Radlje ob Dravi - Sveti Urban (Radelca) (via Župank)

Access to starting point:
A) We drive to Dravograd, then continue towards Maribor. When we arrive in Radlje ob Dravi, from the intersection between the Hofer and Lidl stores we turn left in the direction of the Radelj pass and the center of Radlje ob Dravi. We continue on the road which leads us through the center of the settlement (left Austria over Radeljski prelaz), and along it we drive to the parish church of St. Michael, where by the road we notice red hiking signposts. We park on one of the parking lots in Radlje ob Dravi, but carefully, because on some parking lots it is possible to park only up to 2 hours.
B) From Maribor through the Drava Valley we drive towards Dravograd, and we leave the main road before the settlement Radlje ob Dravi, where signs for the mentioned settlement direct us to the right. Further on, we drive past the cemetery, health home and police station, then on the right near the parish church we notice red hiking signposts. We park on one of the parking lots in Radlje ob Dravi, but carefully, because on some parking lots it is possible to park only up to 2 hours.

Path description:
From the starting point, we head on the path in the direction of Župank and Kapunar, where we first go past the educational sign and past the parish church of St. Michael, a little further also past Rožni dvor (Rosenhof). The road on which we ascend soon turns left, just a few steps further the blazes direct us sharply right onto a narrower road, from it we immediately go left onto the initially fenced marked path. After a few minutes of ascent we reach the macadam road, which we follow to the right, thus bypassing the water reservoir on the lower right side.
We continue towards Župank and Kapunar (slightly left unmarked path to Kapunar, which leads west of Perkolica (600 m), straight steeper marked path), where from macadam we quickly switch to asphalt road, along which we ascend all the way to the NOB monument at the Župank homestead.
From the monument we return to the chapel, then continue on the marked macadam road, from which beautiful views open up reaching across the Drava to Pohorje and Karawanks, and with good visibility the Kamnik Savinja Alps are also nicely visible. A little higher, at the right bend, a somewhat shorter path joins from the left, which went straight into the forest at the water reservoir; we continue on the road, where the signs for Kapunar also direct us.
On the road we quickly arrive at the Ižek farm, from where a nice view opens onto the currently still quite distant Kapunar. When the road a little further enters a strip of forest, it turns sharply left, at the smaller intersection we go straight. We bypass the Pavli farm on the right side, a few 10 steps further we go slightly right onto the cart track, which takes us into the forest. In the forest we go right from the cart track onto the footpath, along which we ascend to the macadam road in a few minutes.
We follow the road to the right, at the following intersections we follow the blazes or signs for Kapunar. There follows a relatively long walk along the macadam road, which we follow to the former guardhouse now used by radio amateurs.
From the guardhouse, where there is a stamping box, we continue in the direction of the hunting cross, sv. Urban and sv. Pankracij. The path further leads along a cart track which gradually starts to descend, lower we reach the border ridge at the hunting cross.
We continue on the path which runs along the Slovenian side of the Radelj ridge, and for some time parallel to our path also runs the Austrian path. Further on, the paths temporarily separate somewhat, at the next wooden sign they approach again.
We leave the state border at the junction, where signs for the sv. Pankracij path direct us right downhill. There follows a descent to the nearby Buzenik farm, which we bypass on the left side. Behind the chapel and NOB memorial we step onto the macadam road, which we follow to the left, along it quickly arriving at the church of sv. Urban.
Radlje ob Dravi - Župank 0:30, Župank - koča radioamaterjev 1:55, koča radioamaterjev - sv. Urban 0:50.
Description and pictures refer to the condition in 2018 (December).

On the way: Župank (508m), Kapunar / Kapunerkogel (1051m)

Trip can be extended to: Sveti Pankracij (Radelca) ( 45 min) , Kapunerhütte