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Wernberg
Between Villach and the Wörthersee where the Drau loops below Kloster Wernberg, a missionary convent housed in a Renaissance castle above the water.
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Highlights
12 from neighbouring places
Schloss Damtschach
A castle with a park at Wernberg near Villach, opened for exhibitions, garden visits and cultural events in season.
Kirche Sternberg
A hilltop church at Sternberg near Wernberg, with Gothic and baroque elements, a stations-of-the-cross path and a wide Carinthian view.
Kloster Wernberg
A convent in a 16th-century castle above the Drau at Wernberg near Villach, home to missionary sisters, with a church, farm shop and guided tours.
lake.bike Family playground Ossiacher See
3.7 km away, in Villach
A family activity area at Landskron near the Ossiacher See combining a bike playground with minigolf and beach volleyball close to the lakeshore.
bikebeach St. Andrä / Ossiacher See
4.4 km away, in Villach
A bathing beach at St. Andrä on the Ossiacher See geared to cyclists, a swimming stop on the lakeside bike route near Villach.
actionbeach / Silbersee
4.6 km away, in Villach
A sport-oriented bathing beach at the Silbersee near Villach, combining swimming with beach volleyball and tennis courts.
Kleine Stiegengalerie 50
4.9 km away, in Villach
A small private gallery at Drobollach on the Faaker See showing paintings and works by regional artists.
Abenteuer Affenberg
5.1 km away, in Villach
A monkey park at Landskron near Villach where a troop of Japanese macaques roams a wooded hillside enclosure, visited on guided walks through the grounds.
relaxbeach / Magdalenensee
5.2 km away, in Villach
A calm bathing beach at the Magdalenensee near St. Magdalen outside Villach, laid out for unhurried swimming and boule.
greenbeach Tschebull / Faaker See
5.2 km away, in Villach
A grassy bathing beach on the Faaker See near Egg, one of the marked swimming spots on the turquoise Carinthian lake.
Toni´s Buschenschenke
5.4 km away, in Villach
A Buschenschank at Drobollach near the Faaker See, serving cold platters and local produce in the Carinthian farm-tavern manner.
Evangelische Pfarrgemeinde Velden
5.9 km away, in Velden am Wörther See
The Protestant parish church of Velden am Wörther See, serving the town's Lutheran congregation.
Familywald Ossiacher See
6 km away, in Ossiach
A family forest adventure park at the Ossiacher See near Ossiach, with treetop courses and play trails among the trees.
Kletterwald Ossiacher See
6 km away, in Ossiach
A forest high-ropes climbing park at Ossiach on the Ossiacher See in Carinthia, with courses of varying difficulty strung between the trees near the lakeshore.
Lichterpark und Kissing Tree in der Engelstadt
6.4 km away, in Velden am Wörther See
A park of light installations set up for advent in Velden am Wörther See, including the illuminated Kissing Tree by the lake.
Historic site
Viewpoint
Via ferrata
Nothing of this kind in Wernberg.
Routes
Burgruine Aichelberg - Rauterkogel
A family walk on old tracks to the castle ruin at Aichelberg, built around 1200 and restored in 2016, with the option of continuing to the Rauterkogel.
- 6.3 km
- Distance
- 276 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 9 min
- Duration
RSAT28 Marienpilgerweg 6. Etappe: Maria Wörth - Maria Gail
A long Marian pilgrim day of 28 km, roughly seven and a half hours from the lakeside church of Maria Wörth west to Maria Gail, passing the Trattnigteich near Föderlach.
- 27.7 km
- Distance
- 464 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 35 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
Transromanica-Tour 3: Ossiacher See - Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
A nearly level long-distance stage linking the two big Carinthian lakes, running along the Wörthersee through Velden and Pörtschach.
- 63.0 km
- Distance
- 128 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 44 min
- Duration
- 33
- Check-ins
Slow Trail Kloster Wernberg
A short, level Slow Trail of 2.5 km around the grounds of Kloster Wernberg, well surfaced and easy from end to end.
- 2.5 km
- Distance
- 32 m
- Ascent
- 44 min
- Duration
Stadt-See-Kloster
A long but level walk of 15 km along the Drau, linking the city of Villach with the lake shore and the former monastery at Ossiach.
- 15.4 km
- Distance
- 83 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 49 min
- Duration
- 4
- Check-ins
E-Bike Tour 10 Seen
A long ride linking the lakes around Villach, from Velden and Techelsberg on the Wörthersee across to the Fleetsee and the campsites at Plörz.
- 73.2 km
- Distance
- 518 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 59 min
- Duration
- 26
- Check-ins
Drau Paddelweg
Not a footpath but a canoe run: 16 km down the Drau through Villach to the shallow-water biotope at Föderlach.
- 16.5 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 52 min
- Duration
Zwei Seen Runde - Ossiacher See und Wörthersee (flach)
A long, near-level circuit between two Carinthian lakes, running through Pörtschach, Techelsberg and Velden before the return along the shore.
- 63.3 km
- Distance
- 389 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 59 min
- Duration
- 26
- Check-ins
Schlösserradweg - Radweg zwischen den Schlössern Damtschach, Wernberg, Rosegg und Velden
A gentle circuit past the castle villages west of the Wörthersee, starting at the lakeside promenade and touching the Föderlach wetland.
- 29.5 km
- Distance
- 230 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 50 min
- Duration
- 11
- Check-ins
Faaker See - Krastal
A long valley ride from the Faaker See through Warmbad Villach and on to the Krastal, more than 50 km with little climbing.
- 51.3 km
- Distance
- 388 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 55 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
Ossiacher Tauern Tour kurz (Rennrad)
A rolling round of 44 km on the ridge roads south of the lake, passing the Mooser Teich and returning along the campsite shore.
- 44.0 km
- Distance
- 615 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 29 min
- Duration
- 8
- Check-ins
Gasthaus Planner 521 m
Mooser Teich 640 m
Ossiacher Tauern Tour lang
The longer version of the ridge tour, over seventy kilometres, with the Trabeniger Berg and the Mühlteich along the way.
- 73.4 km
- Distance
- 1 135 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 35 min
- Duration
- 7
- Check-ins
Trabeniger Berg 814 m- Gasthaus Planner 521 m
- Mühlteich 505 m
No routes of this kind in Wernberg yet.
The region's own picks
Featured route
Burgruine Aichelberg - Rauterkogel
A family walk on old tracks to the castle ruin at Aichelberg, built around 1200 and restored in 2016, with the option of continuing to the Rauterkogel.
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