Hiking trail Birkfeld - St. Georgen, Birkfeld

Name: Hiking trail Birkfeld - St. Georgen, Birkfeld
Brand: Steiermark
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Hike through the market town of Birkfeld

Hike from Birkfeld to St. Georgen and back again to Birkfeld

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The tour in numbers

7,1 km

Route

2:30 h

Time

300 hm

Uphill

300 hm

Downhill

695 m

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Birkfeld is located in the center of the Upper Feistritz Valley in the district of Weiz in the Austrian province of Styria.

By car:
From Vienna: A2 to Hartberg, B54 direction Graz until junction Pöllau, Birkfeld. After Pöllau turn left to Birkfeld about 15 km.

From Graz: A2 to Gleisdorf exit, B64 direction Weiz. At the traffic circle before Weiz, take the B72 towards Anger, Birkfeld. From Weiz approx. 25 km.

From Salzburg: S6 via Bruck, Kapfenberg to the Allerheiligen im Mürztal exit. Immediately after the exit, turn right towards Fischbach, Birkfeld. Approx. 35 km via Schanzsattel to Birkfeld.

Detailed information on how to get here can be found here.

We start the hike at the former train station in Birkfeld and walk along the sidewalk past the petrol station up the “Dechantleitenweg” towards the center of Birkfeld
From the lower main square straight ahead to the upper main square, past the Mariensäule column up towards Bergasse, keep left after the pharmacy to the Borg and come to Birkengasse, which we walk along and past the sports field
Afterwards, the Gh. Fidlschuster (refreshment stop) is on the right and Schokoladen Felber on the left
In front of us is now the tennis hall (sports café), at the protective path we cross Gasener Straße and walk along the sidewalk of the road past Lieb Markt and Billa
After approx. 200 m we leave the road and turn right onto the forest path
We descend through the forest to the bridge over the Gasenbach, we turn left after the bridge and then see the Sallegger sawmill on our left
We continue along the road for approx. 500 m, then a small path leads us right into the forest which we follow uphill and after approx. 200 m we reach St. Georgen, where we can stop for refreshments at the Grünbichler inn.
Strengthened, we hike back along the same path to the starting point

In Birkfeld there are a number of excursion destinations, such as the sound tunnel or the Felber chocolate factory, which can be excellently combined with a hike.

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

Birkfeld, railway station (free)

Information about the region, places to stop for refreshments and overnight stays, excursion destinations, etc., can be found here:

East Styria Tourist Board

Office Joglland-Waldheimat

Church Quarter 24

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

Tel.: +43 3336/ 20 255

Joglland-Waldheimat

Eastern Styria

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Mobility East Styria with SAM shared taxi