Hiking route Way of the Senses No. 16 - Touren-Impression #1 | © TV Südsteiermark/Walch Hiking route Way of the Senses No. 16 - Touren-Impression #1 | © TV Südsteiermark/Walch

Way of the Senses No. 16

A beautiful hike through vineyards and beautiful woods up to the Ratzberg and finally, after a varied route, back to the starting point at Josefiplatz.
The first people settled in our community 5000 - 6000 years ago. From the Urnfield Period (1200 BC) and from the Hallstatt Period we have mound graves in the area of "Ehrenbichl". A small castle once stood there, called "Ansitz Ehrenbichl". At the "Gerichtkogl" there was an old place of execution and an old court house. The name of the village was first mentioned historically in the 11th century. The municipal coat of arms contains the most important features of our village: the Saggau, the fertile farmland and the sign of John the Baptist, the patron saint of the church and parish as well as the eponym of our municipality.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
November
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
9,2 km
Route
3:00 h
Time
330 hm
Uphill
330 hm
Downhill
550 m
Highest point

Map & downloads

More information

Coming from the south, north, west and east on the A9 Phyrnautobahn - exit Leibnitz - continue towards Kaindorf/S - Heimschuh - Großklein - St. Johann im Saggautal.
The Trail of the Senses begins at Josefiplatz next to the Jauk car dealership in St. Johann im Saggautal and leads first on municipal paths through the village area and finally along vineyards and through wooded areas up to the Ratzberg.  From there, you return to the starting point on municipal and forest paths with a varied route. Numerous stops and wine taverns make the route, which was set up by the Landjugend Sankt Johann im Saggautal ( www.lj-stjohann.at ), a hiking experience.
Visit the enemy distillery Stelzl.
By train to Kaindorf an der Sulm. www.oebb.at or www.busbahnbim.at Continue by taxi to St. Johann i. S. T: 0043 (0)664 886 57 826
Parking spaces are available at the starting point.
Tourist Office SüdsteiermarkHauptplatz 40A-8530 Deuschlandsberg

Office Kitzeck Tel.: +43 (0)3456 3500Office Leibnitz Tel.: +43 (0)3452 76811office@suedsteiermark.infowww.suedsteiermark.info 

Hiking map available at the information office or download here.

Moser Martin, 4. Auflage 2023: Steirisches Weinland, Schilcherland – Südsteiermark – Vulkanland. 55 Touren mit GPS-Tracks, Bergverlag Rother, München, S. 160

Günter und Luise Auferbauer, 2021: Wander-Erlebnis Süd- und West-Steiermark, 55 Ausflüge und Touren, Verlag Kral GmbH, Niederösterreich, S. 280

Gery Wolf, 2017: Steirisches WEIN Land, Verlagsgruppe Styria GmbH & Co KG, Graz, S. 144

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What the weather will be like

St. Johann im Saggautal (306m)

Morning
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1°C
75%
10 km/h
Noon
cloudy
4°C
5%
15 km/h
Night
cloudy
1°C
5%
10 km/h
Rain and snow showers at daybreak, then mostly dry with occasional sunshine.
Morning
slightly cloudy
-1°C
0%
10 km/h
Noon
slightly cloudy
6°C
0%
20 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
2°C
0%
15 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
25.12.2024
very sunny
-4°C 6°C
26.12.2024
very sunny
-5°C 5°C
27.12.2024
sunny
-5°C 4°C

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