3 Volcanoes Trail - In the footsteps of volcanoes (3-Vulkane-Weg - Auf den Spuren der Vulkane)

From the 1st Austrian Volcano Museum in the service point Gniebing, next to the fire station, we go briefly along the road towards Gleisdorf and then left away to the train station. Soon we come across the Raab and dive into the fields of the Raab valley, between which our path leads in a few turns to the other side of the valley. There we still have to cross the road and then we go up to the Saazkogel with the Laurentius church from the 14th century. However, this place was already appreciated by our ancestors 6000 years ago and in Roman times there was a real small town a little further down, whose traces we can visit on our further way along the slope.

 Through a garden and over a house driveway we come to the country road, which we cross at the GH Frisch. We continue across the valley and into the side ditch, but soon turn off there and finally reach a forest path. This leads us uphill to Brandlegg, where we hike along quite flat with a wonderful view of fruit and elderberries and beyond, until it goes steeply down through the orchards to Oberweißenbach. Diagonally across the road we walk past the tennis court already back up to the ridge, where we meet the railroad hiking trail. From now on we can enjoy without further effort the path on the hill with many views up to the Kalvarienberg, where the view now finally opens into the Raab valley.

 We continue our walk past the provincial hospital to Feldbach and along winding paths through the main square to the train station. Along the railroad we leave the town again, cross the railroad and start our last ascent below past the parachutist monument - the only one of its kind in the German-speaking area - to the Auersberg. At the top, we pass a Hallstatt burial ground to the Platzerkapelle chapel, where not only a rest area but also the surprisingly wide panoramic view invites you to linger. Next to it, you can visit a hail defense rocket hut, where the corresponding equipment used to be housed. From here, the trail goes quite directly along the edge of the forest back down to Gniebing.

An extensive circular hike on forest paths to the city walk. The tour can also be hiked as a stage tour in two days.

Detailed information about arriving by ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) can be found at  www.oebb.at or on the Verbundlinie Steiermark website www.busbahnbim.at

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There are sufficient parking spaces available at the 1st Austrian Volcano Museum or at the Gniebing train station.

Tourist office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Guest info Feldbach
Main square 1
330 Feldbach
E-Mail: feldbach@thermen-vulkanland.at
Web: www.thermen-vulkanland.at

Opening hours:
Mon-Fri from 9-12 and 13-16 hrs.Foyer from 6-22 h

Tours in the footsteps of volcanoesGuided hikes or geomantic experience of the eruptive history of the volcanic land SPIRIT of regions Auersbach 71, 8330 Feldbach

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