Hiking route Hike via Pöllauberg to Pöllau, Muhr Pöllauberg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus Hiking route Hike via Pöllauberg to Pöllau, Muhr Pöllauberg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus

Hike via Pöllauberg to Pöllau, Muhr Pöllauberg

We hike from Hotel Muhr to Pöllauberg, the flower and garden village with the high Gothic Marian pilgrimage church, and then on to Pöllau with the "Styrian St Peter's Cathedral" as a spiritual and cultural finale.

If we want to return to the starting point of our hike - the Hotel Muhr - we simply call SAM - the shared taxi in Eastern Styria - on +43 50 363738 (waiting time one hour).

SAM stops: Pöllauberg Ort (HF 5809), Pöllau Zwinger (HF 5943), Waldhof Muhr (HF 5842)

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
9,6 km
Route
3:00 h
Time
170 hm
Uphill
520 hm
Downhill
846 m
Highest point

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Pöllauberg, Hotel Muhr 
 
By car from Vienna
If you are driving from Vienna to Pöllau near Hartberg, take the A2 towards Graz and drive about 110 kilometers until you reach the Hartberg exit. From there, follow the B54 in the direction of Pöllau Pöllauberg.
 
By car from Graz
To get to Pöllau bei Hartberg from Graz, take the A2 in the direction of Vienna. After about 30 kilometers, take the Gleisdorf West exit and then take the B54 towards Hartberg/Pöllau. Follow the B54 for about 25 kilometers until you reach Pöllau / Pöllauberg.
 
By car from Salzburg
To get to Pöllau near Hartberg from Salzburg, take the A1 towards Vienna. Drive about 110 kilometers to exit 109 (junction Salzburg). There change to the A9 towards Graz. At St. Michael, follow the S6 towards Kapfenberg. Continue on the S6 until the Krieglach exit. From there, take the B72 and then the L405 to Pöllau / Pöllauberg.
 
 
 
 
  • Starting from the Hotel Muhr, we walk along the access road in a southerly direction until we come to a dirt track that leads away from the municipal road to the left into the forest. Following the markings, we reach the "Panoramablick" viewpoint.
  • Here we keep left again and reach the municipal road via the high-level path towards Masenberg. Now we walk downhill towards Pöllau until we reach the crossroads to the farms of the Harb, Maierhofer and Schweighofer families and turn in their direction.
  • Between the Maierhofer family home and stables, the marked hiking trail leads us along nature trails and paths to the Gleichweit family farm, where we continue along the municipal road until shortly before the Grabner family farm. Here we take two sharp left turns in quick succession and continue through forests and past fields and meadows to the Pöllauberg - Masenberg country road. We keep to the right and immediately come to the crossroads via which we reach the place of pilgrimage.
  • From the pilgrimage church in Pöllauberg via the steps at the west portal, we choose hiking trail 942 and pass the Calvary to reach Pöllau.
A wide range of culinary establishments await us in Pöllau. 
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
For local transport we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
HF5842 Zeil-Pöllau - Hotel Muhr am Pöllauberg
Pöllauberg, Hotel Muhr 
 
Information about the region, places to stop for refreshments and overnight accommodation, excursion destinations etc. can be found here:

Eastern Styria Tourist Board
Nature Park Pöllauer Valley office

Schloss 1
8225 Pöllau, Austria 
Phone: +43 3335 4210
www.naturpark-poellauertal.at 
www.oststeiermark.com 

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Kompass Map, Hiking Map Nature Park Pöllauer Valley 1:30,000

Find out about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office. You can also order information material on our website from the comfort of your own home.
Rother hiking guide "Oststeiermark - Von den Fischbacher Alpen bis in die Thermenregion", 50 tours, Elisabeth Zienitzer & Silvia Sarcletti paperback, ISBN-10, 376334577 available in bookshops

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