Rittscheintal Cycle Route R 21 (Rittscheintalradweg R 21)
                            
                                            
                                                                
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                    This cycle path connects the Raabtal valley with the Rittscheintal valley and leads to Bad Loipersdorf in the Styrian thermal spa and volcano region.
             
 
    
        On this tour, you are surrounded by rolling hills and vineyards, as well as castles and palaces. The Rittschein flows through a wide, fertile valley along the banks of which the cycle route runs. The Rittscheintal cycle path is signposted from Markt Hartmannsdorf.
    
     
    
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                            All information on how to get to Thermen- und Vulkanland Steiermark can be found 
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                            The route starts in Sulz near Gleisdorf and leads along the country road over the Sommerberg. After the climb, you roll down to the imposing village of Pöllau, continuing through the Rittscheintal valley to Markt Hartmannsdorf. From there, take the cycle path that runs parallel to the main road to St. Kind. In a zig-zag course, we often change sides in the wide Rittscheintal valley and come to the herb village of Söchau with its herb garden. It is worth taking a break here or joining a guided tour of the herb garden (May-October). The route then continues via Übersbach to Bad Loipersdorf, where you can finish off by recovering from your exertions at the Loipersdorf thermal spa resort. From the center of Bad Loipersdorf, the path leads identically with the R12 thermal cycle path to the thermal baths.
                        
                     
                
             
                    
                
                    
                        
                            Detailed information about arriving by ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) can be found at 
www.oebb.at  or on the Verbundlinie Steiermark website 
www.busbahnbim.at
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                            Parking is available along the entire route of the R21 Rittscheintalradweg!
                        
                     
                
             
                    
             
            
    
    
        
            
                
                    
                        
                            
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                            
                                                
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                                                        Luftansicht Markt Hartmannsdorf | © Gemeinde Markt Hartmannsdorf | Sarah Raiser
                                                    
                                                                                             
                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                        Peter Simonischek Literaturbrunnen in Markt Hartmannsdorf | © Gemeinde Markt Hartmannsdorf | Sarah Raiser
                                                    
                                                                                             
                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                        Kräutergarten Söchau | © Manuela Schweinzer-Riegler | Manuela Schweinzer-Riegler
                                                    
                                                                                             
                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                        Dorfplatz Bad Loipersdorf | © Gemeinde Bad Loipersdorf | Helfrid Langhans
                                                    
                                                                                             
                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                        Thermenresort Loipersdorf | © Thermenresort Loipersdorf | Thermenresort Loipersdorf
                                                    
                                                                                             
                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
                                            
                                                
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                                                        Begehbare Weinflasche am Lautenberg nahe der Therme Loipersdorf | © Gemeinde Bad Loipersdorf | Helfrid Langhans
                                                    
                                                                                             
                                         
                                                                                                 
                            
                                
                                
                            
                         
                     
                
             
         
     
    
        
            
    
        
        
            
                                    
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