Tremmelberg "Tower in the mountains" via Willhuber

The village of Seckau is a wonderful starting point, so you should plan some time for the town center before or after the hike, as it is a particularly good place to combine culture and enjoyment. The impressive grounds of the Benedictine abbey, the ambience and culinary delights of the Hofwirt and the specialties of the Regner patisserie are the highlights of the market town. While still in the village, you pass one of the most artistically valuable baroque wayside shrines in the Murtal region - the dyer's cross, which stands in front of the former (namesake) dyer's house. During the hike, you get to know the village and the surrounding area of Seckau and enjoy beautiful views of the Seckau Alps, the Styrian Randgebirge and the Seetal Alps. This hike is exclusively on roads, with the majority of the route being on gravel roads. It climbs steadily up to the 1194 m high Tremmelberg. However, the destination of the hike should be the 42 m high "Turm im Gebirge" observation tower (turnstile for ascent: €2 fee, winter closure from November to March), which was built in 1999. 

We start at the parking lot in Seckau (1), 843 m, which means we are right in the center of Seckau, where the monastery, the municipal office and the Hofwirt are located. The hiking trail leads directly past the JUFA Seckau in a south-westerly direction. After the Regner pastry shop, we come to a crossroads with a striking wayside shrine - the Färberkreuz. We keep straight on and follow the road for approx. 2 km. After the Hacknerhof (Offenbacher family), the asphalt road leads slightly downhill and then a road branches off to the left. We follow this access road, which leads comfortably uphill for approx. 1 km, first through the forest and then across meadows to the farm vlg. Willhuber farm (2), 1013 m. At the farm we walk directly between the house and the farm and follow the forest road, which continues here. Now the trail continues gently up and down along the forest road to the Hube vlg. Hinter-Tremmel (3), 1010 m. From Hinter-Tremmel, we hike approx. 1 km mainly through the forest until we reach the turn-off to the left towards Tremmelberg. Here too, the hiking trail follows a forest road. We follow this and pass a red barrier and then a wooden barn. Shortly afterwards, we reach a fenced-in crossroads, which we walk past on the right. This is where the steeper section of this hike begins. We follow the narrow gravel road, which leads uphill in a single line. Just before our destination, the road joins the wide forest road, which is also used as a private access road for the Tremmelberg. Here we turn left and follow the road, which leads slightly uphill to the Tremmelberg (4), 1194 m, and the "Turm im Gebirge" observation tower. The way back is the same as the ascent route. A steeper alternative descent is via the Calvary Church (see hike "Tremmelberg via Calvary Church").