Hiking route Kitzeck - Einöd K3 Variant a - Touren-Impression #1 | © Südsteiermark Hiking route Kitzeck - Einöd K3 Variant a - Touren-Impression #1 | © Südsteiermark

Kitzeck - Einöd K3 Variant a

The trail leads to Einöd to the steepest vineyard in Austria - Weingut Malli and back to the starting point via the old Roman road, through vineyards and forest paths. 
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. The name Sausal is first found in a document from 970, in which Emperor Otto I transferred 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. 

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
5,9 km
Route
2:00 h
Time
215 hm
Uphill
215 hm
Downhill
561 m
Highest point

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Coming from the south, north, west and east via the A9 Pyhrn motorway - exit Leibnitz - direction Kaindorf/S - Heimschuh - Kitzeck i.S.
Starting from the Wine Museum, follow the main road towards the church. After the church, take the first turning on the left. Follow the ridge until you reach the Malli wine tavern through vineyards. From here, continue to the right along the old Roman road until you reach the junction with the main road. Continue left to the Reiterer wine tavern. From here through the vineyard to the Lorenz wine tavern and back to the wine museum via path 2.
Visit the 1st Styrian Wine Museum in Kitzeck
By train to Kaindorf an der Sulm station. www.oebb.at or www.busbahnbim.at Then by taxi to Kitzeck +43 (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 Phone: +43 (0)3456 3500Office Leibnitz Phone.: +43 (0)3452 76811office@suedsteiermark.infowww.suedsteiermark.info 

Hiking map available at the information office or download here.

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What the weather will be like

Kitzeck im Sausal (559m)

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Noon
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Night
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Early clouds will gradually clear to leave the region with a dry and sunny day.
Morning
slightly cloudy
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Noon
slightly cloudy
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Night
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Partly sunny in the morning, gradually becoming cloudy in the afternoon.
03.11.2024
slightly cloudy
4°C 8°C
04.11.2024
very sunny
2°C 11°C
05.11.2024
very sunny
3°C 10°C
Südosten Region Österreich | © Thermen- & Vulkanland Steiermark

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