Hike from Stollhof via a hiking trail at Bergstraße up to the Hohe Wand to the Kohlröserlhaus.
Description
As a district of the municipality of Hohe Wand,Stollhof is the ideal starting point for various hikes right at the foot of the mountain. Via Festplatzstraße you reach the forest where you can start your tour up the Hohe Wand. Our trail runs along a leisurely route, you can also reach the Hohe Wand from the starting point via the Leiterlsteig (via ferrata A). Our route also crosses the mountain road, which provides easy access by car to the huts and the nature park on the Hohe Wand. The destination of our tour is the Kohlröserlhaus inn. Hard-working hikers are rewarded here with culinary specialties such as lean Meisel with creamed runner beans and parsley potatoes or the famous Kohlröserl cake made according to great-grandmother's recipe. The mountain inn also has an exhibition room with minerals from all over the world and regional finds, such as cave bear teeth or fossilized snails. There are also numerous starting points for beautiful hiking and walking trails in the Hohe Wand Nature Park at the Kohlröserlhaus. You can reach the Skywalk viewing terrace via the Ötscher-Blick-Runde.
Alternative ascents to the Kohlröserlhaus lead from Stollhof via the Hanselsteig (via ferrata A/B) and the Bründlries, or from Waldegg via the Große Klause and from Dreistetten via the Herrgottschnitzerweg and further along the Wandeckstraße.
Starting point of the tour
Parking lot at the end of Festplatzstraße (Stollhof)
Destination point of the tour
Kohlröserlhaus Hohe Wand
Route description Hike to Kohlröserlhaus (from Stollhof)
From the festival ground, we continue straight up along the path. After about 200 meters, we turn left onto Rahofweg. At the fork, turn right and following the road through a left curve, we reach a path branching off to the right. This path leads us to Bergstraße on the Hohe Wand. From here, we follow the red markings along Bergstraße up to the Hohe Wand and further right to the Kohlröserlhaus.
Directions
From Vienna: Take the A2 South Motorway, exit at Wöllersdorf. Drive on B21 towards Wöllersdorf/Wr.Neustadt-Nord. Keep right at the fork and continue on Gutensteiner Straße/B21. Drive on Gutensteiner Straße/B21. At Markt Piesting, turn left towards Baumgarten/Dreistetten. Continue to Dreistetten. In Dreistetten, veer slightly right onto Anrainer Straße. Continue to Felbring. Straight ahead onto Felbringerstraße. Continue onto Am Loderhof and Loderhofstraße. In Stollhof, turn right onto Festplatzstraße.
From Graz: Take the A2 South Motorway, exit at Wiener Neustadt West. Use one of the two left lanes to turn left onto Puchberger Straße/B26 (signs for Puchberg/Weikersdorf). In Weikersdorf, turn right onto Hauptstraße. Continue on L87. Continue on Weikersdorferstraße/L87. In Winzendorf, veer slightly right onto Wiener Neustädter Straße. This bends slightly left and becomes L87. Continue on Emmerberg/L87. Turn left onto L4073. Continue on Emmerbergstraße/L4073. In Gaaden, turn left onto Hauptstraße. In Stollhof, turn right onto Blumengasse. Continue straight on Festplatzstraße.
Parking
Parking available at the end of Festplatzstraße near the festival ground in Stollhof.
Regional buses (7845 towards Muthmannsdorf Chapel, towards Netting Chapel, towards Emmerberg Junction) run from Wiener Neustadt main station to Stollhof. The next railway station is about 5 kilometers away and is located in Winzendorf (regional train: Puchberg/Schneeberg).
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