Hiking route Organ Hiking: Stage Pöllau - Stubenberg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Helmut Schweighofer Hiking route Organ Hiking: Stage Pöllau - Stubenberg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Helmut Schweighofer

Organ Hiking: Stage Pöllau - Stubenberg

In the Pöllauer Tal Nature Park and the ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee, you can combine your hike with art and culture and enjoy the culinary delights. The individual organ hiking tours can be easily combined with each other.Hike from church to church in the Pöllau Valley Nature Park and ApfelLand- Stubenbergsee regions and get to know the benefits of an individual guided tour with the sound of bells and organs. Download the free "Hearonymus" app, select the "Churches in the ApfelLand-Stubenbergsee and Pöllau Valley Nature Park" under "Guides" and your smartphone has become an audio guide.

Characteristics

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Fitness

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The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
10,1 km
Route
3:30 h
Time
440 hm
Uphill
420 hm
Downhill
802 m
Highest point

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Pöllau, castle park

The Pöllau Valley Nature Park is located in the heart of Eastern Styria, the garden of Austria, approx. 60 km north-east of Graz and approx. 150 km south of Vienna

By car from ViennaIf you are driving from Vienna to Pöllau bei Hartberg, take the A2 towards Graz and drive about 110 kilometres until you reach the Hartberg exit. From there, follow the B54 in the direction of Pöllau.

By car from GrazTo get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Graz, take the A2 motorway in the direction of Vienna. After about 30 kilometres, take the Gleisdorf West exit and then take the B54 towards Hartberg/Pöllau. Follow the B54 for about 25 kilometres until you reach Pöllau.

By car from SalzburgTo get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Salzburg, take the A1 motorway towards Vienna. Drive about 110 kilometres to exit 109 (Salzburg junction). There change to the A9 motorway in the direction of Graz. At St. Michael, follow the S6 towards Kapfenberg. Continue on the S6 until the Krieglach exit. From there, take the B72 and then the L405 to Pöllau.

  • Starting from the town center and heading south through Lamberggasse, the tour begins over the bridge of the Mausbach following the red-white-red markings no. 944. Follow the road to the junction with the sign "GH Schirnhofer-Stubenberg".   
  • Passing the Schirnhofer inn, you reach the farm of the Felberbauer family, then turn right following the    Follow signpost no. 944 in the direction of Stubenberg.
We also recommend that you visit the other organ tours.
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

For local transport we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Pöllau, castle park

Pöllau,  P&R at the pöllau bypass

Information about the region, places to stop for refreshments and overnight accommodation, excursion destinations etc. can be found here:

Tourism region Eastern Styria

Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office

Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau, Austria

Phone: +43 3335 4210

www.naturpark-poellauertal.at

www.oststeiermark.com

Current weather

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Kompass Map, Hiking Map Nature Park Pöllauer Valley 1:30,000

Find out about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office. You can also order information material on our website from the comfort of your own home.

Tourism region Eastern StyriaNature Park Pöllauer Valley officeSchloss 1, 8225 PöllauTel: +43 3335 4210 www.naturpark-poellauertal.at www.oststeiermark.com

Rother hiking guide "Oststeiermark - Von den Fischbacher Alpen bis in die Thermenregion", 50 tours, Elisabeth Zienitzer & Silvia Sarcletti paperback, ISBN-10, 376334577 available in bookshops

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What the weather will be like

Pöllau (421m)

Morning
sunny
17°C
5%
0 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
25°C
5%
10 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
24°C
10%
5 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
Morning
slightly cloudy
19°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
sunny
28°C
0%
15 km/h
Night
very sunny
26°C
0%
10 km/h
Early clouds will clear to leave the region with a dry and sunny day.
07.07.2024
very sunny
16°C 27°C
08.07.2024
sunny
17°C 27°C
09.07.2024
very sunny
17°C 30°C

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