recommended routeHiking trail · Bolzano and environsAuer: Gourmet route to the ruin and biotope Castelfeder
Südtirols Süden
CastelfederPhoto: TG Castelfeder / Armin Huber, Südtirols Süden
The Castelfeder hill is an ancient cultural landscape with settlement traces from the Stone and Bronze Age. The remains of a castle complex, the legendary fertility slide, cup marks, and the walls of the Barbara chapel testify to a mystical past. The area is significant from archaeological, historical, and ecological perspectives. It was designated as a protected biotope under landscape protection several years ago.
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Natural biotope: dry site with very intensive grazing, several small ponds, small reed-fringed lake, ancient oaks.
Best season: possible all year round, especially rewarding in spring and autumn.
Südtirols Süden
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The hike starts in Auer at the car park of the Schwarzenbach sports and recreation area and passes the tennis courts below the bypass road. Follow path no. 5. Continuing on path no. 5, it passes ruins up to the highest point of the hill (405 m), where the Castelfeder ruin is located. This special power place offers magnificent views and is a place of peace and relaxation. The return route can be made as a loop via path no. 6 on a section of the old Fleimstalbahn railway track and into the Forchwald biotope or back along path no. 5.
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The starting point of the route or the attraction is easily and conveniently accessible by public transport.Directions
Access via the A22 motorway, take the Neumarkt/Auer exit, then direction Auer
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Schwarzenbach car park in Auer
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