Heimschuher-Runde South No. 5 - Tour 25 lt. WK "From the alpine pasture to the wine".

Name: Heimschuher-Runde South No. 5 - Tour 25 lt. WK 'From the alpine pasture to the wine'.
Brand: Steiermark
Rating: 2 (2 reviews)

A wonderful hike with a scenically varied route and refreshment stops to refuel.

The Heimschuher Basin, which was formed by the erosion of the Sulm River south of the Sausal, was a barren alluvial landscape in early times. It was hardly suitable for settlement activities, and so the first remains of settlement by the Illyrians can be found on the Königsberg to the west of the village. A ring wall and isolated tumuli indicate this. The Roman road that connected Flavia Solva with the provincial capital Virunum also led westwards along the southern edge of the Heimschuher basin. That is why today's parish church is not, as it seems, out of the way, but was built on the edge of this traffic route. Old wayside crosses and Roman-era burial grounds still mark the course of this road today. Its documented history began more than 1000 years ago when the German King Otto I (936 - 973) donated his possessions between Sulm and Laßnitz and from the Murebene to the Koralpe to the Archbishopric of Salzburg.

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

17,1 km

Route

5:00 h

Time

420 hm

Uphill

420 hm

Downhill

441 m

Highest point

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Coming from Graz via the A9 then take the Spielfeld exit. Follow the B74 to Heimschuh. Detailed information can be found here.

The Heimschuher Rundwanderweg Süd starts at the municipal office and runs through the farm of the oil mill Hartlieb eastward first along the Sulmtalradweg R1. From the farm Waldhütter it goes through a forest path up to Schönegg and further over community paths to Sauberg. From there you descend into the Fahrenbach valley. After the bridge you walk along the brook for a while before you turn left into the municipal path up to the Valtlthoma chapel. After crossing the provincial road, follow the signs on the municipal path through a scenically varied stretch over the Königsberg to the Koschak inn. From there you return to the starting point via the Sulmtalradweg (R1).

Variant 5a: The connection Heimschuh - Nestelberg leads along the municipal road without major differences in altitude and allows for shortened variants of the hike. (See tour Heimschuher Runde Süd No. 5a).

The Celtic fortified tower on the Königsberg offers magnificent views and invites you to linger.

Very good train connection to Leibnitz. General information about public transport in the region: Timetable - ÖBB (oebb.at).

Weinmobil Südsteiermark.: +43 3454/94127, WEINmobil - the cab system of Südsteiermark | Austria

Without time limit and free of charge at the municipal office in Heimschuh. Parking lot

Refreshment stop:

Bicycle, Tel.: +43 3452/76402, 8451 Heimschuh, Heimschuhstraße 30Mostschenke Waldhüter, Tel.: +43 650/ 7519 140, 8430 Leibnitz, Stegweg 2Buschenschank Rack, Tel.: +43 3456/2672, 8451 Heimschuh, Am Sauberg 33, www.buschenschank-rack.at Wirt & Weinbauer Koschak, Tel.: +43 650/9903 099, 8451 Heimschuh, Nestelberg 43, www.koschak.at Heimschuher Stüberl, Tel.: 43 3452/71177, 8451 Heimschuh, Heimschuh 245

Wineries:Schatz Winery, www.weingut-schatz.at

Information offices:Kitzeck Tourist Office, Tel.: +43 5/7730 310; 8442 Kitzeck im Sausal, Steinriegel 15Tourist Office Südsteiermark, Tel.: +43 5/7730, 8530 Deutschlandsberg, Hauptplatz 40, www.suedsteiermark.com

Self-published by the region of southern Styria (2023): Wanderübersicht Südsteiermark - Von der Alm zum Wein / 60 selected hiking trails in southern Styria. Regional, tourist hiking map; 1:90.000 (available at all information offices of the Tourist Association of Southern Styria and many tourist businesses).

WK 411 Styrian wine country - southwestern Styria, hiking map 1:50,000 (freytag & berndt Wander-Rad-Freizeitkarten) 2019

WK 226 Southern Styria - Graz, Leibnitz, Deutschlandsberg, Lower Murtal. Hiking map 1:50.000 KOMPASS (2020-2024).

Moser Martin, 4th edition 2023: Steirisches Weinland, Schilcherland - Südsteiermark - Vulkanland. 55 tours with GPS tracks, Bergverlag Rother, Munich, p. 160.

Günter and Luise Auferbauer, 2021: Wander-Erlebnis Süd- und West-Steiermark, 55 excursions and tours, Verlag Kral GmbH, Lower Austria, p. 280

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