Garten Eden-Tour, St. Kathrein am Offenegg
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A beautiful tour around St. Kathrein am Offenegg in the Almenland Nature Park, which includes the local excursion destinations. Flowers, gardens and rowan berries - and the “highlight” of the Eibisberg!
The name of this tour alone raises special expectations and they are not disappointed - even if the wonderful show garden along the route is called “Sulamith”. The highly decorated flower village of St. Kathrein is worth a visit alone, but the Graf distillery with its orchards at over 1,000 meters above sea level is also unique. The special features of the rowan berries processed here are best explained to you by the chef himself. The “highlight” in the truest sense of the word is the Eibisberg with its hut and a great view out to Weiz.
Stop:
GH Spreitzhofer, the best cuisine right on the bike path
GH Schwaiger, in the village center with a guest garden
Der WILDe Eder, tarts and chocolate from the patisserie world champion Eveline Wild
Lindenstüberl & Patschahütte: both businesses are only open on weekends
The current opening times of all businesses in the Almenland Nature Park can be found here.
Most of the route is asphalted, a small section leads along a forest path. A mountain bike is not necessary for the tour, but an e-bike is recommended.
Characteristics
The tour in numbers
medium
Level of difficulty
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More information
- Via the A2 from Vienna, Graz or Klagenfurt: to the Weiz exit, continue on the B64 to the Weizklamm, take the “Brandlucken/Sommeralm” turn-off and drive to the St.Kathrein/Offenegg turn-off. From there it is about 2 kilometers to the town center.
- Via the A9 and S 6 from Vienna, Linz or Salzburg: in Bruck/Mur take the S35 towards Graz, at the Frohnleiten exit take the B64 towards “Weiz”, after approx. 26 km turn left towards “Brandlucken/ "Sommeralm" and drive to the junction to St.Kathrein/Offenegg. From there it is about 2 kilometers to the town center.
Go to Google Maps to calculate your journey.
Start: St. Kathrein am Offenegg/Kathreinerhaus
- We drive towards the town center and turn left at the first intersection towards “Weiz/Passail”.
- Immediately after the GH Zum Steinhauser we turn left up into the "Zeil".
- We now drive along the country road to the next intersection
- There we turn right down to “Eibisberg/Gschaid”.
- We drive along the forest path to the intersection, where we turn left up to “Gschaid/Patschaberg”.
- In Gschaid we turn left again towards “Eibisberg 2 km”.
- We drive the 2 kilometers up to the refuge on Eibisberg, a rest area with a beautiful view.
- Here we turn around and drive back down to the intersection in Gschaid.
- From Gschaid we continue straight on and enjoy the wonderful view: on the right is the town of St. Kathrein and the Rote Wand, on the left the view extends to the Schöckl
- At the next intersections we continue straight ahead until we pass through the “Eck” district, where we continue straight ahead into the forest.
- Immediately after entering the forest we turn right onto the forest path back to “St. Kathrein/Zeil”. We drive past some old watermills to the intersection with the wooden bridge.
- There we turn left (“St. Kathrein/GH Spreitzhofer”) and continue over the bridge. After about 1 kilometer uphill we pass the Sulamith Garden.
- At the next intersection we turn left and drive back over the “Zeil” to St. Kathrein.
Chocolate heaven awaits at the Hotel Der WILDe EDER: TV chef Eveline Wild sells her world-champion pralines and chocolates here!
The nearest train stations are Mixnitz and Weiz, timetables and travel information can be found at www.oebb.at or www.busbahnbim.at.
All info on how to get here can be found here.
For local transport we recommend the SAM-SammelTaxi, which also takes bicycles if you book in advance.
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Kirche in St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in derOststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Markierung Garten-Eden-Tour, Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © TVB Oststeiermark | Christine Pollhammer
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Blick auf St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Zeil-Wegkreuz St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Landhotel Spreitzhofer, Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Edelbrennerei Graf, Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Bauerngarten, St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland, Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Die "Zeil", St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Eibisberg Schutzhütte, Naturpark Almenland, Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Ausblick vom Eibisberg, Naturpark Almenland, Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Winkelbauermühle, St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Hufeisen-Drache, St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Sulamith Garten, Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Weg in St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Blumendorf St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
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Friedhof, St. Kathrein/O., Naturpark Almenland in der Oststeiermark | © Oststeiermark Tourismus | Christine Pollhammer
What the weather will be like
St. Kathrein am Offenegg (965m)
Rather sunny weather during the day with clouds mainly in the morning and towards the evening
Partly sunny in the morning, gradually becoming cloudy in the afternoon.
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