Roman Trail, Gleisdorf
The starting point for the tour is the Gleisdorf wave pool. The boards guide you in a self-explanatory manner through the former Roman settlement, which was, by the way, the second largest Roman settlement in Styria. QR codes on the boards provide further information.
Seven Roman tablets reveal more about the Vicus, the Gleisdorf settlement in Roman times. This was a planned settlement - probably from the 1st - 3rd centuries. Century - with political administration and religious center and is comparable to a market today. Archaeologist Wolfmayr and city historian Rosenberger talked, among other things, about plans for a railway that would have run through today's wave pool area or about the Gleisdorf amphitheater, which had space for several 100 people and where animal baiting and gladiator fights took place (in the area of the fire department/XXX Lutz). Or did you know that a nature reserve was created behind today's B54 federal highway through former clay mining?
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The circular route route begins at the swimming pool parking lot, leads behind the pool to the Hartbergersiedlung, past the fire department, into Ziegelgasse, past the Gleisdorf car dealership. At the end of the alley, we turn left towards Weizer Straße and finally we end up at the Kulturkeller and the cemetery, where we walk through to Ludwig-Binder-Straße, then we turn right towards Hofer store and at the Palmers store we turn left into Franz-Perl-Straße. We keep left there and then turn left again into Ledererweg directly at the Fritz car dealership. We end up back on Ludwig-Binder-Straße, turn right towards the Red Cross and past the former Römerhof, where the BKS parking lot with another sign is now located, and come back to the Gleisdorf swimming pool. This short walk (duration approx. 1.5 hours) through the city makes Roman life and the expansion of the settlement tangible. Not only does the existence of an amphitheater show the extent of the settlement at that time, the spread of the finds in the urban area also proves this.
I) Scattered finds II) Amphitheater III) Graves Street IV) Settlement remains V) Gleisdorf in Roman times VI) Geography VII) Römerhof
The Gleisdorf wave pool, with its 5 pools and the wave pool that gives it its name, is the ideal place for rest and relaxation after the hike.
Timetables and travel information can be found on the Austrian Federal Railway website or under Transport Information for the Verbundlinie.
For local transport we recommend the SAM shared taxi East Styria. Please reserve in good time!
There are parking spaces directly at the Gleisdorf wave pool.
All information about the region, the places to stop and stay overnight and the excursion destinations can be found at
Eastern Styria TourismAssociation Gleisdorf office Rathausplatz 1 8200 Gleisdorf Tel.: +43 3112 2601 400Email: gleisdorf@oststeiermark.com
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Find out more about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office. You can also find our brochures online to browse through or you can conveniently order them by email. Eastern Styria Tourism Association Gleisdorf office Rathausplatz 1 8200 Gleisdorf Tel.: +43 3112 2601 400Email: gleisdorf@oststeiermark.com Website: www.oststeiermark.com
Further suggestions for hikes can be found in the Roth hiking guide “Oststeiermark”, ISBN 978-3-7633-4577-9, available in bookstores and branches.
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Gleisdorf (362m)
