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Alm circuit, Mönichwald

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A varied hike across forests and meadows from the flowery Mönichwald to the “Unter der Alm” area with beautiful views, which leads back to the starting point.
Starting from the center of Mönichwald, past the recreational lake, we turn into the next part of the village, Waldbach. From here, the route climbs to the highest point of the tour, the Alpengasthof Spitzbauer at 1,033 m above sea level. Here, or at the nearby Hotel Schwengerer, you can stop for refreshments before returning to the village of Mönichwald on the well-marked hiking trail 07.

Characteristics

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Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
17,2 km
Route
5:00 h
Time
560 hm
Uphill
560 hm
Downhill
1047 m
Highest point

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Waldbach-Mönichwald has been a municipality in the Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district of Styria in Austria since 2015.

By car:
From Graz: via the A2 to the Hartberg exit, then B50 and B54 via Grafendorch to Rohrbach; continue via Koglerau and Bruck to Mönichwald

From Vienna: via the A2 to the Pinggau exit, then on the B54 towards Hartberg to Rohrbach a. d. Lafnitz; continue via Koglerau and Bruck to Mönichwald

Detailed information on how to get here can be found Mönichwald, town center.
  • We start in Mönichwald and orient ourselves by the hiking overview board
  • We then walk past the church and the cemetery, cross the road and keep to the right
  • We continue upstream past the Florianihalle, cross a wooden bridge and follow the left bank
  • At the next bridge (closed) we turn left and walk uphill.
  • We follow the forest path, which is marked as a running route and leads into an asphalt road
  • Slightly downhill past a few houses we see the yellow signposts in the direction of Waldbach
  • Here we go left through a farm and continue on the gravel road, shortly before the pasture we go downhill for a short distance
  • Along the forest path and further on forest paths until we cross the Lafnitz and follow the signposted footpath upstream to Waldbach
  • In Waldbach, we keep to the right and walk along the road until the road branches off to the left towards Hochwechsel / Breitenbrunn
  • At the next crossroads, we keep right uphill.
  • We stay on the road for approx. 4 km until we reach the Hornhofer farm
  • Here we walk slightly uphill for a short distance until a field path branches off to the right
  • We continue until we reach a road junction and keep left uphill, turning right at the next junction in the direction of Spitzbauer
  • After a short time, we reach the highest point of the hike, the Alpengasthof Spitzbauer, 1,033 m.
  • From now on we are on hiking trail 07 and walk downhill to Hotel Schwengerer
  • We turn left at a wayside shrine, walk along field paths and then downhill through the forest, past the "Wimpassinger Haus" friends of nature house, until we reach a farmhouse
  • Continue downhill on the asphalt road until you see a junction on the left towards Dreimühlenweg and Mönichwald
  • We follow the markings until we reach a wooden bridge, continue downhill past a dilapidated house and continue along the left bank of the stream until we reach an asphalt road
  • This takes us to the center of Mönichwald
A visit to the leisure lake in the Mönichwald offers the perfect way to cool off after the hike.
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
-> Stop number: HF 5012 Mönichwald, GH-Hold
  • Mönichwald, parish church (free)
  • Mönichwald, leisure lake (free)
You can find information about the region, places to stop and stay overnight, excursion destinations, etc. here:

Eastern Styria Tourism Association
Joglland-Waldheimat office

8255 St. Jakob im Walde
Tel.: 03336/20255
www.joglland.at
www.oststeiermark.com 

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