ST10 AAT: Hühnersberg - Gmünd

Logo ST10 AAT: Hühnersberg - Gmünd
long-distance walking trail
Logo ST10 AAT: Hühnersberg - Gmünd
Tour data
14.07km
735 - 1,126m
Distance
227hm
487hm
Ascent
04:30h
 
Duration
Brief description

The stage takes us from Hühnersberg in pleasant rural tranquillity to the mountain village of Altersberg and on via the spectacular suspension bridge Drachenschlucht (open from the beginning of June to mid-September) to the award-winning artists' town of Gmünd, whose liveliness causes culture lovers in particular to be amazed.

 

Difficulty
medium
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Route
Hühnersberg
Kolmwirt
0.0 km
Hintereggen
2.4 km
Zelsach
3.5 km
Hl. Lucia
5.5 km
Altersberg
5.6 km
Oberallach
6.3 km
Pirk
6.4 km
Drachenschlucht Hängebrücke
8.3 km
Neuschitz
9.1 km
Zlatting
10.4 km
Dreifaltigkeitskapelle
13.8 km
Gmünd
14.0 km


Best season
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Description

This stage leads, on largely traffic-free routes with no climbs, to Gmünd, the Artists’ Town.

From the start point you hike via the parishes of Hintereggen and Zelsach to Altersberg. The small village of Altersberg is at 940m above sea level. Here you can look round the small, elongated Filialkirche St. Lucia, mentioned for the first time in 1513. The present-day appearance is mostly from the 18th century. ”Altersberger Augenwasser" water is widely known for its healing properties for diseases of the eye. It emerges as a trickle of water that comes up in the church. (Access to the church is only possible on request)

At the "Allesbauer" (Prize-winning family-run place to eat) in Altersberg you can have a short break.

From Neuschitz you go on Gmünd, the Artists’ Town.

As an outstanding European travel destination, recognised with the EDEN 2011 European Tourism Prize and wonderfully located at the point of intersection of the Hohe Tauern National Park and the Nockberge Biosphere Park, Gmünd, the Artists’ Town in Carinthia offers an unusually wide range of cultural amenities, with the emphasis on visual arts and various handicrafts: exhibitions, museums, sculpture gardens, artists’ studios and numerous galleries make art and culture become an experience for every age and every taste. The liveliness of this small town will enthral you.

Places of interest in Gmünd: medieval town centre with town gates, town wall, town tower, Alte Burg, Kalvarienbergkirche, Schloss Lodron with the Porsche Park, Mariä Himmelfahrt parish church with the gothic ossuary, the Divided Church, Pankratium Gmünd “House of Amazement“, Porsche Car Musuem, and much more.

Directions

Our hike begins by the Hühnersberg at Gasthof Kolmwirt - Tel: +43 4762 3218. We hike via the parishes of Hintereggen and Zelsach to Altersberg. Here on request we can look round the Filialkirche St. Lucia with the "healing water" for diseases of the eye.

After sustenance at the  "Allesbauer" - Tel: +43 4732 3868, we hike hike along the "Oberallach" connecting road to the junction on the "Old Roman road /L 10" (Höhe Rachenbach) to the settlement of Trebesing. Continuevia the roundabout in the direction of the centre of the village, past the Protestant church, the parish office and the primary school until on the “Radl” hill you again meet the sign-posted Alpe-Adria-Trail.

Pass the filling station / warehouse and the chapel of the Holy Trinity, and after the flyover keep left to the town.

Highest point
1,126 m
Endpoint

Künstlerstadt Gmünd - Untere Vorstadt

Height profile

Tips

Enjoy the peacefulness and let yourself be enchanted by the natural beauty of the valley.

We recommend you to take a snack and drinks.

Opportunity for a rest: "Allesbauer" - Prize-winning family-run place to eat.

 Accomodation at Gmünd, Tel.: +43 4732 2215 14 | www.stadtgmuend.at

Additional information

Suspension bridge over the Drachenschlucht gorge: Entry is free of charge and the opening times are daily from 9.30am to 4.30pm (beginning of June to mid-Sept.). Outside oft his time and in bad weather (rain) the bridge is closed! Information hotline: +43 4732 3000.

 

 


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