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Organ Hiking: Stage Pöllauberg - St. Anna

Hiking from the Pöllauberg pilgrimage church past St. Anna's church to the church in St. Anna (Flattendorf/Hartberg area) 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 Pöllau Valley Nature Park and ApfelLand- Stubenbergsee regions and get to know the advantages of an individual guided tour with the sound of bells and organs. Download the free "Hearonymus" app, select "Churches in the ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee and Pöllau Valley Nature Park" under "Guides" and your smartphone has become an audio guide.

Characteristics

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The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
5,3 km
Route
1:30 h
Time
110 hm
Uphill
250 hm
Downhill
754 m
Highest point

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Pöllauberg, Nature Park Arena

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.

Pöllauberg - Brandstatt   
  • Starting at the Pöllauberg pilgrimage church, the trail leads past the Annakirche church across the main square of Pöllauberg.   
  • Immediately before the elementary school, follow the signs for "Hirschbirnweg" and take the red-white-red hiking trail no. 946 "St. Anna - Hartberg".   
  • Follow this over a few steps and then turn left through the high forest, continue on an asphalted house driveway, cross a municipal road in "Ölhof" and then turn right onto the forest path.   
  • Follow this first along the meadow and later through the high forest to the small chapel at the "Bachlex" estate in Brandstatt.
  • Brandstatt - Muggental - St. Anna   
  • Walk along the asphalt road for approx. 800 m to the Reiterer fruit farm.   
  • Turn left at the bus stop "Oberneuberg GH Scherf", follow the red-white-red markings no. 946 and walk along the asphalt road for approx. 3 km to the pilgrimage church of St. Anna.
Experience the scenic diversity of thePöllau Valley Nature ParkPlan enough time to enjoy theculinary delights
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

For local transport we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

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

Tourism region Eastern StyriaNature Park Pöllauer Valley officeSchloss 1, 8225 Pöllau, AustriaPhone: +43 3335 4210 www.naturpark-poellauertal.at www.oststeiermark.comCurrent weather 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 StyriaNature Park Pöllauer Valley officeSchloss 1, 8225 PöllauTel: +43 3335 4210 www.naturpark-poellauertal.atwww.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

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Kindererlebnis-Bauernhof Perhofer, Silvia | © Oststeiermark Tourismus, Rene Strasser

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