Kitzeck-Demmerkogel Round K4

Name: Kitzeck-Demmerkogel Round K4
Brand: Steiermark
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

A wonderful hike that takes us up to the Demmerkogel at 671 m, the highest point of this circular trail. Through woods and meadows we return to the valley of the Kroisgraben and walk back to the starting point via the municipal road.

The name Sausal first appears in a document from 970, in which Emperor Otto I gave the area between the rivers Sulm and Laßnitz to the Archbishopric of Salzburg as a fief. The name "Sausal" is derived from the Latin "Solva silva" (Sulm forest). The place names Kitzeck or Steinriegel are not found in any medieval documents, but some of the cadastral parishes of today's Kitzeck are already mentioned in the land register of the Vizedomamt Leibnitz in 1322. The name Fresing (Katastralgemeinde) is recorded in the Ortsnamenbuch von Steiermark (1893) as one of the oldest villages.

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

12,0 km

Route

4:30 h

Time

610 hm

Uphill

610 hm

Downhill

670 m

Highest point

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Via the A9 Phyrnautobahn coming from the south, north, east and west - exit Leibnitz - continue towards Kaindorf/S. - Heimschuh - Fresing - Kitzeck i. S.

From the starting point, turn right, down the valley over the municipal road and after approx. 400 m turn right again down the marked path into the Kroisgraben. Keep left and follow the stream until you leave the valley floor to the right in the direction of Altenberg and cross the Fresinggraben off the municipal road to Brudersegg. Keep to the right at the road and with a steady climb over Hochbrudersegg you then reach the Demmerkogel (671 m). From the Demmerkogel, the route leads through a wooded area. After about 400 m, keep left and follow the path down to Kroisgraben. Keep left and then, immediately after the fish ponds, continue to the right until you reach the municipal road. Continue left here until you reach the main road. Turn right and follow the road along the pavement for approx. 1 km back to the starting point.

Visit the 1st Styrian Wine Museum in Kitzeck

By train to Kaindorf/ Sulm. www.oebb.at or www.busbahnbim.at Continue by taxi to the starting point. T: 0043 (0)664 886 57 826

Parking spaces are available close to the church or next to the Raiffeisenbank in Kitzeck.

Tourist Office SüdsteiermarkHauptplatz 40A-8530 Deuschlandsberg

Office Kitzeck Tel.: +43 (0)3456 3500Office Leibnitz Tel.: +43 (0)3452 76811office@suedsteiermark.info www.suedsteiermark.info

Hiking map available at the information office or download here.

Moser Martin, 4. Auflage 2023: Steirisches Weinland, Schilcherland – Südsteiermark – Vulkanland. 55 Touren mit GPS-Tracks, Bergverlag Rother, München, S. 160

Günter und Luise Auferbauer, 2021: Wander-Erlebnis Süd- und West-Steiermark, 55 Ausflüge und Touren, Verlag Kral GmbH, Niederösterreich, S. 280

Gery Wolf, 2017: Steirisches WEIN Land, Verlagsgruppe Styria GmbH & Co KG, Graz, S. 144