BergZeitReise Tagestourentipp - Roseggers Waldheimat

The section of the BergZeitReise that lets you experience the Waldheimat most intensively in the context of a leisurely day hike is the one that includes the Waldschule, the Geburtshaus and parts of the Christmettenweg.

We start at the P at the forest school, visit the small chapel above the school (usually open), which was built in 1970 as the first small all-Christian place of worship and then, back at the forest school, follow the small road that leads south. After about 200 meters, a wide forest road branches off to the right uphill (numerous signposts) to the birthplace. Following this path we reach the Kluppeneggerhof, Peter Rosegger's birthplace, after about 25 - 30 minutes on foot. At the administration building (this is located slightly above the birthplace, signpost, information board), our path continues downhill keeping left in the direction of the Schmiedhofer farm.

After a short while we pass the Schmiedhofer homestead and come to a crossroads at the Lentkreuz crossroads, where we continue out of the valley (to the left) and walk along the small road, which is usually cleared, back to the starting point at the forest school.

From the forest school to the "Red Cross

Now we hike on a section of the BergZeitReise, which leads us away from the center of the Waldheimat and into the forests around the Hauereck, which can almost be described as lonely. This tour is highly recommended for snowshoe hikers and brings us to the so-called "Red Cross". This stands as a memorial to St. Catherine here in the middle of the forest. St. Catherine is said to have once blinded the Turks here in such a way that they believed they were standing in front of a sea, turned back and thus spared St. Kathrein am Hauenstein.

Well, to get to this memorable place, we first hike from the forest school uphill to the Schlagobersbauer inn and from there to the B72 federal highway. ), our way continues (signpost, beautiful view of the Kluppeneggerhof) in a northeasterly direction through extensive forests to the Jägerhöhe and, following the marked hiking trail, to the "Red Cross" standing in the forest.We return along the same path, but after the Jägerhöhe we turn left and return via the GH Roseggerhof and the Ziesler Anger to the GH Schlagobersbauer and the forest school.