Hiking route Waldbach circular route, Wenigzell - Touren-Impression #1 | © Silke Almer, Gemeinde Wenigzell Hiking route Waldbach circular route, Wenigzell - Touren-Impression #1 | © Silke Almer, Gemeinde Wenigzell

Waldbach circular route, Wenigzell

The pleasant hiking route leads from Wenigzell, starting among other things along the Lafnitz to Waldbach and is ideal for enjoying the summer resort.
The hiking route leads from the flower village of Wenigzell along the Kraxenbach stream to Waldbach and is ideal for cooling off. On the ascent to Wenigzell, however, you will work up quite a sweat again. After the Holzer show weaving mill, the trail continues leisurely to the starting point in Wenigzell.

Our tip: Visit the Waldbach waterworks (0664/4308266), the Holzer show weaving mill (0664/5683974), Aroniafelder Zisser vlg. Pfeifer (chokeberry products) and the sea buckthorn gardens (0660/5270488) are worth a visit!

Possible stops:

Waldbacher Wasserspiele, Bratlalm, Buchtelbar

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
14,6 km
Route
4:00 h
Time
380 hm
Uphill
380 hm
Downhill
872 m
Highest point

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Wenigzell is located in the Joglland mountains in the north-east of Styria.

By car:
From Vienna: via the A2, exit Pinggau - Friedberg, Rohrbach an der Lafnitz, Mönichwald, Waldbach, Wenigzell

From Graz: via the A2, exit Gleisdorf, Kaindorf, Pöllau bei Hartberg, Schloffereck, direction Vorau, left after the
Kreuzwirt to Wenigzell

Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.
  • We start at the village square and walk past the municipal office, after the village sign turn left down to the district heating Wenigzell, to the former sawmill Kern and then along the "Kraxenbach" to the water wheel just before the sawmill Hamon
  •  Turn left there and follow the asphalt road up to the sharp left-hand bend
  • Now continue straight ahead along forest paths and forest roads to Waldbach
  • At the Hofer paint shop, we follow the road to the left towards the Maderbacher gravel works
  • In the sharp left-hand bend, we go straight ahead up the forest path (this section is a little steeper) to the Holzer show weaving mill. Helga Holzer 0664/5683974 explains and demonstrates the old craft of weaving
  • Then it's on again, past the chokeberry fields along beautiful forest paths to the "Krogger"
  • Shortly before the "Dorn", the path leads into the "Sommersguter Hochmoor" and on to the "Pöll"
  • Now we follow the asphalt road to the right and pass the sea buckthorn fields "am Rain" (can also be visited), the Kulm and the Bratl Alm back to the village square in Wenigzell
Visit the Waldbach Water Games, the Holzer show weaving mill, the Zisser chokeberry fields and the sea buckthorn gardens.
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 5235, Wenigzell-GH-Fast
Wenigzell, old armory, elementary school, in front of the municipal office, village square (all 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

info@joglland.at

www.joglland-waldheimat.at

Eastern Styria

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

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What the weather will be like

Wenigzell (814m)

Morning
very sunny
19°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
sunny
26°C
15%
10 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
22°C
10%
5 km/h
The day starts sunny, but will be partly cloudy in the afternoon.
Morning
very sunny
20°C
5%
5 km/h
Noon
cloudy
25°C
30%
10 km/h
Night
cloudy
21°C
40%
5 km/h
Fair in the early morning, later variable with frequent showers.
19.07.2024
cloudy
16°C 27°C
20.07.2024
slightly cloudy
16°C 25°C
21.07.2024
sunny
16°C 25°C

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