Kneippwanderweg 2 (Minimap), St. Jakob im Walde
On this hike you can expect different stations of the Kneipp teachings. The Kneipp path includes 3 different routes where you can experience, enjoy and learn a lot. For example, you pass by the arm water pool in the Europapark. A visit to the herb farmer is also worthwhile. At the "Jakobi-Bründl" you come to a mystical place where you can forget everyday life. For children, there is a barefoot play area next to the foot-water pool. (Water treading pool)
The Kneipp Association St. Jakob im Walde was founded in 1998 and thus also the Kneipp path was ceremoniously opened. In the course of time, there have always been renewals so that the five pillars of the Kneipp teachings are attractively expressed along the Kneipp path. At the beginning of the Kneipp path near the elementary school, the five pillars are represented. The hike takes you across the Europapark, past the Lueger Inn to the vicinity of the Arzberger homestead, where there is a chestnut tree and a wayside shrine, and right next to it you will find a plaque with a short biography of Father Kneipp. The next station is again dedicated to the order of life: an unusual wooden cross invites you to linger and pause.
If you are interested, you can also visit the herb garden in the herb kingdom and the relic of Emperor Charles in the parish church in the course of the hike along the Kneipp path.
Characteristics
Best season
January
February
March
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December
The tour in numbers
3,8 km
Route
1:07 h
Time
134 hm
Uphill
134 hm
Downhill
926 m
Highest point
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More information
Sankt Jakob im Walde is located approx. 24 km northwest of the district capital Hartberg in the far northwest of the Hartberg district. The municipality belongs to Joglland.
By car:
From Vienna: via the A2 to the Friedberg exit and B54 to Rohrbach, then via Mönichwald to St. Jakob im Walde
From Graz: via the A2 to the Rohrbach - Vorau exit, then to Rohrbach and on to Waldbach and St. Jakob im Walde
From the S6 Krieglach exit via the Alpl to Ratten and St. Jakob im Walde
Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.
By car:
From Vienna: via the A2 to the Friedberg exit and B54 to Rohrbach, then via Mönichwald to St. Jakob im Walde
From Graz: via the A2 to the Rohrbach - Vorau exit, then to Rohrbach and on to Waldbach and St. Jakob im Walde
From the S6 Krieglach exit via the Alpl to Ratten and St. Jakob im Walde
Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.
- We start at the elementary school and pass the 5 pillars of the Kneipp theory at Gasthof Lueger
- We follow the Kneipp signs 1,2,3
- We walk leisurely via the Europapark and the military cemetery
- At the military cemetery we turn left and come to the main road
- We turn right along the road until we reach the junction after the petrol station
- Now we walk down the path until we come to a farm
- At the farm we continue straight ahead and enter the forest landscape
- We cross two streams and come to the Kneippweg 1 junction
- We continue to the chestnut tree Kneipp boards through high forest.
- At the municipal road we go down to the left, past 4 houses, then left through the forest to the Jakobi Bründl foot basin and via the Europapark back to the starting point.
You can learn even more about Kneipp and about Sebastian Kneipp in the exhibition Kräftereich in St. Jakob im Walde.
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
St. Jakob im Walde, Kräfereich (free)
Tourism Association East Styria
Office Joglland - Waldheimat
8255 St. Jakob im Walde
church quarter 24
Mobilität Oststeiermark mit Sammeltaxi SAM
Parish St. Jakob im Walde
Kirchenviertel 24
8255 St. Jakob im Walde
Tel: 03336/ 8212
Fax: 03336/ 8212 - 14
gde@st-jakob-walde.steiermark.at
www.st-jakob-walde.steiermark.at
Wander- Ski- und Radtourenkarte Joglland Waldheimat
Kompass Wanderführer Joglland