Stubenbergsee - Stubenbergsee (path around the lake)

Access to the starting point:
a) Leave the A2 motorway Graz / Graz - Vienna / Vienna at the exit for Gleisdorf, then follow the signs for Hartberg and Weiz, and later only Hartberg and Ilztal. From the roundabout in Ilztal, take the road towards Hartberg and Pischelsdorf. Leave the road to Hartberg at Kaibing, turn left towards Fürstenfeld and St. Johan b. h. , and at the next junction turn left towards St. Johan b. h. From Sankt Johann bei Herberstein, drive to the nearby lake Stubenbergsee, turn left at the end of which and park in the large pay parking area, where parking is permitted from 6am to 8pm. The price for parking until 20:00 is €3 (November 2022).
b) From Prekmurje, take the first exit to Border crossing Kuzma, then drive towards Jennersdorf, and before that take the expressway towards Vrbne / Feldbach. We soon leave the expressway as the signs for the motorway and the village of Riegersburg. Follow the main road to Hatzendorf, where you turn left, and when you reach Riegersburg, turn right. Then drive to Ilz, where you turn right and then immediately left towards Lake Stubenbergsee. From the roundabout on the outskirts of Großhartmannsdorf, take the exit towards Großsteinbach, and then follow the main road all the way to Lake Stubenbergsee, at the end of which turn left and park in the large pay-and-display parking lot, where parking is permitted from 6am to 8pm. The price for parking until 20:00 is €3 (November 2022).

Path description:
From the parking lot, walk to the lake, which is reached by a water slide. Continue to the right or straight ahead and follow the asphalt path between the lake on the left and the Bistrica / Feistritz River on the right. When you reach the south-western edge of the lake, go left (straight ahead to the Klamm gorge) and continue along the south side of the lake, where you will have a beautiful view of the surrounding hills. You will then reach the eastern side of the lake, where you will pass several piers. A little further on, keep to the left at a few forks and follow the path along the north side of the lake, crossing a bridge which gives you a nice view of the lake. After a short walk, you will come to a water slide, where you turn right and follow the familiar path back to the starting point.
Description and pictures refer to November 2022.

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