Via Natura cycle path stage 2

This moderately difficult mountain bike tour leads from Zeutschach via the destination Maria Schönanger to St. Lambrecht.

Discover the picturesque landscape and enjoy the tranquility of the surroundings on a cozy bench.

Maria Schönanger: It was more than 200 years ago when Agnes Zechner from Zeutschach decided to create a new image where a simple wooden cross had always stood and to build a wooden chapel for it. The current miraculous image and the first chapel on Schönanger were built around 1937.

Characteristics

Skill

Fitness

Best season

January

February

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April

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October

November

December

The tour in numbers

medium

Level of difficulty

10,7 km

Route

1:30 h

Time

321 hm

Uphill

340 hm

Downhill

1353 m

Highest point

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More information

By car from GermanyFrom Munich via the A8 towards Salzburg. From Salzburg on the A10 Tauernautobahn to St. Michael im Lungau. On the B 96 to Tamsweg, then on the B 95 to Predlitz. The B 97 leads via Stadl/Mur to Murau. There at the roundabout towards St. Lambrecht to Murauer train station and further towards St. Lambrecht. Via Laßnitz near Murau you reach St. Lambrecht, which is already in the nature park. From there continue towards Mariahof and Neumarkt. In Neumarkt towards the train station, past it towards Zeutschach. The hiking starting point is in Zeutschach near Tonibauer.

Arrival from Eastern Austria/HungaryAt the motorway junction in St. Michael near Leoben, take the S 36 towards Klagenfurt. Past Knittelfeld and Judenburg to Scheifling. In Scheifling continue towards Klagenfurt to Neumarkt, via Unzmarkt and Perchau am Sattel you reach Neumarkt. In Neumarkt towards the train station, past it towards Zeutschach. The hiking starting point is in Zeutschach near Tonibauer.

Arrival from southern Austria/ItalyVia Klagenfurt on the S 37 past St. Veit/Glan, Treibach and Friesach. In Friesach continue towards Vienna, via Dürnstein and Wildbad to Neumarkt. In Neumarkt towards the train station, past it towards Zeutschach. The hiking starting point is in Zeutschach near Tonibauer.

You start at the Brauwirt Seidl in Zeutschach and take the left path. Continue to follow the signs and then drive up the gravel path to Maria Schönanger. You can relax there, quench your thirst at the Schönangerhütte and look into the church. Then it goes downhill towards St. Lambrecht. Where the path splits, take the left one and follow the road until you arrive in St. Lambrecht.

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Parking spaces are available in Zeutschach.

The ideal time for this tour is from April to October. Information brochures are available at the various information offices.