Eory-Kogel – Hop Fields in Styria loop from Sabathi Kapelle

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Leutschach an der Weinstraße

Eory-Kogel – Hop Fields in Styria loop from Sabathi Kapelle

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Eory-Kogel – Hop Fields in Styria loop from Sabathi Kapelle

03:26

42.8km

1,070m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 8, 2026

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Heiligengeistklamm

Demmerkogel-Südhänge, Wellinggraben mit Sulm-, Saggau- und Laßnitzabschnitten und Pößnitzbach

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562 m

Weingasthof Sabathihof Dillinger

Highlight • Restaurant

2.17 km

World's Largest Grape Sculpture on Eory-Kogel

Highlight • Monument

The largest grape in the world is also found here on the Eory-Kogel.
The grape symbolizes the livelihood of the community and its businesses, but also the future development, which is based on historical roots. But it also stands for a good, fertile land and cheerful people.
It is the symbol of the second largest wine-growing community in Styria and has also been featured as a national emblem in the municipal coat of arms since 1955.
So it was a logical step, in this wonderful ambience, embedded by rolling hills with countless vineyards and varied greenery, on the Eory-Kogel in the cadastral community of Pößnitz the largest grape in the world made of stainless steel and artful, colored fillings made of fused glass, which the Grape pearls represent, erect. This grape representation is 5 m high, 4 m wide and almost 2 m deep.
In order to show the annual course of viticulture with the work in the vineyard and the vinification in the cellar up to the first sip of the noble grape juice, the local artist Willi Trojan created this grape so that it contains 365 pearls for the days of the year - including a 366th pearl for the leap year - has. The 52 parts of the object (50 leaves, trunk and grape) indicate the weeks of the year. The 31 small leaves symbolize the days of the month, the 12 medium-sized leaves the months of the year and the 7 large leaves represent the days of the week.

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2.19 km

Eory-Kogel

Highlight • Monument

The Eory-Kogel is 483 meters high and offers a picturesque all-round view of the wine-growing areas of the South Styrian Wine Route to the Koralpe in the west and to the Possruck in the south. At the top of the Eory-Kogel there is a five-meter-high grape made of stainless steel and glass, with its 365 pearls (and a 366th for the leap year) and the 52 parts (leaves, stem and grape) the days and weeks of the annual cycle of the Wine symbolizes.

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3.20 km

Klapotetz in the Vineyards

Highlight • Structure

A klopotetz is a windmill whose components produce a rattling noise and thus keep the birds away from the vineyards. This is particularly important when the grapes are ripe! The word originally comes from Slovenian (derived from "klopótec" for "rattle") and here you can see a nice example of it!

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19.3 km

View of the Church of the Holy Spirit

Highlight • Religious Site

Whether you hike to your destination or ride there by motorcycle, it doesn't matter, the church Sveti Duh na Ostrem Vrhu is an absolute highlight.

By the way, from Leutschach through the well-known Heiligengeist gorge you can get almost directly to the church.

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