Nature Adventure Trail, Weiz

• We start between the Taborkirche church and the town hall and walk up Hofstattgasse and then out to the right.
• At the crossroads, we turn left and walk up to the estate houses.
• There we keep left and turn into the "Tannenweg " ("private path, passage permitted until further notice").
• We stay on the Tannenweg until it joins a hiking trail in the forest. Here we find the first information boards.
• At the forest playground, we turn half-left uphill between the hut of the forest kindergarten and the play equipment (signposted "Der große Erlebniswald").
• When we reach the rest area or the crossroads, we turn left onto the path. We are now in the forest and walk along a wooden path.
• At the fork in the path, continue straight ahead on the narrow path and along the fence.
• At the next crossroads, continue straight ahead along the path between the fence and the forest embankment.
• We walk up to the asphalt road and turn left into the "Leitnerweg" and walk down towards "Göttelsberg".
• We cross the main road and continue straight ahead.
• The tarmac path ends at the forest and we follow the footpath to the next settlement.
• Back on the asphalt path, we continue straight ahead, cross the road and continue straight ahead. We are now on the R11 cycle path.
• We follow the road uphill until we come to the "Bärentalweg " entrance on the right. We now leave the road and continue along the gravel path.

•  Soon in the forest and past a beautiful wayside shrine, we hike down through the Bärental valley to the Raab.

• We turn right at the information board and are now in the Kleine Raabklamm gorge.

• Only a short section of the trail, then we turn right (immediately after the large meadow) and walk along the edge of the meadow to the forest.

• Once we reach the forest, we walk steeply uphill to the right until we reach the meadow.

• We walk along the edge of the forest up to the road and turn left there.

• We now walk along the road up to the village of "Hafning", keeping left at the two crossroads in the village.

• We walk through the village and continue straight ahead at the village exit.

• We continue along the asphalt road with a beautiful view until we reach the junction with the main road. We are now in "Göttelsberg".

• We cross the main road and walk half right up through the settlement.

• In the settlement, we turn right and are now right back at the main road.

• We turn left and then immediately turn left again into the settlement. We walk up to the center of Göttelsberg.

• At the traffic circle, we continue straight ahead along Schulweg.

• We go straight on up the hill to "Göttelsberg-Dorf" and then follow the road out to the left. We are now looking directly at the Stross.

• Shortly before the "Zattach" village sign, we turn right at the wayside chapel in the direction of "Weiz" and after just a few steps we see the entrance to the hiking trail on the right.

•  We turn right here onto the "Waldlehrpfad ".

• At the next crossroads in the forest at the "Vogelkirsche" (bird cherry), we continue to the right

• At the next crossroads, we continue straight ahead and are now back on the path we already know from the way there.

• We walk back down the wooden path, meet the gate again and continue along the fence or the "Great Adventure Forest".

• We walk to the "Weiz Tabor" junction and turn left down into the forest.

• At the rest area in the forest by the large hornbeam, we keep to the right and continue right at the next fork in the path.

• We leave the forest and now have a direct view of the Weizbergkirche church, crossing a small meadow to reach the urban area again at "Stubenbergweg".

• We walk down the Stuberbergweg and then turn right along the "Feldgasse" back to the Tabor church.

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Eastern Styria Tourist Board
Weiz Office
Main square 18
8160 Weiz

Tel.:+43 3172 2319660

 www.oststeiermark.com

weiz@oststeiermark.com 

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