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Panoramic tour

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New cycle path between Birkfeld and Koglhof from 2024!
In order to explore the culinary highlights and the most beautiful viewpoints between Birkfeld and Koglhof by bike, there will be a cycle path connecting all of this from 2024!

Characteristics

Skill
Fitness
Experience
Scenery

Best season

January
February
March
November
December

The tour in numbers

medium
Level of difficulty
15,5 km
Route
1:50 h
Time
420 hm
Uphill
463 hm
Downhill
746 m
Highest point
521 m
Lowest point

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More information

Coming from Graz: A2 Gleisdorf - direction Weiz - continue to Birkfeld

Coming from Vienna: A9 motorway - via Alpl or Hartberg, direction Birkfeld

Birkfeld railway stationturn left up to the crossroads / Gasthof Dunst

Follow the road through the market town of Birkfeld past various places to stop for refreshments

Straight roundabout (second exit) follow the road up to the crossroads (after the Felber car dealership) turn right

Turn right after the sports café / tennis centre and follow the road

Turn left at the EsserkreuzFollow the road to Haslau / Baumgartnermühle

At the Baumgartnermühle inn, turn left and follow the main road to the Haslau junction

Turn right at the crossroads and then immediately left again (towards the sports field), but if you continue to the right here, you will come to the Kulmer fish restaurant after approx. 200m

Follow the road uphill over a small bridge

After a large farm, turn leftFollow the signs to Koglhof

Turn left at the crossroads until you reach the St. Georgen crossroadsTurn right uphill here and follow the road The Grünbichler inn next to the church in St. Georgen and the Kreml organic farm are located directly on the road

Follow the road down towards Koglhof

Here you pass the summer toboggan run with motor skills park and restaurant

Passing the petrol station with a food vending machine, you have already reached your destination at the B72 bakery & snack bar, where the former Koglhof railway station is also located

Many refreshment stops await bikers along the way. The Kreml organic farm with its great products is also right on the way!
Timetables and travel information can be found at Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB) or at Verkehrsauskunft Verbundlinie. For local transportation we recommend the SAM-Sammeltaxi Oststeiermark.
There are plenty of parking spaces at the railway station in Birkfeld as well as at Koglhof station.
You can find information about the region, places to stop and stay overnight, excursion destinations, etc. here:

Eastern Styria Tourism Association

Joglland-Waldheimat office

8255 St. Jakob im Walde

Tel.: 03336/20255

Joglland-Waldheimat

Eastern Styria

current weather

Mobility Eastern Styria with shared taxi SAM

Regio Bus

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What the weather will be like

Birkfeld (619m)

Morning
sunny
10°C
0%
5 km/h
Noon
sunny
20°C
0%
10 km/h
Night
sunny
17°C
0%
5 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
Morning
sunny
13°C
0%
0 km/h
Noon
sunny
22°C
0%
10 km/h
Night
sunny
18°C
0%
5 km/h
Dry and partly sunny throughout the day, with cloudy periods from time to time.
30.04.2024
very sunny
9°C 24°C
01.05.2024
very sunny
8°C 22°C
02.05.2024
slightly cloudy
8°C 19°C

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