From the center of Bad Waltersdorf, we first head west for a few hundred meters to turn left into Hintergasse. After crossing the Schullerbach stream, this stage of the hiking route "From Glacier to Wine" now leads us south through the fields of Buchgraben, where we soon reach a fork in the road. Here we keep to the right and hike uphill through a beautiful forest to Leitersdorfberg. Continuing along the East Austrian Borderland Trail 07, we hike along the high road to leave the 07 trail after a short ascent.
From now on we go past a larger and a smaller pond downhill to the spa town of Bad Blumau. Before that, we have to turn left in the middle of the small settlement of Schwarzmannshofen and then immediately right to reach the front of the Rogner Bad Blumau. Green roofs, round shapes, colorful facades, golden domes and colors reminiscent of the rainbow come together here in harmony with nature, in the spirit of the artist Friedenreich Hundertwasser, to form a living synthesis of the arts. By the way, the Vulkania healing spring of the spa is the strongest spring in the thermal region and springs from a depth of 2,843 meters. The temperature at the water outlet is on average about 110°C and above.
The rest of the way takes us through the 13-hectare thermal park to the center of the tranquil, flower-filled town of Bad Blumau. Worth visiting in the thermal park is especially the Weidenbau, with an inner dome of 22 meters in diameter, a height of 8 meters and framed with numerous small domes unique in the thermal & spa region.
Directly in the center of Bad Blumau, we now keep diagonally to the right in order to reach the district of Loimeth via Bergweg, where we meet the 07-er again. First along the edge of the forest and then for a short distance through the middle of a beautiful forest we continue our hike to get directly to the "thousand-year-old oak" on the Bierbaumer Höhe. It is considered the oldest oak in Europe and impresses with a height of 30 meters and a trunk diameter of 2.50 meters. The incredible tree crown with a diameter of about 50 meters is one of the most beautiful resting places in the Thermenland.
For us, after the well-deserved rest, the path leads along the edge of the Commendewald and through it downhill into the Feistritztal, where the town of Fürstenfeld already greets us. The last kilometers bring us via the Fürstenfeld outdoor pool, the largest pool in Austria, right into the center of the historic town, which surprises with numerous cafes, ice cream parlors and shopping with a Mediterranean flair. The next stage takes us via the Loipersdorf thermal spa to the village of Unterlamm.