Stage No. 17 of the Alpe Adria Trail: Bad Kleinkirchheim - Arriach

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Long distance hiking trail

Stage No. 17 of the Alpe Adria Trail: Bad Kleinkirchheim - Arriach moderate

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7:00-7:30 h

Long distance hiking trail Stage No. 17 of the Alpe Adria Trail: Bad Kleinkirchheim - Arriach

route follows the long-distance hiking trails 109 (the “Salzsteigweg”) and the “Weg des Buches”, which cross Austria from north to south. After a short hike following a hill path or trail you will effortlessly reach the mighty summit of the Wöllaner Nock (2,145 metres), where you can enjoy the glorious allround view of the entire province of Carinthia . From here you can either follow trail 109 towards the Walderhütte lodge or hike along summit trail 164 in the direction of the Vorderer Wöllaner Nock (2,090 metres), on which you will catch sight of the village of Arriach (the municipality which is the central point of Carinthia) for the first time. Following trail 164 you will come in a short time to a distinctive point, the “Plagrast” at approximately 1,760 metres above sea level. Once you have got here, you can choose between making a short detour to the nearby Geigerhütte lodge, going to the “Plagrastplatz” resting place , or following trail 109 from here along the road again going southwards until you reach the turnoff for the central point of Carinthia (information board). From here the Alpe Adria Trail separates from trail 109 and you will follow the Mittelpunktweg trail (road) to the geographical centre of Carinthia , where you will have an opportunity of sending a photo to your nearest and dearest back home via the webcam.

Continuing to follow the road you first reach a fountain with crystal clear, dextrorotatory drinking water, and then after a few minutes’ walk the panoramic rest area and the farms of the small village of Laastadt . From here you follow the

Description Summary This stage takes hikers with plenty of stamina from the Sensory Water Park in Bad Kleinkirchheim onto the Kaiserburg towards the Waldtratte mountain lodge. The route leads via the mighty double peaks of the Wöllaner Nock to the geographical centre of Carinthia in the municipality of Arriach – and maybe deep inside yourself too.

Description The trail starts from the tourist information office in Bad Kleinkirchheim and initially leads through the Kurpark, through the Sensory Water Park and past the Maibrunnbahn chairlift, following hiking trail 1 and for some of the time the road as far as the Waldtratte (1,380 metres). This is also the location of the middle station of the Kaiserburgbahn cable car.

Still following hiking trail 1, and again for some of the time going along the road or the hiking trail, the route leads via the Rossalmhütte lodge onto the Kaiserburg (2,055 metres) (also the mountain station of the Kaiserburgbahn). The hiking trail firstly leads through the fields and lush green meadows in Bad Kleinkirchheim, then continues through first a spruce forest and then a light larch forest to the Rossalmhütte lodge, where it changes to open Alpine meadows. A little way above the Kaiserburgbahn mountain station you come to the intersection of the three districts of Spittal an der Drau , Villach-Land and Feldkirchen . From here the

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Long distance hiking trail Stage No. 17 of the Alpe Adria Trail: Bad Kleinkirchheim - Arriach information signs on the Hofwanderweg (farm hiking trail) across very attractive meadows and forest paths as far as the first houses of the village of Berg ob Arriach. Here you will also catch sight of the largest evangelical church in Carinthia , and after a few minutes’ walk along the village road you will come to the centre of Arriach.

164 eastwards to the Plagrast, where we meet up with hiking trail 109 again. We descend further in a southerly direction on trail 109 to the intersection with the Mittelpunktweg trail (information board).

We follow the Mittelpunktweg eastwards to the geographical centre of Carinthia . From here we take the hiking trail to the village road in Laastadt, where we meet the Hofwanderweg trail. We continue to follow the signs past the farms of the village of Laastadt along maintained paths and roads to Berg ob Arriach and then reach the centre of Arriach.

Places to eat: Waldtratte, Bergrestaurant Kaiserburg and Geigerhütte.

Starting point of the tour Tourismusverband Bad Kleinkirchheim

Directions From the tourist information office the trail leads us through the Sensory Water Park , where we can get in the mood for this tour at the different stops on the trail. We start at the Maibrunnbahn valley station and follow hiking trail 1, which leads partly along an asphalted road to Hotel Kirchheimerhof. From here we go along the gravel path to the Waldtratte and follow the road as far as the Kaiserburg. On the way we repeatedly have the option of cutting out the hairpin bends by using signposted hiking trails. And if you want to spend a bit more time in your hotel or in Bad Kleinkirchheim, you can always choose the comfortable option and travel up onto the Kaiserburg by means of the cable car. Once we reach the summit of the Wöllaner Nock we have a wonderful 360 degree view as far as the border of Carinthia ,

The route is well signposted and marked. An easy to moderate stage, but stamina is required!

to the north ( Nockberge National Park with the Turracher Höhe), to the west ( Hohe Tauern National Park with the Grossglockner ), to the south ( Julian Alps and Steiner Alps), and to the east (Koralpe).

