Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab: Culture, Nature and Culinary Delights

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab brings together culture, nature, water, food and cycling for a stay. Highlights range from the Baroque interior of the parish church to a spring in the forest park, a river swimming pool and activities focused on regional food. Each theme offers its own distinctive features and different starting points for planning.

Culture: Church, Art and a Foucault Pendulum

Most of the interior of the Baroque Church of St. Ruprecht an der Raab dates from the Late Baroque period. Its furnishings include around seven altars. The Peace Grotto and Kern Chapel offer further examples of the town’s religious heritage: the grotto is beneath the staircase leading up to St. Ruprecht Parish Church. Kern Chapel was built in 1838. These cultural highlights therefore bring together a church interior shaped by the Late Baroque period, the precisely described location of the grotto and a specific 19th-century construction date.

The St. Ruprecht an der Raab Art Park combines nature and art and features a permanent exhibition space for artists. The outdoor Foucault pendulum offers a different highlight: suspended at a height of eight metres, it demonstrates the Earth’s rotation. It is the only Foucault pendulum in the world built outdoors. Art and nature on the one hand, and a physical phenomenon on the other, offer different cultural points of interest, so visitors need not have the same attraction in mind.

Nature, Pilgrimage Traditions and Water

Stefanie Spring is a spring in the forest park that has been known for centuries. People have visited it as a pilgrimage destination since the 18th century. The natural feature of the spring is thus linked to a longstanding religious tradition. For your trip planning, this offers a different focus from the art park or religious buildings: here, the spring, forest park and historic role as a pilgrimage destination are all at the centre.

The St. Ruprecht an der Raab river and family leisure pool is considered the oldest river swimming pool in Styria and includes a family leisure pool. The large pool has a 40-metre slide, massage jets and a waterfall. The town’s different water features therefore have distinct character: Stefanie Spring is linked to a longstanding pilgrimage tradition, while the swimming pool is defined by its pool and specific amenities.

Regional Food and Tastings

Visits to the Köck Aronia Manufactory, as well as tours and tastings, are available by prior arrangement by telephone. Planning ahead is therefore part of a visit here. Steirerkraft Kernothek offers guided tours with tastings, during which visitors can watch the oil millers at work. The two offers have different focuses: at the manufactory, a farm visit, tour and tasting go hand in hand; at the Kernothek, visitors also get an insight into the oil millers’ work.

If regional food is an important part of your trip, these offers let you choose between a visit by prior telephone arrangement and a guided tour with tasting. Check arrangements in advance with the Aronia Manufactory; at the Kernothek, the described visit is a guided tour with tasting.

Cycling as a Travel Highlight

Sankt Ruprecht an der Raab is a stage stop on the Weinland Steiermark Cycle Tour. For a cycling holiday, this is a direct connection to the route and useful information when choosing your destination. If you would like to combine your stay with this cycle tour, you can check whether the stage stop suits your planned trip. Alongside the cultural, nature-focused and culinary highlights, this gives you a range of different themes to consider when looking for a hotel for your stay.

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