Hiking route Stage 11 From Glacier to Wine South Route Murau - St. Lambrecht - Touren-Impression #1 | © Steiermark Tourismus/Harry Schiffer Hiking route Stage 11 From Glacier to Wine South Route Murau - St. Lambrecht - Touren-Impression #1 | © Steiermark Tourismus/Harry Schiffer

Stage 11 From Glacier to Wine South Route Murau - St. Lambrecht

This stage of the hiking route "From Glacier to Wine" takes us from the historic town of Murau to the Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen Nature Park, where the beautiful and exciting Benedictine Abbey of St. Lambrecht awaits us at the end of the stage. At the beginning we walk on the road for some time, but are rewarded with beautiful views of Murau and the Stolzalpe. Only from the farmer vlg. Grillschmied, beautiful and shady forest paths begin, which lead us into the nature park to St. Lambrecht.
Tourism in this region benefits from the unspoiled nature as well as the historic town of Murau and its interesting history and numerous historic buildings. The town charter was granted to Murau as early as 1298. Those who strolled through the town the day before and enjoyed its culinary offerings, including the famous Murau beer, will find it difficult to leave today. But with the destination of St. Lambrecht, an interesting day awaits with an equally historic market with a true cultural gem. The Benedictine monastery of St. Lambrecht was founded before 1076. The new Baroque monastery building, which seems gigantic in relation to its surroundings, dates from the 17th century. From the major centers of the country, the Benedictine monastery is similarly remote as the Benedictine superordinate Mariazell, which was founded in 1157 from the mother monastery of St. Lambrecht.

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The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
16,0 km
Route
6:00 h
Time
830 hm
Uphill
630 hm
Downhill
1607 m
Highest point

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Detaillierte Informationen zur Anreise finden Sie hier.

Today's stage of the hiking route "From glacier to wine" is part of the Styrian circular hiking trail, the Hemma pilgrimage trail from Admont to Gurk and the regional trail No. 11. We leave Murau to the south over the Mur bridge in the direction of the train station. Before we get to the train station we cross the railroad tracks and follow the small road to the left until we get behind the Murau Beer - Logistics Center back on the road in the direction of Laßnitzbach. We follow the road to the right and keep to the local hiking trail no. 11.

At a fork in the road we again keep to the right and walk along the farm access road past the farmsteads Joslbauer and Döller to the farmstead vlg. Grillschmied. Here we continue along the Landesrundwanderweg, which runs in the same direction. Soon after a spring we come to a large, gently sloping meadow with a prominent high seat on the right. Here we must not follow the recognizable road downhill, but keep half-left towards the barbed wire fence at the edge of the forest. Approximately opposite the high seat we find a crossing over the barbed wire fence, where our path also takes its further course.

As we continue our descent, paths, forest tracks and old sunken paths take turns. Since there are some unexpected forks in between, we have to keep our eyes open until we reach St. Lambrecht. After crossing the Kühbach over the Hohe Brücke (high bridge), we go uphill again for a short while, then we turn right and walk past a magnificent old lime tree downhill to the monastery of St. Lambrecht, the cultural heart of the Zirbitzkogel-Grebenzen Nature Park. We remain true to the nature park on our next stage to Neumarkt.

Accessible by train and bus.

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

With Verbundlinie’s BusBahnBim route planner app, planning your journey has never been easier: simply enter towns and/or addresses, stop names or points of interest to check all bus, train and tram connections in Austria. The app is available free of charge for smartphones – on Google Play and in the App Store

There are numerous parking spaces available on the outskirts of Murau near the train station.

Steiermark Tourismus

Tel. +43 316 4003

info@steiermark.com

www.steiermark.com/en

If you would like to hire a  tour operator, simply book with Steiermark Touristik, the official travel agency of Steiermark Tourismus:

Tel. +43 316 4003 450, 

www.steiermark-touristik.com

The Steiermark Touren app, available free of charge on Google Play and the App Store  (Android, iOS), offers detailed first-hand information: brief facts (length, duration, difficulty, ascent and descent/elevation gain, ratings), map, route descriptions, altimeter, compass, peak finder, navigation along the tour. You can also create your own personal lists of favourite tours and sites, store tours and destinations offline, use social media channels, and much more.

Gratis Pocket Card Wanderroute "Vom Gletscher zum Wein" finden Sie auf www.steiermark.com

Kompass WK222 Sölktäler, Rottenmanner Tauern, Ennstal, Murau, Naturpark Grebenzen www.kompass.at

Freytag & Berndt WK211 Naturpark Zirbitzkogel ·Grebenzen · Murau · Sölkpass www.freytagberndt.at

Rother Wanderführer "Vom Gletscher zum Wein": auf 160 Seiten mit 80 Farbabbildungen 60 Höhenprofile, 60 Wanderkärtchen im Maßstab 1:75.000, zwei Übersichtskarten, GPS-Tracks zum Download, Format 11,5 x 16,5 cm, kartoniert mit Polytex-Laminierung, ISBN 978-3-7633-4550-2, www.rother.de

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