Brandlucken-Anger over the Zetz

Name: Brandlucken-Anger over the Zetz
Brand: Steiermark
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The Hohe Zetz is the panoramic mountain of the Weizers. The GH Almer, a popular tourist inn, is also on the way.

The Brandlucken is the eastern gateway to the alpine pasture area, but is itself at over 1,000 m above sea level. The place is dominated by the open-air stage of the Huab'n Theater, which performs Austrian comedy classics here in the summer months.

The Hohe Zetz with its 1,264 m is a popular panoramic mountain and can be reached from the Brandlucken without any major inclines. With a bit of luck you might even come across chamois. From the summit cross you have a wonderful view out into the Hungarian plain.

From the Hoher Zetz you go down to the Rauchstubenhaus with the Almer inn, which is ideal for a stop. The 300-year-old farmhouse high above Anger was inhabited until 1967 and today houses a small local museum with farm exhibits, the “Rauchstubenhaus”. Guided tours take place several times a day from Thursday to Sunday.

The destination is the idyllic town of Anger, from there you take the SAM taxi back to the Brandlucken.

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

15,2 km

Route

5:30 h

Time

220 hm

Uphill

870 hm

Downhill

1264 m

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from Weiz and from Frohnleiten/Fladnitz/Passail via the B64 to the “Kreuzwirt” intersection and the L353 up to the Brandlucken
from Birkfeld and Mixnitz via the L104 to the junction in Haslau, L457 to the Brandlucken

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All information for your arrival

We climb path no. at "Huabn"/vis-a-vis Naturparkhotel Bauerner. 745 in the direction of “Schönes Kreuz” or “Bendlerhöhe”.
We walk past the “Schönen Kreuz” and the Naturfreundehaus “Bendlerhöhe”.
Detour: At the crossroads, a short section leads down to the Eibisberg refuge for a stop.
At the crossroads we take path no. 11 (also marked as "Rauchstubenweg" or "Hans Riedler-Zetzweg"), which leads past the Zetz summit cross and the Wetterkreuzen up to the "Hohen Zetz".
We go back a short distance and at the fork in the road turn into path no. 60 down to the “Rauchstubenhaus” or the “GH Almer”.
The GH Almer is known for its good cuisine, and guided tours of the “Rauchstubenhaus” local museum next door are also offered.
We go back along the path to the intersection and take path no. 60 “The Rauchstubenhaus Adventure Trail” and go down to Anger.

Please order the SAM collective taxi in good time for the return journey to the Brandlucken.

The Heilbrunn pilgrimage church of the healing spring, which stands exposed on the slope and can be seen from afar, is also worth a visit.

Arrival with the ÖBB to the Weiz station, from the Weiz station buses run to the Brandlucken several times a day.

Timetables and travel information can be found at the Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) or at www.busbahnbim.at.

For local transport we recommend the SAM shared taxi East Styria. Please reserve in good time!

Public parking spaces directly on the Brandlucken around the "Huabn".

Further information and links
All information about the region, the places to stop and stay overnight and the excursion destinations can be found at

Tourismusverband Oststeiermark
Geschäftsstelle Naturpark Almenland
8163 Fladnitz an der Teichalm 100
Tel.: +43 3179 23000
Email: almenland@oststeiermark.com
Website: www.almenland.at

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