Hiking route Drachensitz und Ägydiuskapelle, Fischbach - Touren-Impression #1 | © Tourismus Fischbach Hiking route Drachensitz und Ägydiuskapelle, Fischbach - Touren-Impression #1 | © Tourismus Fischbach

Drachensitz und Ägydiuskapelle, Fischbach

This partially rather demanding circular route - mainly through shady forests - leads over the shrine promenade to the dragon's seat and back over a somewhat steep climb past the Ägydius Chapel.
A very varied path that offers a lot, from traces of a dragon to St. Ägydius, the Fischbach parish patron.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
6,3 km
Route
2:30 h
Time
265 hm
Uphill
265 hm
Downhill
1050 m
Highest point

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More information

From Vienna, take the A2 Südautobahn highway and the S6 Semmering expressway to the Kindberg exit. Here through the Stanzertal valley on the Schanzsattel-Landesstraße L114 to Fischbach.

From Graz via the Weizer-Bundesstraße B72 to Birkfeld and from here via the Schanzsattel-Landesstraße L114 to Fischbach.

From Linz/Salzburg/Munich via the Pyhrnautobahn A9 and the Semmering-Schnellstraße S6 to the Kindberg exit. Continue as above.

Further information is here

  • We start our tour at the village square in Fischbach
  • From here we walk past the church in the direction of the elementary school
  • There we cross the road to the cemetery and turn right into Roseggersiedlung
  • Here we walk slightly uphill until we turn left following the yellow markings onto path no. 2
  • A shady forest path with fragrant conifers leads us to the wayside shrine “Faschingbauer Kreuz” and then on to the dragon's seat
  • The traces of a dragon and a wonderful view of Eastern Styria await us there
  • Here we enjoy the view from the benches before continuing to the right after a short, very steep connecting path to hiking trail no. 3
  • After a few serpentines, we come to the country road, where we keep left and after approx. 50 m turn right onto trail no. 6 towards Oberdissau
  • On the so-called Ägydiweg/Schafbrand (path no. 6) we walk past the Ägydiuskapelle chapel along a steep forest path back to the starting poi
Fischbach also offers many places to stop for refreshments and a great swimming pond with a mini golf course.

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Fischbach, village square (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

current weather

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Wanderkarte des Höhenluftkurortes Fischbach 1:27.778 Infobüro Fischbach Tel. +43 (0)3170/ 206 www.hoehenluftkurort-fischbach.at

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What the weather will be like

Fischbach (992m)

Morning
sunny
19°C
30%
5 km/h
Noon
very sunny
22°C
35%
10 km/h
Night
cloudy
19°C
65%
10 km/h
Mostly dry and sunny throughout the day, but isolated showers will be possible towards evening.
Morning
weather.icon.04
18°C
5%
10 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
21°C
20%
10 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
18°C
45%
10 km/h
Morning clouds will clear gradually. Then frequent sunny periods.
24.07.2024
sunny
13°C 20°C
25.07.2024
very sunny
11°C 19°C
26.07.2024
very sunny
11°C 22°C
Kindererlebnis-Bauernhof Perhofer, Silvia | © Oststeiermark Tourismus, Rene Strasser

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