Hiking route City tour, Hartberg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus Hiking route City tour, Hartberg - Touren-Impression #1 | © Oststeiermark Tourismus

City tour, Hartberg

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6 km long blue - white marked with No.1.  This path leads around the town with beautiful views, from this path the marked paths branch off in all directions.

See Hartberg from all directions. This is relatively effortless on this path. Views from the Ringkogel down, as well as from the Gmoos up to the town. Numerous chapels and crosses and churches along the way indicate the religiousness of the population. (Red Cross Chapel, Baker's Cross, Tunner Cross, Stephan Cross, Sting Cross, Crucifixion Group at the monastery).

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The tour in numbers

5,2 km
Route
1:30 h
Time
122 hm
Uphill
121 hm
Downhill
412 m
Highest point

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  • accessible via the A2 Südautobahn exit Hartberg
  • in Hartberg follow the signs to the Hartberg recreation center

Hartberg, HERZ recreation center

Start at the car park of the Hartberg recreation centre (HERZ). Pass the Edelweisshalle on the left in the direction of the Bundesschulzentrum (federal school centre) and take a break at the Stadionhütterl (stadium hut) before passing the stadium to the Protestant church. Follow the blue-white markings to the Red Cross Chapel. It is worth taking a look inside. After crossing the road, follow the markings through the Angersiedlung to the B 54 (hiking trail no. 15 to Grafendorf), which you cross at the Bayer garden centre (traffic lights). Continue to Raimund Obendraufstrasse towards the city centre and soon branch off to the Bäckerkreuz. This is where the Hartberger Höhenweg and Sonnenweg uphill trails begin, until a narrow path leads over the Brückerl (a small piece of primeval nature!) to the highest point of the hike. A bench invites you to linger and enjoy the view of St. Johann, Altenberg Schölbing, Habersdorf and the eastern part of Ungarvorstadt as well as the city of Hartberg.

Continue to the branches of trail number 16 to Staudach and the ascent to the Ringwarte. Shortly afterwards we reach the Tunner Cross with a stone corpus and next to it a bench offering a view of the steeple of the city parish church, as well as the church of Maria Lebing. Continue through the mountain park into Weinberggasse, past the Stepankreuz, into Brühlgasse and past the Radl and Poschmühle mills. Here the paths to Pöllauberg and the long-distance hiking trail 907 branch off, as does the ascent to the Ringwarte through the Brühl. There, turn left into the hollow path and into the lower Brühlgasse, where above a road (in the ditch below) a footpath offers wonderful views of the monastery and town parish church and leads us into Grazerstraße. After a short stretch in Grazerstraße, at Hansi's Bierstube, we now descend Johann Zechnergasse under the Wechselbundesstrasse B 54 and along Augasse to the tennis courts. Between the tennis courts and the tennis hall we come to the edge of the Hartberger Gmoos and back to our starting point.

Numerous places to stop for refreshments (Herz Restaurant, Stadion Hütterl, Schnitzelwirt, Bar & Co, Buschenschank Pußwald, Restaurant Pußwald, Hansis Bierstube, Tennisplatz Büffet) are located along the route.

Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie.

For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.

Information about the region, places to stop and stay, excursion destinations etc. can be found here:

Eastern Styria Tourist Board

Hartbergerland office

Alleegasse 6

8230 Hartberg

Tel.: +43 3332 603 300

Vacation in Hartbergerland | Eastern Styria

www.oststeiermark.com

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared cab SAM

Find out about maps, hiking brochures and other tour tips at the tourist office.

You can also order information material from the comfort of your own home on our website

Eastern Styria Tourist Office

Hartberg office

Alleegasse 6, 8230 Hartberg

www.oststeiermark.com

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