Hiking route Tremmelberg "Tower in the mountains" from Knittelfeld - Touren-Impression #1 | © Weges OG Hiking route Tremmelberg "Tower in the mountains" from Knittelfeld - Touren-Impression #1 | © Weges OG

Tremmelberg "Tower in the mountains" from Knittelfeld

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Many paths lead to the Tremmelberg, and the continuous ascent of this tour is very convincing.
From the city to the mountain - this is very well possible from Knittelfeld. At first glance, you would not guess that you can reach two beautiful hiking destinations in the Murtal region directly from Knittelfeld. On the one hand, there is the possibility to hike to Knittelfeld's local mountain, the 1670 m high Steinplan, and on the other hand, one can reach, via the long-distance hiking trail 02 (Hainburg to Feldkirch), the Tremmelberg, which is located in the north. Knittelfeld is very easy to reach by train, so the hike can be combined with a pleasant train journey. It is only a few minutes from the train station to the newly designed main square and then you are already at the starting point for this hike. The destination is the 42 m high observation tower "Turm im Gebirge", which was already built in 1999 (turnstile for ascent: 2 € fee, winter closure from November to March). From here you have a magnificent view of Knittelfeld and the surrounding mountains. Near the tower, in a clearing, is the Calvary Church, over which one could subsequently also hike on to Seckau. 

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The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
11,9 km
Route
4:00 h
Time
550 hm
Uphill
550 hm
Downhill
1194 m
Highest point
627 m
Lowest point

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From St. Michael in Upper Styria via the Murtal expressway S36 (subject to toll sticker) to the exit "Knittelfeld-Ost"; at the first traffic circle follow the signs to the train station (25 km, approx. 20 minutes).

 

From Judenburg via the Murtal expressway S36 (vignette required) to the exit "Knittelfeld-Ost"; continue as above. (22 km, approx. 20 minutes).

We start from the train station or from the main square (1), 646 m, in Knittelfeld, which is only a few minutes walk away, and walk along Frauengasse to Kapuzinerplatz. At the crossroads turn right - a few meters along Kärntner Straße - and then turn immediately left, into Anton-Regner-Straße. Passing the building of the district administration, we come to a crossroads where we continue to the right. From now on you can see the yellow signposts "Tremmelberg - Seckau - Gaal" with the path number 02. After a few minutes we come to the beginning of the Brunnerkreuz avenue. We follow the linden and sycamore maple avenue slightly uphill, cross the highway overpass and reach the Braunikapelle (2), 688 m. We continue straight ahead on the road until we reach a forest road junction at the edge of the forest. From now on the trail leads continuously in the wooded area. A short stretch along the path and we reach a wide forest road, which we now follow for about 1 km. We orientate ourselves by the sign Kalvarienkirche and branch off to the left. The marked hiking trail leads along a climb, crosses a forest road, and ends on the access road to the farm vlg. Böcksteiner (3), 810 m. We hike past the farm in the immediate vicinity, continuing on the forest road until the trail branches off to the right in a left-hand bend. The turnoff is easily recognizable due to a large "Steinmandl". From now on we are more or less along a ridge - always uphill - until we come to a wide forest road. We keep to the right and also immediately see the entrance to the path. Since several paths are now trodden out, the orientation is also not clear due to the lack of markings. We go right along the ridge and see after this again the red-white-red marking. Over hollow paths we come again to a forest road. From now on we already have a nice view of our destination, the lookout tower "Turm im Gebirge". We now hike comfortably uphill, always following the forest road, until we have reached the height and now have only a few meters left to the observation tower at Tremmelberg (4), 1194 m, ahead of us. The descent is via the ascent route.
A very nice variant is to continue the hike to Seckau. Whereby you have to plan the return trip in advance.

Entrance towers via a turnstile (2-euro coin). Winter closure from November to March.

The train station Knittelfeld is easy to reach by train and bus.

General information about public transport to the region: www.verbundlinie.at 

 

Murtal Taxi, Tel.: +43 660 1018101, 8740 Zeltweg, www.murtal-taxi.at 

Parking at the station
Jausenstation am Tremmelberg, Tel.: +43 664 3383301, 8732 Seckau

Gasthof Bachwirt, Tel.: +43 3512 85706, Sachendorfergasse 2, 8720 Knittelfeld,  www.bachwirt.at 

Paul`s Hotel, Tel.: +43 3512 72200-0, Kapuzinerplatz 9, 8720 Knittelfeld,  www.pauls-hotel.at  

Cafe Lipizzaner, Tel.: +43 3512 44266, Herrengasse 23, 8720 Knittelfeld, www.cafe-lipizzaner.at 

La Veneta, Tel.: +43 664 5611008, Herrengasse 23, 8720 Knittelfeld, www.laveneta.at 

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What the weather will be like

Seckau (851m)

Morning
slightly cloudy
2°C
5%
5 km/h
Noon
cloudy
13°C
0%
15 km/h
Night
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12°C
0%
10 km/h
Mostly cloudy through the day with a chance of occasional sunny spells.
Morning
slightly cloudy
7°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
sunny
17°C
5%
15 km/h
Night
slightly cloudy
13°C
0%
10 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
31.03.2024
slightly cloudy
5°C 17°C
01.04.2024
cloudy
4°C 16°C
02.04.2024
sunny
2°C 12°C

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