Buchkogel (Burgenland)

Buchkogel
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height	442  m above sea level A.
location	Burgenland , Austria
Mountains	Leithagebirge
Dominance	2.23 km →  Schweinberg
Notch height	60 m
Coordinates	47 ° 52 '40 "  N , 16 ° 32' 19"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 52 '40 "  N , 16 ° 32' 19"  E
rock	Leithakalk
Normal way	marked hiking trail
particularities	Lookout at the summit

The Buchkogel is 442  m above sea level. A. high elevation in the Leithagebirge . It is located north of the Burgenland capital Eisenstadt and south of the municipality of Stotzing , near the border with Lower Austria . From 1958 to 1968 there was a wooden observation tower at the summit , which, however, was destroyed by weathering . In the same year, the responsible authorities built a second control room, which was also made of wood. It also weathered and was blown up in 1984. It was not until 1993 that a third control room made of galvanized steel was built and still exists today.

Climbs

The ascent to the highest point of the Buchkogel is possible on a number of marked trails.

• From the pilgrimage site of Loretto north of the Leithagebirge, two marked climbs lead to the Buchkogel: one over the Trinity Chapel , the second a little further east past the Sulzberg . Walking time about 2 hours each.
• From Eisenstadt , the capital of Burgenland , the Buchkogel can be reached on several marked trails. The shortest route over the Buchgrabenweg requires around 1¾ hours of walking. It takes about 2½ hours via the Gloriettewarte and the Schönen Jäger .

literature

• Fritz Peterka: The local mountains of Vienna . Verlag Anton Schroll & Co., 1985. ISBN 978-3703106101

Individual evidence

1. ↑ In a green tunnel to the summit : hiking tip from the daily Der Standard , August 3, 2012 (accessed November 21, 2012)
2. ↑ Usually short waiting times : hiking tip from the daily Der Standard , December 14, 2007 (accessed on November 21, 2012)