Back to the (Pöllau) origin

Name: Back to the (Pöllau) origin
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The hiking trail is entirely dedicated to the theme of water.

In the Gragschlucht you can hike along the torrent to the cascade waterfall, then you continue to a Romanesque church to the Pöllau origin. The beautiful circular hiking trail takes us to the center of St. Marein and back to the Graggerschlucht parking lot.

At the Pöllau spring, the purest water bubbles directly from the earth. This happens due to the geology of the Grebenzen. An almost 600 m high water-impermeable layer of limestone forms a threshold inside the mountain and allows the spring to emerge.

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Best season

January

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

17,9 km

Route

6:37 h

Time

658 hm

Uphill

658 hm

Downhill

1203 m

Highest point

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More information

By car from GermanyFrom Munich via the A8 towards Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A10 Tauernautobahn to St. Michael im Lungau. On the B 96 to Tamsweg, then on the B 95 to Predlitz. The B 97 leads via Stadl/Mur to Murau. There at the roundabout towards St. Lambrecht to Murauer train station and further towards St. Lambrecht. Via Laßnitz near Murau you reach St. Lambrecht, which is already in the nature park. From there continue towards Mariahof and Neumarkt. In Mariahof turn right towards Neumarkt. Continue to St. Marein, turn right immediately after the pedestrian traffic light, through the town center of St. Marein and continue over the railway crossing directly to Mühldorf.

Arrival from Eastern Austria/HungaryAt the motorway junction in St. Michael near Leoben, take the S 36 towards Klagenfurt. Past Knittelfeld and Judenburg to Scheifling. In Scheifling continue towards Klagenfurt to Neumarkt, via Unzmarkt and Perchau am Sattel you reach Neumarkt. Drive through Neumarkt, then turn right at the pedestrian traffic lights in St. Marein, continue through the town center of St. Marein over the railway crossing directly to Mühldorf.

Arrival from southern Austria/ItalyVia Klagenfurt on the S37 past St. Veit/Glan, Treibach and Friesach. In Friesach continue towards Vienna, via Dürnstein and Wildbad to St. Marein. Just before the pedestrian traffic lights turn left, through the town center of St. Marein and continue over the railway crossing directly to Mühldorf.

In the Gragger Gorge you can experience the impressive power of water up close along a torrent with a fascinating cascade waterfall. At the end of the Graggerschlucht the path leads left along a meadow and a forest path to the Jakobikirche. From there you continue towards Pöllau Ort, where there is a small church and also a place to stop for refreshments. You continue past the Buchmoar farmstead to the Pöllauer Quelle. The path leads part of the way back to the center of Pöllau. From there you go downhill, past the Gasthof Haslwirt and finally back to St. Marein. There the path leads past the church towards Graggerschlucht.

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Public parking spaces are available in Mühldorf in front of the Graggerschlucht.

The ideal time for this tour is from April to October. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.