Rechnitz (Badesee) - Großer Hirschenstein

Access to starting point:
We drive to Rogašovci, and then we continue driving in the direction of Kuzma. After the settlement Sotina, the road towards Kuzma turns right uphill, and we continue straight towards Austria. While driving through Austria at first we follow the signs for Jennersdorf, Güssing, after that to the settlement St. Michael im Burgenland, where we turn right towards the settlement Großpetersdorf. After the mentioned settlement we reach the main road Sombotel / Szombathely - Oberwart / Felsőőr, and we follow it right in the direction of Hungary. We leave the mentioned main road at exit for Rechnitz, and we drive to the mentioned settlement, where we follow the signs for Badesee. We park about 100 meters before the lake on the settled parking lot by the road.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we walk to the lake, and then we continue on the left, the west side of the lake. When we get to the other side of the lake, a path branches off slightly to the left, which leads towards the chapel of St. Donat / Donatikapelle.
We continue on the mentioned path by which there are signs for Hirschenstein, and further we are ascending diagonally on a cart track. Few minutes ahead we reach a wider cart track, where we go twice left, so that the plantation of young larches we bypass on the left side. On the cart track, we then ascend diagonally towards the left, and when we reach the asphalt road, we carefully cross it and continue alongside it to a crossing, where a path branches off sharply to the left towards the chapel of St. Donat, which is approximately 5 minutes of walking away.
We continue straight and proceed along the edge of the asphalt road, which ascends towards the mountain pass Geschriebenstein Passhöhe.
Towards the mentioned mountain pass, we walk approximately to an altitude of 700 meters, where signs for Großer Hirschenstein direct us to the left onto a side road leading towards Waldgebiet.
We continue briefly on the side road, which leads towards the former home for the elderly; just before the mentioned building, which is being renovated, blazes guide us slightly to the right onto a cart track, along which we ascend diagonally towards the left for some time, and higher up, we reach a macadam road, from which a beautiful view opens up towards the valley. A little further, blazes direct us from the road slightly right onto a cart track, along which we reach an indistinct ridge and where we join the path from the mountain pass Geschriebenstein Passhöhe.
Here we go left towards the summit Großer Hirschenstein and in a few minutes of further walking, we arrive at the mentioned peak, where a large antenna tower stands.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in November 2022 and May 2023.

On the way: Badesee (Rechnitz) (363m)