Murradweg

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Murradweg
overall length approx. 475 km
(  356 km,   &   101 km)AustriaAustriaSloveniaSloveniaCroatiaCroatia
location AustriaAustria Austria Slovenia Croatia
SloveniaSlovenia 
CroatiaCroatia 
Starting point Sticklerhütte
47 ° 8 ′ 53 ″  N , 13 ° 22 ′ 42 ″  E
Target point Legrad
46 ° 18 ′ 45.8 ″  N , 16 ° 51 ′ 42 ″  E
Flooring Asphalt, gravel, crushed stone
Height difference 1,675 m
difficulty easy - medium
Traffic volume low
Website URL steiermark.com
Route
   
 Sticklerhütte
   
 Muhr
   
 Murau
   
 Judenburg
   
 Leoben
   
 Bruck an der Mur , connection to the Mürz Valley Cycle Path
   
 Frohnleiten
   
 Graz
   
 Wildon
   
 Leibnitz
   
 matchfield
   
 Bad Radkersburg , connection Feistritztal-Radweg
   
 Transition Austria - Slovenia
   
 Melinci
   
 Gornja Bistrica
   
 Razkrižje
   
 Sveti Martin
   
 Mursko Središće
   
 Podtures
   
 Goričan
   
 Transition Slovenia - Croatia
   
 Draškovec
   
 Drau cycle path
   
 from Toblach train station
   
 Legrad
   
   
 Drau cycle path
   
 to Osijek

The Mur Cycle Path is a 475 km long and well-traveled Austrian cycle path that runs along the Mur from Lungau ( State of Salzburg ) through the Mur Valley to southern Styria and on to Slovenia and Croatia .

The montage shows the beginning of the Mur Cycling Path at the Sticklerhütte in Salzburg and its Austrian end in Styria just before the border with Slovenia near Sicheldorf

Course of the bike path

The Mur Cycle Path often runs on both sides of the river at the same time, and you can switch from one side to the other via bridges and footbridges. The picture shows the Erich-Edegger-Steg in Graz .
The pedestrian and cyclist bridge near Halbenrain connects the Mur cycle path on the Austrian side of the Mur with the cycle path network on the Slovenian side

The cycle path begins near the source of the Mur at 1752  m above sea level. A. Height at the Sticklerhütte and runs partly on public roads, but mostly on side streets or cycle paths along or near the river. From its beginning in Lungau it has a permanent slight gradient to its end in Legrad .

The cycle path leads via Tamsweg , Murau , Unzmarkt , Judenburg , Leoben , Bruck an der Mur and Frohnleiten to the Styrian capital Graz . From there it runs via Wildon , Leibnitz , Spielfeld , Bad Radkersburg , Melinci , Gornja Bistrica , Razkrižje , Sveti Martin , Mursko Središće , Podturen and Goričan to the Croatian Legrad , where the Mur flows into the Drava .

Rail connection

There is always a railway line running parallel to the cycle path from Tamsweg to Bad Radkersburg, so that there are train stations or stops within a few kilometers that allow you to travel there or back by train. In Slovenia and Croatia it is difficult to use public transport due to the local conditions. An alternative is the return service of a local travel agency.

practical information

The Mur Cycle Path (R2) runs over some stretches simultaneously on both sides of the Mur, for example from Frohnleiten to Wildon , although mostly one side of the river has a much nicer route. For example, you should drive from Frohnleiten to Graz on the right (i.e. western) side of the river in order to avoid driving next to expressways and federal highways as much as possible. It is noteworthy that you only have to cross three to four street crossings when driving through the city center of Graz; the bridges in the north of the city span both the Mur and the cycle path. The Mur Cycle Path is now almost completely signposted. In the province of Salzburg you will find green signs with the inscription "Mur Cycle Path", in Styria it is signposted as R2 and in Slovenia and Croatia you will find blue signs with a cyclist on them.

Tourist importance

Every year on Corpus Christi, the "Tour de Mur", which has been known for more than two decades, starts in Lungau in Salzburg. This tour takes the participants to Bad Radkersburg in three stages. The goal of the first day is the arena in Fohnsdorf . On the second day, the tour continues to Graz's main square and finally ends on the third day in Bad Radkersburg, where the Pannonian Old Town Festival takes place in the city center this weekend.

Web links

Commons : Murradweg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Mur Cycle Path : From the source to the mouth Bikeline-Radourenbuch, 1: 50,000. 10th edition. Verlag Esterbauer, 2018, ISBN 978-3-85000-037-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Mur Cycle Path at a glance , at www.steiermark.com, accessed on March 20, 2018
  2. ↑ Murradweg R2 Salzburg-Lungau Steiermark at www.fahr-radwege.com, accessed on March 20, 2018
  3. ↑ a b Mur Cycle Path, the most beautiful river cycle path in the Alps , at www.lungau.at, accessed on February 3, 2019
  4. ↑ a b Murradweg ( Memento from March 21, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Tour de Mur route , on www.tour-de-mur.at, accessed on March 21, 2018