Fürstenfeld City Tour (Fürstenfelder Stadtrundgang)

Accessible by public transport

Train (within 15 minutes walking distance from starting point)
Public bus (within 15 minutes walking distance from starting point)

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

The tour in numbers

Level of difficulty easy

Route 0,9 km

Time 1:30 h

Uphill 3 hm

Downhill 1 hm

Highest point 277 m

The thermal capital in the middle of the thermal and volcanic region with its historic town centre is a modern shopping town with a special flair, surrounded by six thermal spas.

You’ll get to know and love Fürstenfeld on a guided tour of the town. The tour takes in culturally and historically significant sites in Fürstenfeld, such as Pfeilburg Castle and its museum, the parish church, the Dornbrunnen fountain and the Grazer Tor gate.

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It starts right on Hauptstraße (Hauptstraße 2a) in front of the tourist information centre. You are welcome to pick up a leaflet there. The first stop is the Dornbrunnen. The thorns represent the important places in Fürstenfeld. The route continues to the ‘Schloss am Stein’, the parish church, the main square, the town hall, through the Grazer Tor to the Augustinerkirche. It then follows Klostergasse to the highlight of the town tour, the Pfeilburg. The Pfeilburg is the oldest building in the town. It houses the museum, which provides a platform for topics of great significance to the history of Fürstenfeld and Styria, such as tobacco, prehistoric and early historical finds, the town’s history and unique collections. Starting at the Pfeilburg, you can explore the town’s fortress trail.

The main square is the perfect place to take a break. The Marienbrunnen fountain offers an impressive water feature to accompany three pieces of music.

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 is a bus stop in Badstraße - a short walk to the entrance.
The train station is approx. 2 km away. The Thermenlandbus is also a good way to get to Fürstenfeld.

Charges apply:

‘Hauptplatz’ underground car park
Plenty of parking options in the city centre

Free of charge:
Feistritzgasse – take the lift into town
Wallstraße – Town Hall: walk through the Pfeilburg into town

Bus parking: Feistritzgasse | Wallstraße | in front of the fire station (Hofstättergasse)

Tourist Office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Gästeinformation Fürstenfeld
Hauptstraße 2a
8280 Fürstenfeld
+43 3382 55 100-81
fuerstenfeld@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at