Buchberg (Vienna Woods)
| Buchberg | ||
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 Southeast view of the Buchberg with the Buchbergwarte. At the foot of the Buchberg on the left the village of Burgstall and on the right the village of Oed. |
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| height | 469 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Lower Austria | |
| Mountains | Vienna Woods | |
| Dominance | 4.06 km → Kohlreithberg | |
| Notch height | 147 m ↓ northeast. stone | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 12 ′ 51 ″ N , 15 ° 56 ′ 44 ″ E | |
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| rock | Subalpine molasses | |
| Age of the rock | Eggenburgium | |
| particularities | Buchbergwarte observation tower | |
The Buchberg is a 469 meter high mountain on the municipal border between Maria Anzbach and Neulengbach in Lower Austria . On its summit is the Buchbergwarte , an observation tower that on clear days allows a view from the Schneeberg in the south to the Traunstein in the west.
history
Ceramic finds suggest that the summit plateau was settled from the late Neolithic to the Celtic period. The largest prehistoric ramparts in the Vienna Woods with a size of 350 to 400 meters by 150 meters have been identified here through excavations. The facility reached its greatest extent in the late Bronze Age ( urn field culture ). The entire plant area was placed under monument protection. Although Roman or medieval ceramics could not be found, according to older reports there are Roman finds from the mountain, which make a Roman guard station likely.
The Vienna Woods Museum Eichgraben and the Prehistory Museum in Asparn show excavation finds from the Buchberg.
At the end of the 19th century, the Neulengbacher Verein D'Wildegger (named after Wildegg Castle near Heiligenkreuz ) decided to build a control room on the Buchberg. This was completed in 1901 and the Wildegger shelter opened next to it in 1907 . Both buildings burned down in 1923 after a lightning strike.
The following year the association rebuilt the shelter. This experienced numerous extensions in the following years. However, the tower was not rebuilt. In the period that followed, the restaurant was renamed “Hans-Krieger-Hütte” after the former chairman of the “D'Wildegger” club.
In 1949 the shelter burned down again and a barrack was used as a bar for a few years. From 1954 a new mountain inn was built by private individuals, which still exists today in its outline. After a change of ownership, the restaurant was closed in 1980.
In 1982 a citizens' initiative acquired the land directly next to the shelter and made it available to the public. In 2002 the communities of Neulengbach, Maria Anzbach and Asperhofen also acquired the property of the former shelter. The aim of the Buchberg Tourism Association , to which the above-mentioned communities belong, is to turn the Buchberg into an excursion destination again. Therefore, the shelter was reopened in 2003.
On September 26, 2004 the newly built 22.5 meter high Buchbergwarte was inaugurated.
tourism
The Buchberg is one of the most popular excursion destinations in the Vienna Woods.
- Hiking trails from the communities of Maria-Anzbach , Neulengbach , Rekawinkel and Asperhofen
- Mountain bike route
- Buchbergwarte (22.5 m)
- Gasthaus "Schutzhaus am Buchberg"
- Umbrella bar
- playground
- petting zoo
- Weather station Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
Web links
- Buchberg (Wienerwald) as an interactive 360 ° × 180 ° panorama photo (requires Adobe Flash )
- History of the Buchberg on buchberg.co.at
Individual evidence
- ^ Lower Austria - immovable and archaeological monuments under monument protection. ( Memento of September 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF), ( CSV ( Memento of September 21, 2017 in the Internet Archive )). Federal Monuments Office , as of June 9, 2017.
- ^ K. Moser: Prehistoric past of the Buchberg. February 7, 2006, accessed on December 18, 2010 (based on the memorial for the opening ceremony of the Buchbergwarte on August 18 , 1901 , Verlag Geissler, Neulengbach and H. Windl: Die Urzeit , Heimatbuch Neulengbach).
- ↑ Welcome to the Buchberg! Retrieved May 23, 2018 .
