Podjuna / Jaunstein - Gora sv. Eme (Junska gora) / Hemmaberg (umik zaprti poti)

Access to the starting point:
a) Via Border crossing Ljubelj, drive into Austria and take the main road to Klagenfurt to Podljubelje / Unterloibl, where you turn right in the direction of the Hofer store. A little further on, at the next junction with a priority road, go right at the stop sign in the direction of Železna Kaple / Bad Eisenkappel. The pine forest soon ends, then from the roundabout in Medborovnica / Unterferlach go "straight on" (second exit) in the direction Železna Kaple. Then drive through several settlements and continue straight on. When you reach the valley of the river Bela / Vellach (the river that runs through Želena Kapla), turn left in the direction of Dobrle village / Eberndorf. Continue through Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof and through Žitara vas / Sittersdorf, leaving the road after this village towards Dobrla vas and turn right towards Pliberk / Bleiburg. There is a bit of a climb, and then the road flattens out and goes fairly straight ahead. A few 100 m before joining the main Dobrla vas - Pliberk road, turn right towards Podjuna / Jaunstein. You will quickly arrive in the village, and the trail starts where the road turns left. There is a large parking lot, next to the former Richner Inn, where parking is prohibited. There are no parking spaces in the vicinity either.
b) Via Border crossing Jezerski vrh, drive into Austria, passing through Železná Kapla / Bad Eisenkappel and on past Suha / Zauchen. Shortly after Suha, turn right towards Dobrle vas / Eberndorf. Continue through Miklavčevo / Miklauzhof and through Žitara vas / Sittersdorf, leaving the road towards Dobrla vas after this settlement and turn right towards Pliberk / Bleiburg. There is a bit of a climb, and then the road flattens out and goes fairly straight ahead. A few 100 m before joining the main Dobrla vas - Pliberk road, turn right towards Podjuna / Jaunstein. You will quickly arrive in the village, and the trail starts where the road turns left. There is a large parking lot, next to the former Richner Inn, where parking is prohibited. There are no parking spaces in the vicinity either.

c) Cross Border crossing Holmec into Austria, then turn left before Pliberk / Bleiberg over the railway line towards Libuče / Loibach, and immediately after the railway line turn right. Continue past the railway station, then turn left at Konovece / Gonowetz, when you reach the main road Pliberk - Dobrla vas / Ebendorf. At two roundabouts follow the signs for Dobrla vas, then after about 1 km after the road turnoff for Globasnica / Globasnitzen, turn left in the direction Železna Kaple / Bad Eisenkappel. After about 200 m you will reach a small crossroads where you turn left towards Podjuna / Jaunstein. You will quickly arrive in the village and the trail starts at the point where the road turns left. There is a large parking lot, next to the former Richner Inn, where parking is prohibited. There are no parking spaces in the vicinity either.
d) Cross the Border crossing Vič into Austria and turn left at Labot / Lavamünd in the direction of Pliberk / Bleiburg. Continue through Pliberk, along the main road towards Ebrla village / Eberndorf, and continue for about 1 km from the road turnoff towards Globasnica / Globasnitzen, then turn left towards Železna Kaple / Bad Eisenkappel. After about 200 m, you will reach a small crossroads, where you continue left in the direction of Podjuna / Jaunstein. You will quickly arrive in the village, and the trail starts where the road turns left. There is a large parking lot, next to the former Richner Inn, where parking is prohibited. There are no parking spaces in the vicinity either.

Path description:
In Podjuna, at the point where the road turns right, we see the mountain signs for the path to St. Emi, which directs us straight on to a side road, from which we go slightly right before the last houses to cart track. Cart track quickly leads to an unmarked crossroads, where we continue along the left-hand cart track, which, after a short crossing, begins to climb. After a few minutes, continue sharp right and follow the fairly sparse markings. Continue along the wider cart track, reaching a dirt road higher up, which you follow to the right. As you walk along the road, a fine view opens up briefly, then leave it and continue slightly left on cart track. Then climb cart track, and when cart track turns slightly to the left, the marked trail leading to Junska Gora past the cave of St. Rosalie continues to the right, but as this marked trail is closed due to the danger of falling rocks, continue on cart track. After a few minutes, Cart track reaches the eastern ridge of Junska Gora, where we join the path from Globasnica.
Here the footpath continues to the right towards the summit, but it is also closed, so continue straight ahead and after a short descent reach the asphalt road. Follow the road to the right and quickly reach the village of Slovenje / Slovenjach, where you will have a beautiful view of the Karavanke Mountains. Continue along the asphalt road for a few minutes and then take a sharp right onto the dirt road, which leads quickly up to the Church of St. Emma on Junska Gora.
Description and pictures refer to 2019 (January).

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