Hiking route Waterway on the Laurentiberg, Waisenegg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Karl Zodl Hiking route Waterway on the Laurentiberg, Waisenegg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Karl Zodl

Waterway on the Laurentiberg, Waisenegg

The water trail is characterized by its variety. From slightly downhill, to slightly uphill and only about 100 meters steeply uphill across meadows to the Pirbachkogel. The steep section should definitely not be a deterrent, because after the ascent we are generously rewarded with a wonderful view over the southern Feistritz valley. This view can be enjoyed from the panoramic lounger. The start is at the Gallbrunner inn on the L114 Schanzsattelstraße.

The waterway is named after the two healing fountains “Gallbrunnen” near the Gallbrunner inn and the “Heilbrunnen” near the Heilbrunnkapelle chapel on Laurentiberg, just before the church of the same name.

The Laurenti church was built between 1499 and 1505 in the Gothic style. The small chapel by the Heilbrunnen was first mentioned in 1841.

If you want to visit the church, you can pick up the key from the Höller vulgo Martin farm in Lehen as you walk past and return it on the way back.

The path also takes you past the Schirner smokehouse, which was inhabited until 1977. Peter Rossegger also made a movie here.

 

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
14,2 km
Route
4:50 h
Time
600 hm
Uphill
600 hm
Downhill
1158 m
Highest point

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More information

From Vienna via the A2 Südautobahn highway and the S6 Semmering expressway to the Kindberg exit. Here through the Stanzertal valley on the Schanzsattel-Landesstraße L114 to Waisenegg to Gasthof Gallbrunner.

From Graz via the Weizer-Bundesstraße B72 to Birkfeld and from here via the Schanzsattel-Landesstraße L114 to Waisenegg to Gasthof Gallbrunner.

From Linz/Salzburg/Munich via the Pyhrnautobahn A9 and the Semmering-Schnellstraße S6 to the Kindberg exit. Continue as above.

Further information: www.at.map24.com

  • We start at the Gallbrunner inn, cross the country road, walk slightly downhill on the forest road and continue on the forest path
  • We briefly swap the path for a gravel road before joining the Mariazellerweg on the forest and meadow path at Reichenbacher
  • We continue along the gravel road and later asphalt road and branch off over the bridge a few minutes before the Hammerlschmied inn, thus leaving the Mariazellerweg trail
  • We hike uphill into the forest, when we reach the road (the hiking trail has been changed) we turn left, after 200m we turn right along the road and then pass the Lehenbauern farm.
  • We continue along the road to the Heilbrunnen fountain and the Laurentikirche church
  • From the church, the road continues uphill, we come to a clearing and climb the steep section to Pirbacherhöhe via a dirt track.
  • On this hill, the Feistritz valley lies at our feet and we can recover from the steep climb on the panoramic bench.
  • A wonderful forest path, at first slightly uphill, later flat, leads us over the hill before going downhill again to the Rauchstubenhaus Schirner
  • There is also the opportunity to visit the old house
  • From here, we take the asphalt road back to the Laurentikirche church and follow the same route back to the Gallbrunner inn

Brennsterz and Häferlkaffee (by appointment) in the Rauchstubenhaus!

 

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.
For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark

Waisenegg, Wirtshaus Gallbrunner (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 

Current weather 

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Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

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What the weather will be like

Birkfeld (619m)

23.08.2024
very sunny
14°C 28°C
24.08.2024
sunny
16°C 30°C
25.08.2024
sunny
16°C 29°C
Kindererlebnis-Bauernhof Perhofer, Silvia | © Oststeiermark Tourismus, Rene Strasser

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