Kirchschlag Circular Route D1+D12 via Stanger Berg and Lembach

Hiking route from Main Square Kirchschlag in the Bucklige Welt

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Elevation profile

12,53 km length

Tour dates
  • Difficulty: Difficult
  • Route: 12,53 km
  • Ascent: 428 egm
  • Descent: 428 egm
  • Duration: 3:35 h
  • Lowest point: 415 m
  • Highest point:619 m
Features
  • Tour route
  • Round tour
  • Nice views
  • With refreshment stops
  • Accessibility by train and bus

Details for: Kirchschlag Circular Route D1+D12 via Stanger Berg and Lembach

Brief description

Extensive route from Kirchschlag via hiking trail D12 over Stang to the Burgenland border and via D1 to Lembach and back to Kirchschlag.

Description

The path leads past some sights and inns, over field and forest paths or on little-trafficked roads.

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Starting point of the tour

Main Square Kirchschlag in the Bucklige Welt

Destination point of the tour

Main Square Kirchschlag in the Bucklige Welt

Route description Kirchschlag Circular Route D1+D12 via Stanger Berg and Lembach

Marking D12 + D1

Pass right by the Rosengarten and the fortified church Kirchschlag, turn right at the T-junction, pass Gasthaus/Butchery Pürrer and Café Winhofer, turn left at the next intersection onto Stanger Straße, turn right, then immediately left to the school center. Then turn right at the second opportunity (after the bridge) and go left at the last house up the Everlsteig (narrow, root-covered trail) towards St. Wolfgang. Then pass the model airfield and turn left onto the state road and follow the road to Stang.

Pass Lamprecht's farm shop, then turn right. Pass the Lilienhof scout farm, follow the path until the forest begins. Here turn left onto the forest path, follow it, cross the main road and keep right. Follow the path, a longer stretch of forest follows. At the T-junction after the forest, turn right and after the farmhouse turn left.

Follow the road to Lembach, turn left at the next T-junction and pass Gasthaus Kräuterwirtin Gerda Stocker along the road. Shortly afterwards, turn right into Steinriegelweg up to the transmission mast, from here follow the Mitterbacher Weg/Mariazellerweg to Bäckergasse. From here turn right over a small wooden bridge over the Äußeren Markt back to the starting point.

Directions

From Vienna: Take the South Motorway A2, exit at Krumbach. Continue on the Krumbach junction. Continue on Kirchschlager Str./B55 to Kirchschlag.

From Graz: Take the South Motorway A2, exit at Aspang-Zöbern. Turn right onto L137. Continue on Kampichl and Hauptstraße. Hauptstraße turns left in Zöbern and becomes Austraße. Follow L137 to Unterhaus near Krumbach and turn right to Kirchschlag.

Parking

Ample parking available

By train to Edlitz/Grimmenstein station, then take regional bus 390 to "Gemeindeamt" Kirchschlag

VOR route planner: https://anachb.vor.at

Öbb: www.oebb.at

Equipment

Always take suitable hiking maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes adapted to the route, take sun and rain protection as well as water and something to eat. Take your mobile phone with you and save the mountain rescue emergency number: 140

Safety information

Make sure when choosing the route that it corresponds to your experience and your fitness. Check the weather forecast in advance. The weather can change rapidly in the mountains. Therefore, always start suitably equipped (e.g., rain protection, snacks, drinks,...). Check whether the restaurants and huts you want to visit are open. Inform someone about your chosen route and expected return before you leave.

Map recommendations

Hiking trail D12 + D1 in the Kirchschlag leisure map

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