Zetzweg on "The Hand“, Thannhausen
The hike starts at the "Die Hand" parking lot/junction and leads to the Hoher Zetz.
In former times, a wooden hand stood as a signpost at the junction from Poniglerstraße to Gschnaidt/Anger - in the vernacular, this place is therefore called "The Hand".
From the Schlosstaverne in Thannhausen, the trail is marked consecutively with no. 11.
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The district capital of Weiz is located in eastern Styria and is very easy to reach via the A2 from Vienna (approx. 2 hrs) and from Graz (approx. 30 min).
- Arrival from Vienna and Graz: On the A2 from Vienna, take motorway exit 161 / Gleisdorf West in the direction of B54 / B64. Follow the B65 / Gleisdorfer Bundesstraße until you reach the B54 / Wechselbundesstraße. At the roundabout take the second exit to the B64 / Rechberg-Bundesstraße. After about 15 km you will reach the district capital Weiz.
- Arriving from Graz via the main road: take Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Kai and Wickenburggasse to Jahngasse / B67a. Follow the B72 to Weiz and take the exit towards Weiz -West.
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- The tour starts at the "die Hand" parking lot on Poniglstraße, then we follow the marked path through the forest until we reach a farm.
- We walk through the farm, then cross the road and continue on the marked path through the forest.
- We reach a road again and follow it past a farm until we reach the forest again after a short steep meadow section.
- Along the forest path, we pass a self-catering hut at a bend in a forest road.
- We continue uphill along the forest road and soon reach the entrance to the marked forest path on the left-hand side of the road.
- After a short time, this leads us back to a forest road, which we follow until we reach a bend with a cross. After this cross, we then follow a steep forest path up to the left. At a crossroads in the forest, we keep right until we reach the summit cross.
- Another option for the ascent would be to cross the forest road and continue along the marked forest path to the summit cross.
- The descent is on a steep forest path (marked) down to the Wittgruberhof. From there, we follow the marked forest path uphill again, which leads us to the crossroads we passed on the way up.
- From there, we take the same path back down to the "die Hand" parking lot
Available directly from the starting point at the main square - blue zone.
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Summit cross at Zetz, Eastern Styria | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
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Tourism Region Weiz, Eastern Styria | © Oststeiermark Tourismus
What the weather will be like
Anger (471m)
Morning snow showers, then fairly sunny during the day.
Early clouds will clear to leave the region with a dry and sunny day.
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