HWW-Hiking route: Schäffern - Tauchen/Wechsel - Koglreith - Hilmtor - Trahütte
This HWW hiking route is part of the Wechselland Historical Long-Distance Hiking Trail (HWW), which tells the story of Wechselland along more than 100 HWW stations. More information can be found at www.wechsel-wandern.at.
This long HWW hiking route leads from Schäffern via Ochenbauer and Tauchen am Wechsel to Baumgarten and Koglreith and from there via Hofgraben and Hiltmtor to Trahütte. Along the HWW hiking route, you pass the Koglreith HWW station, where it is explained that the tranquil Koglreith was once an important toll point in Wechselland for centuries.
Characteristics
The tour in numbers
medium
Level of difficulty
Map & downloads
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More information
The tour is not signposted throughout. Route guidance with app recommended.
There is a parking lot next to the
church in Schäffern.
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Historic long-distance hiking trail Wechselland | © Historischer Verein Wechselland | Andreas Salmhofer
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Municipality of Schäffern in Eastern Styria | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Gemeinde Schäffern
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viewpoint Kreuzbühel, municipality of Schäffern in Eastern Styria | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Anja Reichenbäck
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Hilmtor rest area, municipality of Dechantskirchen in Eastern Styria | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Pollhammer
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View from the Glatzl Trahütten Alm in St. Lorenzen am Wechsel in Eastern Styria | Glatzl Trahütten Alm
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Wechselland herbal region logo | Oststeiermark Tourismus
What the weather will be like
St. Lorenzen am Wechsel (725m)
A chance of thunderstorms in the early morning, then dry and mostly sunny during the day.
Dry and bright with plenty of sunshine, clouds will be rare.
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