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Hike Castle - Prägart
Hiking tour Starting from Schlosswirtshaus
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 7,10 km
- Duration: 2:30 h
- Ascent: 277 m elevation gain
- Descent: 277 m elevation gain
It takes around 2.5 hours to walk the nine kilometers from Krumbach Castle around Haselgraben, Feichten, Bodenwald and Prägart.
- Starting point of the tour
- Schlosswirtshaus
- Tour destination
- Schlosswirtshaus
- Difficulty: Easy
- Distance: 7,10 km
- Duration: 2:30 h
- Ascent: 277 m elevation gain
- Descent: 277 m elevation gain
- Fitness level required:2/6
- Overall experience:6/6
- Scenery:6/6
- Lowest point519 m
- Highest point796 m
- Round tour
- Suitable for families and children
Description
You can explore and enjoy the Bucklige Welt on this pleasant circular hike. At a comfortable altitude, you can relax in the fresh air and take in the natural beauty of the surroundings. From Krumbach Castle, you walk slightly uphill along field and forest paths, close to the Steinkreis viewpoint with a wonderful view of the hilly landscape of the Bucklige Welt around Krumbach. The start of the hike is the castle innat an altitude of around 600 meters. After the hike, you can stop here for refreshments or look down to Krumbach. It takes less than an hour to walk to theGasthof Heissenberger,Piri's inn or Krumbacherhof. If you have booked in advance, you can also stay at the nearby Triadwhere you can indulge in culinary delights.
There are also many hiking opportunities from the castle, for example on a regional route of the Weg am Wiener Alpenbogen - Arc of the Viennese Alps (trail).
- safety instructions Your hikes in the Vienna Alps should be a pleasant and safe experience overall. Please note the following:PreparationMake sure, when choosing a route, that it matches your experience and fitness. Check the weather forecast beforehand. Weather in the mountains can change suddenly and rapidly. Therefore, always set out equipped accordingly (e.g., rain protection).Check if the huts and snack stations you want to visit on the way are open. Inform someone about your chosen route and your planned return before you leave.More safety tips for your hike can be found here.
- Equipment Always take suitable maps with you. Wear sturdy shoes appropriate for the route, take sun and rain protection as well as water and a snack. Bring your mobile phone and save the mountain rescue emergency number: 140
- Route description The starting point is at the Schlosswirtshaus. From there, follow the orange marking. It goes straight uphill over Feichten Street through Haselgraben. At the intersection, turn right and continue following the path number 13. At the next fork in the road, keep left to reach Prägart. Follow the path downhill until after about 1.5 kilometers you turn left onto a path that leads back to the Schlosswirtshaus.
- Parking Parking spaces are available at the Schlosswirtshaus.
- Getting there From Vienna: Take the Südautobahn A2, exit at Krumbach. Continue on the Krumbach junction. Continue on Kirchschlager Str./B55. Turn right onto L137. Slight left over the bridge onto Schlossstraße, follow until Schlosswirtshaus.From Graz: Take the Südautobahn 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 sharply turn right onto Schlossstraße. Continue to Schlosswirtshaus.
- Public transport More information can be found at www.vor.at and www.oebb.at
- Editor’s tip Use the nearby Krumbacherhof also for accommodation.Further dining options can be found under "Description".
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Vienna Alps in Lower Austria, www.wieneralpen.at, +43 / 2622 / 78960
Opening hours: Mon - Thu 08:30 - 16:00 / Fri 08:30 - 13:00
Adventure region Bucklige Welt South, www.buckligewelt.info, +43 / 676 3509806
Letzte Änderung: 16 Mar 2026