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Hiking Trail recommended route Hiking Trail  · Klagenfurt on Lake Wörthersee

Klagenfurt - Maria Saal - Gottesbichl - cultural hike

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  • Spring is coming - everything is blooming along the way
    Spring is coming - everything is blooming along the way
    Photo: Karl Selden, Alpenverein Klagenfurt

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    Not only the fasting period invites you to a meditative hike, the example of an attractive circular route to the holy and cultural sites in central Carinthia is recommended
    moderate
    Distance 27.9 km
    7:00 h
    100 m
    100 m
    506 m
    435 m
    In spring, when the heights are still white and the paths rather muddy, it is advisable - especially perhaps during Lent - to walk attractive paths in the valley. Usually, you can be completely alone in famous churches and historical buildings and rediscover contemplation and peace. The proposed long-distance path, which often runs on cycle paths, is traffic-calmed. Where the road serves as a path, except in urban areas, the roadside on the asphalt is usually easy to walk. You also repeatedly walk on designated pilgrimage routes: Hemma Pilgrimage Route and Mariazell Path.

    Along the way: the palace church in Karnburg - beautiful Way of the Cross, Maria Saal Cathedral with fasting cloth, the Carinthian open-air museum in Maria Saal, the cathedral in Klagenfurt (Lenten installation). Gottesbichl, the origin of the name is not documented - there is said to have been an institution for draining prehistoric moors - the moors are still visible on the side path.

    Author’s recommendation

    Consciously relaxed enjoy the atmosphere of the memorial sites
    Difficulty
    T1 moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Experience
    Landscape
    Highest point
    Maria Saal, 506 m
    Lowest point
    Domplatz Klagenfurt, 435 m
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    Track types

    Asphalt 68.38%Dirt road 22.28%Path 0.70%Road 8.63%Unknown 0%
    Asphalt
    19.1 km
    Dirt road
    6.2 km
    Path
    196 m
    Road
    2.4 km
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    Roadbook

    We leave Domplatz heading north and soon reach the Glan, which coming from St. Veit determines most of the rest of the route. Past the hospital to Poppichl and Karnburg, where we go into the town if interested and choose the steep but very interesting Way of the Cross to the old palace church (town center, left). Back to the Glan and on a narrow road towards Maria Saal, the cathedral is visible from afar. We reach the train station and behind it a cycle path, which we follow briefly, then take the first turn on the right up to the beautiful open-air museum. Afterwards towards the cathedral and visit the cathedral. From the cathedral via the main square onto federal highway 106, which leads to Magdalensberg. At the first intersection (Zell/Materl) turn right onto the designated road towards Gottesbichl, here also runs the route of the VIRUNUM cycle path. Past rural farms to Gottesbichl, on the east side of the airport's runway over the Pischeldorf country road to Welzenegg. Here over a very well-kept beautiful suburb of Welzenegg back to the starting point.

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    Public-transport-friendly

    With all public transport

    Directions

    Klagenfurt central from all directions

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    Coordinates

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    46.622493, 14.309313
    DMS
    46°37'21.0"N 14°18'33.5"E
    UTM
    33T 447121 5163446
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    Book recommendation by the author

    Cultural hiking in central Carinthia

    Author’s map recommendations

    freytag & berndt, Klagenfurt - Rosental, No. 234, 1:50,000

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    Equipment

    Good, light footwear, drinks, provisions - many inns are closed during this period (March, April)

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    Parts of this content were machine translated from German.

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    Difficulty
    T1 moderate
    Overall difficulty
    moderate

    Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

    Distance
    27.9 km
    Duration
    7:00 h
    Ascent
    100 m
    Descent
    100 m
    Highest point
    506 m
    Lowest point
    435 m
    Public-transport-friendly Round trip Refreshment stops available Family-friendly Cultural/historical interest Flora Accessibility Dog-friendly Suitable for strollers

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