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The town is characterized on the one hand by the ponds and on the other by the Premonstratensian monastery. It is the northernmost monastery in Austria with a richly decorated baroque church. The Geras Nature Park is family-friendly and offers a wide range of opportunities to get close to nature: Wild horses and a petting zoo, bat trail, educational trail on pond dwellers and a bird observatory are just a few of the stops in the forest and pond landscape. Sika and red deer, mouflons, aurochs and lynxes can be discovered, observed or explained by expert guides.
The Edlersee offers recreation: a large meadow with trees and play stations, a beach volleyball court, mini golf and a shallow beach for bathers. Fishermen try their luck on the other shore, while an inn and campsite complete the offer.
The Geras art courses have a long tradition. They were the first of their kind in the 1970s. Around 170 seminars take place throughout the year at the academy.GERAS in the abbey studios and in the Meierhof.
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As a memento of your hike along the Fugnitzbergweg in the Waldviertel, you can pick up a hiking badge from Geras Abbey and/or the Geras Nature Park at the abbey shop in Geras Abbey or at the Hubertushaus in the Geras Nature Park.
Hiking badges are round plaques, designed and inscribed using pyrography, which serve as both a souvenir and a recognition of outstanding achievements. Dedicated hiking badge collectors are rewarded with a free premium hiking badge. For more information, visit www.wandermarken.at.
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Geras Municipality
2093 Geras, Hauptstraße 16
T 02912/70 50, F Ext. 30
gemeinde@geras.gv.at
www.geras.at
WALDVIERTEL Tourism
3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2
(T) +43(0)2822/54109, Fax Ext. 36
Toll-free within Austria:
(T) +43(0)800/300 350
(E) info@waldviertel.at
(I) www.waldviertel.at
Roadbook
On the way from Geras to Fugnitz, at the highest point of the landscape, you can look back at the pond-dotted landscape in which Geras is nestled. After passing the summit of the Kreuzberg, where graphite was once mined, the trail heads toward the village of Fugnitz. The oldest house in the village (No. 1) is a museum featuring old farming tools and a smokehouse that is still in use from time to time. The trail then takes you a short distance along the Fugnitzbach stream through a floodplain forest. After passing the abandoned Steidlmühle mill, the hike heads back to Geras via the Goggitschberg.
Geras
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Vienna: A 22 – Stockerau – S3 – B 303 to Hollabrunn – B 2 to Roseldorf – L49 to Röschitz – L 50 to Pulkau – L41 to Oberhöflein – L 40 to Geras
Linz: A 7 toward Freistadt – B 310 to Freistadt – B 38 to Karlstift - B 41 to Schrems - B 2 to Göpfritz an der Wild – L 60 to the intersection with L 52 – in Klein Ulrichschlag, take L 174 to the intersection with L 1179 – B 30 to Geras
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“Hiking in the Thayatal National Park Region,” hiking map set €7.90 To order maps: Waldviertel Tourism 3910 Zwettl, Sparkassenplatz 1/2/2 Tel. 02822/ 54109
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