Montanweg-Kogelberg mining, Ratten
This mining trail offers a leisurely circular walk with a magnificent view and lots of interesting information about mining in earlier times.
The "Friedensstollen" (show gallery), closed in 1960, is the starting point of the mining trail. Along the trail, you can learn how lignite was mined in those days at original sites of Ratten mining with the help of boards.
The blue and white markings of the mining trail start at the mining museum - in addition, yellow boards with the inscription Mining Museum show the way.
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Ratten is located approx. 25 km north of the district capital Weiz between Pretulaple and Joglland in the upper Feistriztal valley.
By car:
From Graz - A2 to Gleisdorf - at the traffic circle 2 exit (B64/B72)
From Weiz - via B72
From Germany - via A3
Further information on how to get there:
Mountain Farmers Museum, Ratten
- We start at the mining museum in Ratten
- Between the leisure center and the Red Cross we walk along to the New Middle School
- From there we continue to the left to the Nikolauspfarrkirche (St. Nicholas Parish Church)
- Then we continue to the oldest house of Ratten, to the inn Kreiner
- On the municipal road we walk into the Niesnitzgraben and keep left
- There we pass the horse farm Tösch and walk along this road until the end of the village
- We keep to the right and turn onto the access road to the Ofenhofer farm (hiking trail 742a).
- At the farm we walk along the forest road
- At the edge of the forest there is a display board on the topic "Material ropeway support foundations
- We hike uphill to the Eichtinger snack station, the highest point of the hike.
- We follow the road to the Wetterkreuz crosses
- We hike out of the valley, turn left and follow the slightly ascending path before we turn right again onto the gravel path
- Now we follow the hiking trail 742bOn forest paths and steep tracks we reach the village of Ratten again
Also visit the mining museum in Ratten - a small museum in a former gallery, which fits perfectly with the mining trail!
Ratten, Mining Museum parking lot (free)
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Bergbaumuseum Ratten | © Gemeinde Ratten | TV Joglland Waldheimat
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Hunt und Baggerschaufel | © Heribert Hahn | TV Joglland Waldheimat
What the weather will be like
Ratten (736m)
Mostly thick clouds, and a chance of some snowfall in the first half of the day.
Rather cloudy in the morning, then sunny spells will develop gradually.
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