From Fischbach to St. Kathrein am Hauenstein, Fischbach

Name: From Fischbach to St. Kathrein am Hauenstein, Fischbach
Brand: Steiermark
Rating: 5 (4 reviews)

We walk through the Joglland - Waldheimat, from one village to another and enjoy the nature and the wonderful views.

We hike along the Fiscbacher Alps, starting from the high altitude health resort Fischbach to St. Kathrein am Hauenstein and enjoy a beautiful hike!

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The tour in numbers

challenging

Level of difficulty

20,3 km

Route

6:50 h

Time

805 hm

Uphill

805 hm

Downhill

1228 m

Highest point

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Arrival from Vienna: A2 to Neunkirchen, S6 direction Langenwang, exit Schwöbing over the Alpl. Through St. Kathrein and then on to Fischbach.arrival from Graz: A2 to Gleisdorf exit, B64 towards Weiz. At the traffic circle before Weiz, take the B72 towards Anger, Birkfeld, Fischbach.

Coming from Salzburg: 145 via Liezen, then on to Leoben, from Leoben towards Kindberg (S6), Stanz via Mürztal, Fischbach.

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

We start at the parish hall and hike to Oberdissau
After a short detour to the Aegydius Chapel we come to the small hamlet of Oberdissau
We walk a short distance on the asphalt road, then we turn left in the direction of Falkenstein.
At the wayside shrine at "Hauswirtshofer" we turn right
From there we walk a short steep path up to the Hauswirts Höh
From there we continue along the ridge to the right until we follow the path down to the left at the crossroads.
When we reach the sulzbachstraße, we follow it for about 500 m until we finally turn left.
There we go steeply uphill through the forest until we reach the village of Falkenstein in a few minutes.
On the village street we turn left
Through the forest and a bridge we come to Landau
At the wide forest road we turn left
After a short stretch on the road we follow a forest path down to the right until we reach St. Kathrein am Hauenstein
On the way back we start in St. Kathrein am Hauenstein
After about 200 meters we walk over a bridge (hiking trail no. 736) to Hochkamper
After about 1 hour of walking we come to the Waldtonihütte
At the Schneidhofer cross we follow the trail no. 736 to the left
From the Glatz farm we hike again to Fischbach

Fischbach is always worth a visit, especially during the Easter season, and St. Kathrein am H. is best known for the Peter Rosegger exhibition.

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Mobility Eastern Styria with shared cab SAM

RegioBus

Fischbach, village square (free)

Tourism Association East Styria
Office Joglland - Waldheimat
Kirchenviertel 24, 8255 St. Jakob im Walde
Tel.: +43 3336 20255

www.joglland-waldheimat.at
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