Floodplain experience trail (AuErlebnisWeg) Mureck
The circular trail leads through the second largest floodplain forest area in Austria. It is not only a beautiful walk along the Mura, it also informs at 11 stations about the formation of the floodplain with its flora and fauna as well as its ecological function and encourages to experience nature.After the third station you reach the ship mill in Mureck. The mill was built in 1997 according to the original model and is the only floating and functioning mill in Central Europe in traditional construction. The restaurant Mühlenhof attracts with regional delicacies with a view of the Mur.If you are already in Mureck, you should not miss the town hall tower, through which we enter the main square about 600 m further on. On it, inside and outside, there are 16 stone reliefs from the 16th century, which juxtapose ancient mythology and scenes from the Old Testament with the New Testament.
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This rather short, but nevertheless extremely worthwhile circular trail leads through the second largest floodplain forest area in Austria. It is not only a beautiful walk along the Mur, it also informs at 12 stations about the formation of the floodplain with its flora and fauna as well as its ecological function and stimulates the experience of nature.At the beginning of the path at the orientation board we take the left path that leads us to the "gravel oak", an ancient tree trunk preserved in the floodplain. Only a short distance back we cross the millrace to the river Mur. We follow it upstream and arrive at the ship mill, a faithfully reproduced and fully functional mill that floats on the Mur. During a guided tour you can admire the entire mechanism from the drive to the large shaft wheel to the millstones to the sieve boxes and convince yourself of the function.Continue over the small bridge, briefly left on the forest road and immediately over the next bridge again directly to the bank of the Mur. We follow it for a good distance and then part from the Mur shortly after the new lock, where the millrace begins. Only about 100 meters "inland" the path goes through the beautiful floodplain forest with its otherwise very rarely seen animal and plant species back to the starting point in the direction of the ship mill. Instead of crossing the bridge, we follow the forest path to the left back to the starting point.If we are already in Mureck, we should not miss the town hall tower, through which we enter the main square about 600m further. On the inside and outside there are 16 stone reliefs from the 16th century, which contrast ancient mythology and scenes from the Old Testament with the New Testament.
The stations
- Early bloomers
- Ice age terraces on the border river Mur
- Water shapes the Au- Mur regulation
- Erosion and sedimentation
- Neophytes
- Climbing plants in the floodplain
- Trees of the floodplain forest
- Wild garlic
- Bird species
- Amphibians
- Seasons
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Schiffsmühle Mureck | © Steiermark Tourismus_Martin Kubanek
What the weather will be like
Mureck (237m)
Rain and snow showers at daybreak, then mostly dry with occasional sunshine.
The day will be dry, but mostly cloudy with occasional sunny spells.
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