Hiking route Chapels circuit (Kapellenrundweg) Glojach - Touren-Impression #1 | © Kapelle Glojach (c) Pauritsch_Tourismus Saßtal Hiking route Chapels circuit (Kapellenrundweg) Glojach - Touren-Impression #1 | © Kapelle Glojach (c) Pauritsch_Tourismus Saßtal

Chapels circuit (Kapellenrundweg) Glojach

The hiking trail leads you directly to the chapel in Glojach, where you can enjoy a wonderful view over the hilly landscape of southeastern Styria.

The hilltop on which the chapel stands is a very special place. If you take the time, you can feel how heaven and earth connect here and how this concentrated power radiates into the surroundings. There is also an exercise described on a board for those who are interested. The builders of the chapel probably also knew about the special nature of this place. They built a chapel here in 1831 instead of a small bell tower in order to protect the area from "thunderstorms" and diseases. The chapel received its present form in 1872. The copper portal and the large fresco were created in 1961 by Franz Weiß, who also provided the designs for the colorful stained glass windows from Schlierbach. There is a special altarpiece in the village chapel. The artist Franz Weiss immortalized citizens of the village in the painting. The red-white-red marking shows you the way.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
December

The tour in numbers

4,4 km
Route
1:15 h
Time
108 hm
Uphill
108 hm
Downhill
468 m
Highest point

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You can arrive by car via the A9 Phyrn freeway. Freeway exit: Leibnitz

Detailed information on how to get here can be found hier .

After about 100 m we come to the fork of a small path that leads us over a few steps, through a courtyard, across a meadow, past a small vineyard on the left and straight on to the chapel on the hilltop. This place with its fantastic view is in any case already a first highlight of this hike! If you take the time, you can feel how heaven and earth connect here and how this concentrated power radiates into the surroundings. There is also an exercise described on a board for those who are interested. The builders of the chapel probably also knew about the special nature of this place. They built a chapel here in 1831 instead of a small bell tower in order to protect the area from "thunderstorms" and diseases. The copper portal and the large fresco were created in 1961 by Franz Weiß, who also provided the designs for the colorful stained glass windows from Schlierbach.The further hike leads past the chapel again downhill, at the junction of the "G3" we keep to the right and go down across the meadow to the next house. On its driveway we come down to the road, which we follow to the right, and then hike gently downhill with magnificent views of the landscape on the ridge of the hill. At the junction with the cross road we go back at an acute angle and soon the picturesquely situated chapel appears again in front of us, towards which we are now heading straight. After a few bends we return to the starting point.

Enjoy the view of the southeast Styrian hill country, how heaven and earth connect.

Detailed information about arriving by ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) can be found at  www.oebb.at or on the Verbundlinie Steiermark website  www.busbahnbim.at

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Gemeinde St. Stefan im Rosental
Feldbacher Straße 24
8083 St. Stefan im Rosental
+43 3116 830 30
gemeinde@st.stefan.at
www.rosental.at

Volcanic Land Hiking Map "Man & Nature" 1:500.000 Styrian Volcanic Country Tel. +43 (0)3152/8575-710 www.spuren.at

freytag & berndt WK 412 Southeast Styrian Hills, Volcanic Country, Bad Gleichenberg, Bad Radkersburg

Kompass hiking guide "Styrian Volcano Country - On the trail of the volcanoes". Descriptions, route maps and elevation profiles ISBN 978-3-85026-096-1 www.kompass.at

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