Hiking route Hohenbrugger trail (Hohenbruggerweg) - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Thermen- & Vulkanland Hiking route Hohenbrugger trail (Hohenbruggerweg) - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Thermen- & Vulkanland

Hohenbrugger trail (Hohenbruggerweg)

A tour to Hohenbrugg through the woods, along meadows and back to the center of Bad Waltersdorf.    
Hiking improves endurance and strengthens the musculoskeletal system. In addition, regular exercise has positive effects on physical as well as mental health.

The starting point of the hiking tour is in the center of Bad Waltersdorf. Explore Hohenbrugg on this tour. The 11.4 km hike leads to the neighboring village of Hohenbrugg. Afterwards you come to Bad Waltersdorfberg. Here you can enjoy a wonderful view on the way back to the starting point and overlook Bad Waltersdorf from above.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
11,4 km
Route
3:30 h
Time
175 hm
Uphill
175 hm
Downhill
400 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

Detailed information on how to get there can be found here.
At the beginning of the tour you will take some impressions of the village center. A visit to the Römersteinmuseum next to the parish church is highly recommended. Start the tour in the direction of Mariensäule and then turn left into Hintergasse. After 200 m turn right into Buchgrabenweg and walk slightly uphill towards the highway. Alongside the A2 you walk until you reach Hohenbrugg on a flat path. Go through the small village and at the end of the village turn right. An idyllic forest path leads you to Waltersdorfberg. At the edge of the forest you have the possibility to refresh yourself at the Landhotel-Restaurant Erhardt, which is only a few meters away from the path. When you leave the forest, a short stretch of road leads you back into the forest. Downhill you go in the direction of the highway underpass, then turn right twice and back into the center of Bad Waltersdorf.

1. direction Mariensäule, then left into Hintergasse
2. after 200 m turn right into Buchgrabenweg slightly uphill towards the freeway
3. along the highway
4. on the flat road to Hohenbrugg
5. at the end of the village turn right
6. at the forest path to Waltersdorfberg
7. after the forest a short road section
8. slightly downhill through the forest towards the highway underpass
9. then turn right twice
10. back to Bad Waltersdorf

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 numerous parking spaces available throughout the center of Bad Waltersdorf.
Tourist Office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Gästeinfo Bad Waltersdorf
Hauptplatz 90
8271 Bad Waltersdorf
Tel: +43 3382 55 100-71
badwaltersdorf@thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at

Various hiking maps can be found in the information office Bad Waltersdorf.

Gallery

Kindererlebnis-Bauernhof Perhofer, Silvia | © Oststeiermark Tourismus, Rene Strasser

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