Stage 19 From Glacier to Wine South Route Deutschlandsberg - Bad Schwanberg

Name: Stage 19 From Glacier to Wine South Route Deutschlandsberg - Bad Schwanberg
Brand: Steiermark
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On this stage of the hiking route "From glacier to wine" we hike through the Schilcherland, where we will soon notice that now and then pilgrims come to meet us. They are on their way to Mariazell, because we are on the Mariazell Way, one of the most famous pilgrimage routes in the Alpine region.

In addition to Schilcher, which is made from the Blaue Wilbdbacher vine and is a protected trade name, because Schilcher must come from Styria, we also get to know another treasure that nature has given us on this stage. From the highest high moor in Austria at over 1,300 meters comes the medicinal moor, which is used in the Schwanberg medicinal moor spa. The dense network of roots did not allow the absorbed water in this high moor on the Koralm to run off. Thus, the Garanaser Moor grew to a remarkable thickness of six meters in 6,000 years. And so, over thousands of years, medicinal herbs, seeds, pollen and flowers were also preserved, which form the basis for the effect of the medicinal moor.

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The tour in numbers

easy

Level of difficulty

10,6 km

Route

4:00 h

Time

430 hm

Uphill

370 hm

Downhill

763 m

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Detaillierte Informationen zur Anreise nach Deutschlandsberg zum Parkplatz hinter dem Rathaus finden Sie hier.

From Deutschlandsberg, the trail first leads us past vineyards, which nestle directly against the rows of houses to the west around the town, slightly uphill to the Wolfgangi Church, where we can enjoy a beautiful view of the Schilcherland. Immediately after the small pilgrimage church, we keep to the left at the Alpengasthaus Gregorhansl (Tel. +43 3462 2610) and continue walking south along the Mariazell path, in the opposite direction to the pilgrims who are drawn to the north of Styria. The rest of the way leads us parallel to the Schilcher Wine Road through tranquil forests, past meadows and fields to one or the other Buschenschank, which we should also visit.

The entire further way on this stage of the hiking route "From Glacier to Wine" leads us downhill directly to Bad Schwanberg, where we turn off onto Mainsdorfer Straße from the Mariazeller Weg at the level of the Stegweber Inn and the Grünberg Volunteer Fire Department - and hike straight ahead - to reach the center of Schwanberg with numerous sights and museums such as the Capuchin Monastery, Schwanberg Castle or the Greißlereimuseum. A special gem can also be found in Eibiswald, our next stage stop: the ÖAV Weitwandermuseum.

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

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Parking is available in the Obere Schmiedgasse behind the town hall.

Steiermark Tourismus

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Tel. +43 316 4003 450,

www.steiermark-touristik.com

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