Hiking route Montanweg-Kogelberg mining, Ratten - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gemeinde Ratten Hiking route Montanweg-Kogelberg mining, Ratten - Touren-Impression #1 | © Gemeinde Ratten

Montanweg-Kogelberg mining, Ratten

This mining trail offers a leisurely circular walk with a magnificent view and lots of interesting information about mining in earlier times.
The "Friedensstollen" (show gallery), closed in 1960, is the starting point of the mining trail. Along the trail, you can learn how lignite was mined in those days at original sites of Ratten mining with the help of boards.

The blue and white markings of the mining trail start at the mining museum - in addition, yellow boards with the inscription Mining Museum show the way.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
April
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
15,0 km
Route
4:30 h
Time
520 hm
Uphill
520 hm
Downhill
1103 m
Highest point

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More information

Ratten is located approx. 25 km north of the district capital Weiz between Pretulaple and Joglland in the upper Feistriztal valley.

By car:
From Graz - A2 to Gleisdorf - at the traffic circle 2 exit (B64/B72) 
From Weiz - via B72
From Germany - via A3
Further information on how to get there: Mountain Farmers Museum, Ratten
  • We start at the mining museum in Ratten
  • Between the leisure center and the Red Cross we walk along to the New Middle School
  • From there we continue to the left to the Nikolauspfarrkirche (St. Nicholas Parish Church)
  • Then we continue to the oldest house of Ratten, to the inn Kreiner
  • On the municipal road we walk into the Niesnitzgraben and keep left
  • There we pass the horse farm Tösch and walk along this road until the end of the village
  • We keep to the right and turn onto the access road to the Ofenhofer farm (hiking trail 742a).
  • At the farm we walk along the forest road
  • At the edge of the forest there is a display board on the topic "Material ropeway support foundations
  • We hike uphill to the Eichtinger snack station, the highest point of the hike.
  • We follow the road to the Wetterkreuz crosses
  • We hike out of the valley, turn left and follow the slightly ascending path before we turn right again onto the gravel path
  • Now we follow the hiking trail 742bOn forest paths and steep tracks we reach the village of Ratten again
Also visit the mining museum in Ratten - a small museum in a former gallery, which fits perfectly with the mining trail!
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
-> Stop number: WZ 4318 - Ratten town post office
Ratten, Mining Museum parking lot (free)
You can find information about the region, places to stop and stay overnight, excursion destinations, etc. here:

Eastern Styria Tourism Association
Joglland-Waldheimat office

8255 St. Jakob im Walde
Tel.: 03336/20255
www.joglland.at
www.oststeiermark.com 

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM  Find out about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office. You can also order information material on our website from the comfort of your own home.

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Ratten (736m)

23.08.2024
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14°C 27°C
24.08.2024
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17°C 28°C

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