Shadow hike, RETTER Pöllauberg

Start: Bio- Natur- Resort RETTER, Pöllauberg

• We start directly in front of the entrance to the Hotel Retter and go left down the car park.
• Once we reach the road, it is only a few steps down to the left before we turn left into the forest ("Rauschbachweg", yellow dot).
• We walk slightly downhill through a beautiful mixed forest and continue straight ahead at the fork in the path.We cross the Rauschbach, which will now accompany us for a while.
• At a clearing we have a beautiful view of the church of Pöllauberg.
• At the next crossroads, we leave the Rauschbach stream and continue straight ahead along the "Hirschbirnweg" path.
• Over the small bridge, we continue uphill to the left, again over a bridge and through the farmstead ("Naturweg").
• Passing a ruin, we now continue in the forest, always uphill.
• When we reach the meadow, we can see the church again. Continue left along the tarmac road.
• At the bus stop "Oberneuberg/Lebenbauer" we turn right uphill.
• We pass the farmstead on the right and then turn right again into the forest.
• After just a short stretch of path, we continue uphill on the right along the footpath, cross the farm track and continue straight ahead.
• We leave the forest and continue to the right, past the themed gardens (schnapps garden & flower garden).
• Before the nature park school, we turn left and walk up to the village of Pöllauberg.
• After a tour of the village and church, we start the return route in front of the church.
• We go down the steps and across the meadow to the steles with the 3 great European saints, keep right and turn into the forest path ("Ölkreuzweg/Pöllau-Weg-Nr.7").
• We go down to the left and continue left at the next junction.
• We are now back at the themed gardens (Room with a View, Herb Garden, Frommer Garden) and have a wonderful view of Pöllau.
• At the next crossroads, we take a sharp right downhill and soon pass the Ölkreuz (white-green-white markings) and continue straight ahead.
• In the forest we turn right downhill and along the fence to the road.
• A few steps along the tarmac road before we turn right down onto the meadow.
• We walk past deer pear trees down to the road and then continue right to the gate.
• Here we turn left down into the meadow and then immediately turn left through the hedge and down to the road.
• There we keep left and pass the Haubenwallner wine tavern.
• At the Haubenwallner wine tavern, we turn left across the car park.
• Between the vineyards we reach the forest again and cross the Saalbergbach stream.
• Arriving at the well-kept Lang farmstead, we continue along the tarmac path to the left.
• Passing a sheep enclosure, we now head directly towards the BIO-Natur- Resort RETTER, our starting point.

Eastern Styria Tourist Board
Pöllau Valley Nature Park office
Castle 1
8225 Pöllau
Tel. +43 3335 4210
www.naturpark-poellauertal.at 
www.oststeiermark.at
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Rother hiking guide "Oststeiermark - Von den Fischbacher Alpen bis in die Thermenregion", 50 tours, Elisabeth Zienitzer & Silvia Sarcletti paperback, ISBN-10, 376334577 available in bookshops.