Hiking route Culture & Nature Loop - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein Hiking route Culture & Nature Loop - Touren-Impression #1 | © Erlebnisregion Schladming-Dachstein

Culture & Nature Loop

Beautiful circular hike along the cultural, historical and natural beauties in Trautenfels, Untergrimming and Pürgg.

NATURALLY CULTURAL. On this tour you hike through cultural features such as Trautenfels Castle, the burial ground (Pfanner) and via the Kapuzinersteig the St. Georg parish church and St. John's Chapel in Pürgg. With a short detour also the church ruins of the Neuhaus Protestant church are on your way. Also scenically a beautiful round that takes you past the castle ponds.

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness

Best season

January
February
December

The tour in numbers

easy
Level of difficulty
8,3 km
Route
3:00 h
Time
230 hm
Uphill
230 hm
Downhill
815 m
Highest point

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More information

On the Ennstal federal road B 320, exit at the roundabout in Trautenfels. There is a public car park on the right before the level crossing.

You start your tour at the Trautenfels train station or in the adjacent parking lot. From there you hike up to Trautenfels Castle and next to the castle bridge down to the Rieger fish restaurant. At the curve at the access road, turn left and then cross under the main road. Then turn right over the footbridge and along the road in the direction of the roundabout. Now follow the B145 towards Ausseerland and at the Unterburger exit through the underpass to Unterburg. Into the village and after the nursing home continue left. Out of Unterburg and through a small forest to Untergrimming.

From there along the Kapuzinersteig up to the village of Pürgg. Here it is worth looking at the parish church of St. George and the associated cemetery. The view down to the castle, to the Ennsboden and to the west to the Grimming is an impressive sight. Passing the Krenn inn and the Johannes chapel, you hike from Pürgg back down in the direction of the Unterburg. A bit in the direction of Stainach and then via the Schranz-Hof it now goes back over to Trautenfels to your starting point.

From Natur.Kraft.Platz. Schloss Trautenfels it is worth taking a detour to Natur.Kraft.Platz. Neuhaus church ruins - approx. 30 minutes there and back. The third Natur.Kraft.Platz. on this hike is the Johanneskapelle chapel in Pürgg.

Take the ÖBB regional trains to Trautenfels station. There you start your hike. At the car park at Trautenfels Castle you will find a hiking information board.

Public parking lot next to the train station in Trautenfels.

Tourism information: www.schladming-dachstein.at

Schladming-Dachstein Tourist Office
Ramsauerstraße 756
8970 Schladming
T: +43 3687 23310
info@schladming-dachstein.at

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What the weather will be like

Stainach-Pürgg (665m)

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