Getting there

Editoral Advice Will man den Vormittag noch in Bad Kleinkirchheim verbringen, empfehlen wir als Alternative zum langen Anstieg die Auffahrt mit der Kaiserburgbahn (Gondelbahn).

Equipment Festes Schuhwerk und wetterfeste Kleidung sind notwendig.

Safety information Achtung Weidegebiete! Hunde an die Leine und Weidegattern schließen! Über Spittal an der Drau nach Radenthein und weiter nach Bad Kleinkirchheim bzw. von Klagenfurt über Feldkirchen nach Patergassen und weiter nach Bad Kleinkirchheim. Diese Anfahrtsstrecken sind auch sehr gut mit öffentliche Verkehrsmittel erreichbar.

Directions from the Kaiserburg via the central point of Carinthia to Arriach.

Parking Ca. 150 m vor dem Tourismusverband befindet sich der Maibrunnparkplatz (gebührenfrei).

Having reached the Kaiserburg we change to longdistance hiking trail 109 (Salzsteigweg) in a southerly direction to the summit of the Wöllaner Nock. We then continue along hiking trail 164 in a southerly direction as far as the subsidiary summit of the Wöllaner Nock, known as the Vorderer Wöllaner Nock. This is followed by a descent on trail

Public transport Postbusse von Richtung Spittal, Klagenfurt und Villach,

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Long distance hiking trail Stage No. 17 of the Alpe Adria Trail: Bad Kleinkirchheim - Arriach Berg-Thermen-Bus

Further information/links

Hotel Eschenhof****

Bad Kleinkirchheimer Tourismus Marketing GmbH Dorfstraße 30 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim Tel.: +43 4240 8212 Fax: +43 4240 8537 info@badkleinkirchheim.at www.badkleinkirchheim.at

Wasserfallweg 12 Tipp

9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim +43 4240 8262

Konditorei Café Restaurant Hutter Bacher Weg 1

Gemeindeamt ARRIACH A-9543 Arriach 60 Tel.: 04247/8514 Fax: 04247/8514-5 arriach@ktn.gde.at www.arriach.at

Tipp

9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim +43 4240 454

Thermenstraße 3 Tipp

9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim +43 4240 282

Töbringer Straße 1 9523 Villach-Landskron, Österreich

Seestraße 19

office@region-villach.at

Tipp

www.region-villach.at

9544 Feld am See +43 4246 4295

End point of the tour

Dorfstraße 74

Properties

Tipp

Gipfel-Tour Mountain railway ascent/descent

9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim 04240/8282201 www.vondenpistenindiethermen.com

Kirche St. Kathrein

Points of Interest 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim

Pension Isabella***

Walderhütte

Tiefenbachstraße 8 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim 9543

www.pensionisabella.at

+43 (664) 5453730

Tipp

www.brennseehof.com

Thermal Römerbad

Arriach

+ 43 4240 333

www.ronacher.com

Hotel Brennseehof****

Tel.: + 43 4242 42000 • Fax DW: 42

Tipp

www.konditorei-hutter.at

Thermhenhotel Ronacher*****S

Villach-Warmb ad • Faaker See •Ossiacher See Tourismus

Stage tour With refreshment stops

www.eschenhof.at

Harmony's Hotel Kirchheimerhof****

St. Kathrein Therme

Maibrunnenweg 37

Dorfstraße 74

9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim

9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim 04240/8282301

+43 4240 278 www.harmonys.at/kirchheimerhof

Wöllaner Nock

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Long distance hiking trail Stage No. 17 of the Alpe Adria Trail: Bad Kleinkirchheim - Arriach Rossalmhütte

9546 +43 (4240) 8466

Bad Kleinkirchheimer Tourismus Marketing GmbH Dorfstraße 30 9546 Bad Kleinkirchheim 04240/8212

Tourismusinformation Arriach Arriach 60

Bad Kleinkirchheimer Tourismus Marketing GmbH Source Bad Kleinkirchheim Tourismus

9543 Arriach 04247/8514

Kaiserburg

Author and source Author

Alexandra Rieger

created

01.03.2011

changed

15.03.2013

Source

Kärnten Werbung GmbH AlpeAdriaTrail

Pictures Kirche St. Kathrein Source Bad Kleinkirchheim Tourismus

Thermal Römerbad Source Bad Kleinkirchheim Tourismus

Wöllaner Nock Author Bad Kleinkirchheimer Tourismus Marketing GmbH Source Bad Kleinkirchheim Tourismus

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Long distance hiking trail Stage No. 17 of the Alpe Adria Trail: Bad Kleinkirchheim - Arriach

St. Kathrein Author Bad Kleinkirchheimer Tourismus Marketing GmbH Source Bad Kleinkirchheim Tourismus

Geografischer Mittelpunkt Kärntens Author Sabine Zölß Source Kärnten Werbung GmbH - AlpeAdriaTrail

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