FB3 Witch Tour Thermal & Volcanic Land Styria (FB3 Hexentour Thermen- & Vulkanland Steiermark)

Name: FB3 Witch Tour Thermal & Volcanic Land Styria (FB3 Hexentour Thermen- & Vulkanland Steiermark)
Brand: Steiermark
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Around the Riegersburg. The FB3 Witch Tour is one of a total of 14 forest and meadow tours in the Feldbach region in the Styrian thermal and volcanic country.

The legendary Riegersburg knows many stories about the witch hunts of dark times. This route circles the "strongest castle of Christendom", passing the pilgrimage church of Eichkögl. This place is also called Kleinmariazell. The Vulkanland Observatory, Gsellmann's World Machine and Kornberg Castle are only a stone's throw away from the route. At the end of the scenic tour you will find yourself back in Riegersburg. This circular tour leads mostly on little used side roads around the Riegersburg in the southeast of Styria. A very beautiful as well as challenging route.

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Fitness

Best season

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The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

43,5 km

Route

3:45 h

Time

708 hm

Uphill

708 hm

Downhill

448 m

Highest point

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Coming from Graz:
Freeway A2 direction Vienna - exit Gleisdorf Süd - direction Feldbach B68

Coming from Vienna:
Freeway A2 direction Graz - exit Ilz/ Fürstenfeld - direction Riegersburg B66 to Feldbach

KM Route

0 Riegersburg - witch shop/police station

0,2 straight ahead

0,9 straight ahead over the traffic circle in Altenmarkt

1,8 go straight ahead

1,9 turn left and follow the road

2,0 right uphill - steep climb!

3,7 turn left towards Lichtenstern/Bildstock

4,1 turn right at Mostschank Nestelberger

4,4 go straight ahead

5,4 half-left at intersection

6,0 (optionally turn left to the observatory Auersbach)

6,9 go straight ahead

7,2 turn left

7,8 turn right onto state road towards Markt Hartmannsdorf

8,6 go straight ahead

8,9 turn left

10,0 left to Eggreith

10,5 straight ahead

12,2 Vulcano ham factory STOP

12,6 straight ahead

13,1 sharp to the right

13,8 straight ahead

15,0 approx. 1 km gravel road 16,0 straight ahead

16,0 straight ahead

16.5 left

17,9 continue sharp to the left

18,3 right (left would take you to Edelsbach)

18,7 straight ahead

19,3 left

19,8 left

22,1 straight ahead (up to the right: Eichkögl or Klein Mariazell) STOP

22,6 straight ahead

24,1 left (in approx. 1km a 600m long gravel or forest road)

25,6 turn right at Gasthaus Theissl

25,8 left

28,2 left (in the village of Edelsbach)

28,3 turn right and after 50m left

28,4 go straight ahead (crossroads of Edelsbach) STOP

29,6 left

29,7 turn right to Wetzelsdorf and follow the road downhill

31,4 turn right

31,6 straight ahead

33,5 left

33,6 straight ahead towards Dörfl (uphill left: Kornberg Castle) STOP

36,3 right

36,7 straight ahead

37.1 right

37,9 left (exit towards Altenmarkt)

39,8 straight ahead

39.9 right

40,0 right

40,9 straight ahead at Altenmarkt traffic circle

43.7 Riegersburg - witch shop/police station

The route is somewhat difficult for racing bikes, as it leads uphill after Mitterfladnitz to the Gasthaus Theissl on a gravel forest road.

Detailed information about arriving by ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) can be found at www.oebb.at or on the Verbundlinie Steiermark website www.busbahnbim.at

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There are sufficient parking spaces available.

Tourist Office Thermen- & Vulkanland
Gästeinfo Feldbach
Hauptplatz 1
8330 Feldbach
feldbach @thermen-vulkanland.at
www.thermen-vulkanland.at

Opening hours:
Mon-Fri from 9-12 and 13-16 hrs., Foyer from 6-22 o'clock

A bike map is available free of charge at the Feldbach guest information office.

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