Riegersburgweg Breitenfeld

church Breitenfeld

From the pilgrimage and parish church Breitenfeld, in front of which also a modern Way of the Cross by Roswitha Dautermann as well as the Salvator Mundi circular route begins, we walk along the road in the direction of Riegersburg, but turn left immediately after the yellow hall (Bauer - ISTOBAL) and come in the next bend on an ascending forest path. Passing a sand pit, we get back on the road, go ahead to the crossroads and there turn half-right. From here, the East Austrian Long Distance Trail 07 also runs parallel to the road to Riegersburg. At the next intersection between isolated houses, we turn left and then immediately right again. Here the proud Riegersburg Castle appears in front of us for a short time, before it goes downhill between farms and meadows and finally on a hollow way to Oberlembach. Turn right and follow the local road in the valley for a short while until you reach the chapel, where you turn left in the direction of the ice rink. Immediately after the ice plant turn right and after about a hundred meters then right at the edge of the forest on a forest road up the mountain to the crossroads directly at the "Ghost Chapel", around which numerous legends entwine. Especially the devil is said to be a frequent guest here! Continuing through a beautiful forest, we soon reach Wippels Hofbergstubn. In the past we turned left, but now we also follow the 7er-Weitwanderweg directly to Riegersburg, until we pass the "Lasslhof" and reach the information and tourist office Riegersburg. The trail is not a circular route, but you walk it on the same route back to the starting point in Breitenfeld.