Hiking route Small altitude circuit (Kleiner Höhenrundweg) / Trail 5 - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Thermen- & Vulkanland Hiking route Small altitude circuit (Kleiner Höhenrundweg) / Trail 5 - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Thermen- & Vulkanland

Small altitude circuit (Kleiner Höhenrundweg) / Trail 5

A very varied hiking trail. Beautiful forest stretches alternate with beautiful views. Mostly in ridges (Dornegg and Hartbergen) on the way - only in the area Rehgraben there is a comfortable valley crossing.
From the spa to Dornegg only forest paths, then a short, little used municipal road with a beautiful panoramic view over the district of Stein and the Kögelberg area. Through the Rehgraben only forest and meadow path, up towards Hartbergen to the viewing terrace on the roof of the VINO.TAKE. Beautiful panoramic view of the Styrian hills, western Styria and to the east into Burgenland and Hungary.

 

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
6,7 km
Route
2:15 h
Time
145 hm
Uphill
145 hm
Downhill
355 m
Highest point

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More information

From Vienna & Lower Austria
By car: South freeway (A2) to exit Riegersdorf, from here via the S7 in direction Budapest to exit Fürstenfeld, via Fürstenfels bypass to Bad Loipersdorf.
 
From Graz
By car: on the A2 motorway in the direction of Vienna as far as the Riegersdorf exit, from here via the S7 in the direction of Budapest to the exit Fürstenfeld. From here via Fürstenfeld bypass to Bad Loipersdorf.
 
From Western Austria and Bavaria
By car: via Salzburg on the Phyrn freeway (A9) and the Süd freeway (A2) or via Carinthia on the Süd freeway (A2) to the Riegersdorf exit, from here via the S7 in the direction of Budapest to the exit Fürstenfeld. From here via Fürstenfeld bypass to Bad Loipersdorf.
 
From Italy or Slovenia
By car: via Villach on the southern freeway (A2) to the Riegersdorf exit or via Maribor on the Phyrn freeway (A9) and the southern freeway (A2) in the direction of Vienna to the Riegersdorf exit. From here via the S7 in the direction of Budapest to the exit Fürstenfeld. From here via Fürstenfeld bypass to Bad Loipersdorf.

Detailed information on how to get there can be found here.
Start is in front of the spa left direction Hotel Stoiser and vis á vis into the forest, from where many trails begin. Here you follow the signs in the forest for about 2 km. In the field of vision you always have the municipal road towards Unterlamm. Then follows a short stretch of road accompanied by vineyards with a beautiful view to the right into the Rehgraben and Hartbergen and to the left to Stein and on the Kögelberg. Then it goes back into the forest and downhill into the Rehgraben. Here you cross the asphalt road and walk on a meadow path first flat into the Rehwinkel and then over serpentines towards Hartbergen. There you cross the Thermenstraße and then reach the viewing terrace on the roof of the VINO.TAKE. Afterwards, the trail goes off the road and over the "Krafthügel" back to the spa.            
I would recommend enjoying the beautiful panoramic view on the panoramic terrace on the roof of VINO.TAKE with a glass of wine. Opening hours: Mon-Sat 9:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 18:00

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

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Parking in front ot the  Thermenresort Loipersdorf
A hiking map is available at: 

Tourist office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Guest information Bad Loipersdorf
Thermenstraße 152
8282 Bad Loipersdorf
Tel.: +43 3382 55 100-82
badloipersdorf@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at

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

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