Pilgrim Walk Mariazellerweg section Birkfeld - Schanzsattel, Birkfeld - Touren-Impression #1 | © Karl Zodl Pilgrim Walk Mariazellerweg section Birkfeld - Schanzsattel, Birkfeld - Touren-Impression #1 | © Karl Zodl

Mariazellerweg section Birkfeld - Schanzsattel, Birkfeld

Mariazellerweg section Birkfeld - Schanzsattel along the Waisenbach and through the Elmleiten to the Schanzsattel
The start of this section is in Birkfeld Auergraben and the trail runs along the Waisenbach stream with refreshments and overnight accommodation available at the Hammerlschmied inn and also at the Schanzsattel mountain inn.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
15,7 km
Route
4:30 h
Time
589 hm
Uphill
2 hm
Downhill
1171 m
Highest point

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More information

Further information on arrival: Bus station, Birkfeld
  • This section of the pilgrimage trail begins in Birkfeld at the foot of the Auerberg in the Auergraben and goes along the Waisenbach, after approx. 1 km we pass the catchment basin of the Waisenbach, after approx. 300 m we leave this forest path and continue along a path on the right, then a hiking trail
  • We walk past a farm and continue through the forest and the edge of the meadow
  • We cross the Waisenbach over a wooden bridge and pass an abandoned sawmill
  • After approx. 1km we come to the Hammerlschmied inn, where we can stop for a bite to eat and spend the night
  • We continue on the road along the Waisenbach stream and follow the red and white markings until we reach the Schanzsattel, where we can stop for refreshments at the Berggasthaus Schanzsattel
Refreshments and overnight accommodation are available at the Gasthaus Hammerlschmied and also at the Schanzsattel mountain inn.
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
Birkfeld, bus station (free)

Infos zur Region, Einkehr- und Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten, Ausflugsziele usw., erfahren Sie hier:

Tourismusverband Oststeiermark

Geschäftsstelle Joglland-Waldheimat

Kirchenviertel 24

8255 St. Jakob im Walde 

Tel.: +43 3336/ 20 255 

Joglland-Waldheimat

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Aktuelles Wetter

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What the weather will be like

Birkfeld (619m)

Morning
sunny
3°C
0%
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Noon
very sunny
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Night
very sunny
3°C
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Some clouds in the morning, lateron much sunshine and hardly any clouds
Morning
very sunny
4°C
0%
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Noon
slightly cloudy
9°C
10%
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Night
cloudy
5°C
5%
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Fair or bright in the beginning, cloudy towards the end of the day.
27.11.2024
foggy
2°C 7°C
28.11.2024
foggy
2°C 8°C
29.11.2024
slightly cloudy
1°C 5°C
Kindererlebnis-Bauernhof Perhofer, Silvia | © Oststeiermark Tourismus, Rene Strasser

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