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A beautiful circular hike that, according to legend, follows the footsteps of the "Marz Fool."
This beautiful circular hike starts in Marz at the Hotel Restaurant Müllner and leads to a wooded area where a mound of earth forms the shape of a person lying on the ground. On this hike, you will enjoy fresh forest air and beautiful viewpoints. The local folklore tells a story about it. Many hundreds of years ago, two farmers were on their way home from a drinking tour. While the two staggered along the village street on unsteady legs, one boasted that, despite his balance problems, he was strong enough to carry a full barrel of wine to the aforementioned spot. The other farmer expressed his doubts. The bear-strong man would not tolerate that and decided, as soon as they arrived home, to go to the cellar, shoulder a full barrel of wine, and make his way to the hill. However, the further he got from the village, the heavier the full barrel weighed on his shoulders. Turning back was out of the question for him, as his pride would not allow it. Only one hundred steps separated him from his goal. Due to the immense exertion, suddenly everything spun in his head, he fell and did not get up again.
The next morning he was found dead lying on the ground. The wooded hill where the man met his death was named "Fool."
Author’s recommendation
Hotel-Restaurant Müllner
Hauptstraße 101-103
Tel.: +43 2626 63967
Canteen at the Forchtenstein reservoir
Forchtenstein reservoir
Tel.: +43 650 236714
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Rest stops
Gasthaus RauhoferHotel-Restaurant Café Müllner
Winer tavern Sinawehl Anna
Mostheuriger Hermine Kremser
Castle Forchtenstein
Reptiles Zoo Forchtenstein
Gasthof Daskalakis-Sauerzapf
Safety information
Be sure to take a mobile phone and drinking water
Tips and suggestions
www.mittelburgenland-rosalia.info
Roadbook
You start your circular hike today at the Hotel-Restaurant Müllner in Marz. The path takes you out of the village towards Federal Highway 50, where you then follow a short section along Sieggraben. You cross the road, keep right, and walk to the underpass of the expressway and enter a variant of hiking trail 02A, marked red-white-red, towards Starrenbühel. Past the Forchtenstein bathing reservoir, the route continues towards Schwarzkogel, Greimkogel, Sommergstetten. There you will reach your destination "The Fool." Now the route will lead you back to your starting point in Marz.
Stations of the Cross with sculptures to the Kegalberg
Meierhofstadl Rohrbach
Gasthaus Rauhofer
Winery Heidenreich
Hotel-Restaurant Café Müllner
Bike rental – „Radwelt Michi Knopf“
Mandl's Alpaca Farm Mattersburg
Jewish Cemetery Mattersburg
Cultural Center Mattersburg
Bauernmühle Mattersburg
Trinkbrunnen in Forchtenstein Spielplatz Hauptstraße 189
Winer tavern Sinawehl Anna
Swimming lake Forchtenstein
Achazium
Trinkbrunnen Forchtenstein - Fun Court bei Volksschule
Pilgrimage Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Forchtenstein
Mostheuriger Hermine Kremser
Appartement ROSalia
Kreuzweg zu den "drei Kreuzen"
Castle Forchtenstein
Reptiles Zoo Forchtenstein
Gasthof Daskalakis-Sauerzapf
Rosalia Chapel
Mountain Bike Arena Rosalia
Public transport
Public-transport-friendly
Mattersburg station, Marz/Rohrbach station
Bus Vor
Get Timetable to destination
Directions
A1, A2, A3, S4, S31 federal and state roads
Parking
At the starting point
Coordinates
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Equipment
Hiking clothes, hiking boots, water bottle, rain protection
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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