5 elements track (5-Elemente Weg) - route 2 (Badenbrunn)

We start at the church or the village square of Wörth and orient ourselves by the local signposts. With trail 2 we leave the asphalt road just behind the municipal office to continue along the edge of the meadow and the brook. Soon we cross the brook on a wooden bridge and continue walking in the forest. Shortly after, we cross an asphalt road and go to Badenbrunn. It goes flat along the road until we reach the station "Element Water" on the right side. Here we see an 8-shaped Kneipp basin with a resting place and a memorial plaque of the composer Prof. Franz Fuchs. At the next crossroads we keep to the left, pass by a chapel and shortly afterwards turn left. From now on the path goes slightly uphill. The gravel road continues in the first part along meadow areas and after a house in solitude through a well-kept forest. We come to an asphalt road, turn right and follow it. Passing a few houses, we now go slightly downhill and turn right into the forest near a chapel. Immediately after, we leave the forest road to go uphill on the left. We reach an asphalt road, which we follow to the right. At a crossroads we keep left, pass by some houses and come to a self-service station. Only a few more minutes and we branch off the road sharply to the right to reach the "Element Erde" station on Kochberg at the edge of the meadow. After a leisurely break at this scenic spot, we hike slightly downhill along the edge of the meadow until we reach the road, where we continue slightly downhill to the left along the asphalt road. At the crossroads we keep to the right and follow the road through the forest slightly uphill. Arrived at the national road L212, which we cross quickly, after a few meters we reach a rest area with a wayside shrine. Here you have the option of shortening path 2 considerably and going downhill to Wörth via the Anna Suppan memorial. We pass the wayside shrine and again come to the state road L212, which we follow only a few meters. On the opposite side of the road is the Gratzlwirt inn. We turn right into a side road and follow it through the sparsely populated and panoramic area. The view of Riegersburg Castle accompanies us here on the heights. At the crossroads in the direction of the Buschenschank "Zur Ingrid" we go downhill to the right and pass it a little later. We stay on the road, which continues to the valley floor. Now we go straight along the asphalt road for about 1 kilometer until we reach the starting point of the hike.

On hot days, we recommend taking the shortcut via the Anna Suppan memorial and descending directly into the valley.

Timetables and travel information can be found directly at: Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB), Steiermärkische Landesbahnen (STLB), www.busbahnbim.at.

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Several parking possibilities in the place

Mondscheinstüberl, Tel.: +43 664 452 5226, 8342 Gnas, Wörth 11a

Buschenschank Hirschmann, Tel.: +43 3151 2478, 8342 Gnas, Wörth 30

Buschenschank zur Ingrid, Tel.: +43 664 1040 911, 8083 St. Stefan im Rosental, Wörth 30

Vulkanland-Wanderkarte "Mensch & Natur" 1:500.000Steirisches Vulkanland Tel. +43 (0)3152/8575-710 www.spuren.at

freytag & berndt WK 412 Südoststeirisches Hügelland, Vulkanland, Bad Gleichenberg, Bad Radkersburg  

Kompass Wanderführer "Steirisches Vulkanland - Auf den Spuren der Vulkane" Beschreibungen, Routenkarten und Höhenprofilen ISBN 978-3-85026-096-1, www.kompass.at

Tourist Office Thermen- & Vulkanland
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+43 3382 55 100-44
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