Jezero Sobote / Stausee Soboth - St. Leonhard (at Soboth)

Access to starting point:
a) We drive to Dravograd, then through the Vič border crossing into Austria to the place Labot / Lavamünd, where we turn right towards Graz and Ivnik / Eibiswald. Next follows an ascent to Soboški prelaz / Koglereck, then a descent to lake Sobote / Stausee Soboth, where we park on a paid parking lot on the southeastern side of the lake.
On the southwestern side of the lake is a free parking lot, which extends our route by less than ten minutes.
b) We drive to Zgornja Kungota, then through the Jurij border crossing by Pesnica into Austria, from where we follow signs for the settlement Lučane / Leutschach, and then signs for Ivnik / Aibiswald. After Ivnik, we arrive in Aibl, where we take the exit from the roundabout by the Spar store towards the settlement Labot / Lavamünd. Next follows some ascent, and when the road flattens, we pass the settlement Sobota / Soboth, then drive to lake Sobote / Stausee Soboth, where we park on a paid parking lot on the southeastern side of the lake.
On the southwestern side of the lake is a free parking lot, which extends our route by less than ten minutes.
c) We drive to Radelj ob Dravi, then through the Radeljski prelaz into Austria, from where we follow signs for the place Ivnik / Aibiswald. Before the mentioned place, in the settlement Aibl, we take the exit from the roundabout by the Spar store towards the settlement Labot / Lavamünd. Next follows some ascent, and when the road flattens, we pass the settlement Sobota / Soboth, then drive to lake Sobote / Stausee Soboth, where we park on a paid parking lot on the southeastern side of the lake.
On the southwestern side of the lake is a free parking lot, which extends our route by less than ten minutes.

Path description:
From the parking lot, we continue on the right side of the lake and initially walk on a walking path that runs alongside the lake and the road. Soon, a path branches off to the right from the walking path towards St. Lenart / St. Leonhard (straight ahead to St. Vincenc / St. Vinzenz). We continue to the right, and the path ahead enters a strip of forest and bushes, but the forest soon thins, opening a view of lake Sobote / Stausee Soboth. Higher up, the path returns to the forest, and we ascend through it until reaching a clearing where the church of St. Lenart / St. Leonhard stands.
The description refers to the condition in October 2023, and the pictures are from June and October 2023.