Theme path HWW-Hiking route: Aspang - Mönichkirchner Schwaig - Mönichkirchen - Schuh-Wirt (circular trail) - Touren-Impression #1 | © Historischer Verein Wechselland Theme path HWW-Hiking route: Aspang - Mönichkirchner Schwaig - Mönichkirchen - Schuh-Wirt (circular trail) - Touren-Impression #1 | © Historischer Verein Wechselland

HWW-Hiking route: Aspang - Mönichkirchner Schwaig - Mönichkirchen - Schuh-Wirt (circular trail)

This HWW hiking route is part of the Wechselland Historical Long-Distance Hiking Trail (HWW), which tells the story of Wechselland along more than 100 HWW stations. More information can be found at www.wechsel-wandern.at.
This HWW hiking route leads from Aspang town center via Langegg to Kogl and on to Mönichkirchner Schwaig, Mönichkirchen to Hartberg and Schuh-Wirt back to Aspang. Along the HWW route, you can learn about the history of winter sports in Wechselland at the Mönichkirchner Schwaig HWW station, as Wechselland is known far beyond the eastern edge of the Alps for its numerous winter sports destinations and ski lifts.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
October
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
22,3 km
Route
6:50 h
Time
929 hm
Uphill
931 hm
Downhill
1288 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

Arrival by car
  • Follow the highway A2.
  • Exit Edlitz-Aspang: Take exit 77 Edlitz-Aspang.
  • B55 towards Aspang: After the exit, turn left onto the B55 Wechsel Straße towards Aspang.
  • Through Zöbern: Drive through the village of Zöbern and follow the signs towards Aspang-Markt.
  • Enter Aspang-Markt: After about 10 km you will reach Aspang-Markt.
The tour is not signposted throughout. Route guidance with app recommended.
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichischen Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
Historical long-distance hiking trail Wechselland
www.wechsel-wandern.at
Historical Association Wechselland
Chairman Dr. Andreas Salmhofer
Tel.: +43 664/400 27 17
info@geschichte-wechselland.at
www.geschichte-wechselland.at
 
Find out about hiking maps, cycling maps, excursion destination maps and other tour tips at the tourist office.
You can also order information material on our website from the comfort of your own home.
Eastern Styria Tourist Board
Herbal Region Wechselland office
Main square 20, 8240 Friedberg
Tel.: +43 3339/25110-19
wechselland@oststeiermark.com
www.oststeiermark.com

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

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