Pöllauberg circuit via Hotel Muhr and Pöllau, Pöllauberg
During this hike, we experience the landscape and biological diversity of the Pöllauer Tal Nature Park. Simultaneously, opportunities abound to explore cultural highlights such as the Gothic pilgrimage church at Pöllauberg or the "Steirischer Petersdom".
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- Starting from the nature park arena in Pöllauberg, we cross the country road and after a few meters reach a chapel. There we keep left towards Masenberg and walk approx. 200 m to the next crossroads with the signpost "Hartberg" and continue straight uphill, following the signpost marked white-blue-white no. 6 to the left into the field path.
- We follow paths 941 and no. 6 in the direction of Zisser Taverne and walk uphill along Zeiler Dorfstraße until we reach the signs for Hotel Muhr/Waldlehrpfad and turn left.
- From here to Waldhof Muhr we follow the forest nature trail.
Hotel Muhr - Roseggerweg - Pöllau town center - Pöllauberg
- After a refreshment, we walk back along the access road in a southerly direction.
- We stay on this road and follow the white-red-white markings no. 5 towards Pöllau and join path no. 11 at the fork near the Kohl sawmill. The path leads us south to Pöllau.
- At the adventure pool, we cross the L406 road and reach the Aupark, from where we continue to the center of Pöllau with its large former monastery complex.
- From the center of Pöllau, we head east past the former Augustinian monastery (castle/church) to the traffic circle, the entrance to Pöllau-Mitte.
- We follow the red-white-red markings no. 942 or the green signs "Hirschbirnweg" and "Wallfahrerweg Pöllauberg" north of the Raiffeisenbank to the pilgrimage church of Pöllauberg.
- Via the main square (north of the church), follow the access road back to our starting point at the Naturparkarena.
Fahrpläne und Reiseinformationen finden Sie bei den Österreichischen Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) oder unter Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
Für den örtlichen Transport empfehlen wir das SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark. HF5809 Oberneuberg - Pöllauberg Ort
Eastern Styria Tourist Board
Pöllau Valley Nature Park office
Castle 1
8225 Pöllau
Phone: +43 3335 4210
Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM
Kompass Map, Hiking Map Nature Park Pöllauer Valley 1:30,000Find out about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office. You can also order information material on our website from the comfort of your own home.
Tourism region Eastern Styria Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office Schloss 1, 8225 Pöllau Tel: +43 3335 4210 www.naturpark-poellauertal.at www.oststeiermark.com
Rother hiking guide "Oststeiermark - Von den Fischbacher Alpen bis in die Thermenregion", 50 tours, Elisabeth Zienitzer & Silvia Sarcletti paperback, ISBN-10, 376334577 available in bookshops