in Wolfgruben near Wies / Eibiswald was an Austrian sculptor, cultural worker, author and founder of the North-South long-distance hiking trail 05.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

January
February
March
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
11,8 km
Route
4:00 h
Time
390 hm
Uphill
450 hm
Downhill
601 m
Highest point
352 m
Lowest point

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From Bad Schwanberg, right at the beginning of our stage of the hiking route "From Glacier to Wine", we go uphill to the beautifully situated Limberg Castle in the middle of a forest, which today accommodates youth and vacation camps. Limberg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1244 as a castle with the name "Lindenperch". The structure that still exists today dates from the 16th and 17th centuries. On the valley side there is an outer castle with a central gate tower and two corner towers on the flanks, which are connected to the central building by galleries. The outer castle is connected with the main castle by defensive walls. In the past, there was a moat between them, which was spanned by a bridge. Today, however, the entrance leads through the forecourt directly into the castle, which consists of a quadrangular building with a rectangular courtyard including pillared arcades. Of the once magnificent rooms, the Knight's Hall, the "Painted Room" and a hall in the south wing are still preserved.

But now back to our way to Eibiswald. This leads us on the next kilometers steadily slightly uphill through a beautiful forest to the highest point of the hike at 608 m above sea level, and immediately after that to the Hochmasser inn, a stamp control point for all Mariazell pilgrims. Strengthened, the leisurely tour leads us ever so slightly downhill to the vineyards around the settlement of Oberkraß, where we also encounter Buschenschänken such as that of the Fürpaß family. From Oberkraß we go to Unterkraß, where we keep to the right to get to Vordersdorf. From here the path goes again slightly uphill over a small wooded hill, which brings us on the other side, past beautifully situated vineyards, farmhouses and family homes directly to Eibiswald. In addition to the ÖAV long-distance hiking museum, the beautiful old town houses or the Lechhaus, which also houses a small fine cultural center, there is also another tip: in the Domaines Kilger Hasewend in the center of Eibiswald we can not only stay overnight in the best way, but are also spoiled with regional specialties. This is how we imagine a conclusion to a wonderful hike before we head off on the next stage to the Südsteiermark Nature Park.

In the Thermen- & Vulkanland region of Styria, Eastern Styria and Southern and Western Styria, the GenussCard opens the door to over 200 excursion destinations when you stay overnight in one of the approximately 100 GenussCard partner establishments. Countless of these GenussCard excursion destinations, ranging from culinary manufactories to bathing lakes and museums, are located directly on the hiking route "From Glacier to Wine".

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

With Verbundlinie’s BusBahnBim route planner app, planning your journey has never been easier: simply enter towns and/or addresses, stop names or points of interest to check all bus, train and tram connections in Austria. The app is available free of charge for smartphones – on Google Play and in the App Store

There are numerous parking spaces available in Bad Schwanberg.

Steiermark Tourismus

Tel. +43 316 4003

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If you would like to hire a  tour operator, simply book with Steiermark Touristik, the official travel agency of Steiermark Tourismus:

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What the weather will be like

Eibiswald (382m)

Morning
slightly cloudy
8°C
5%
10 km/h
Noon
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14°C
20%
20 km/h
Night
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10°C
85%
10 km/h
Fair in the morning, then increasingly cloudy. Rain will set in towards evening.
Morning
sunny
6°C
5%
5 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
17°C
5%
15 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
16°C
5%
10 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
30.03.2024
very sunny
6°C 23°C
31.03.2024
sunny
7°C 22°C
01.04.2024
cloudy
9°C 22°C

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