Kogelberg (Grazer Bergland)
| Kogelberg | ||
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 Kogelberg (middle left) from the southeast |
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| height | 533 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Styria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Grazer Bergland , foothills east of the Mur | |
| Dominance | 0.42 km → plate | |
| Notch height | 46 m ↓ Himmelreichweg | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 6 '29 " N , 15 ° 28' 48" E | |
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| rock | Black slate , phyllite | |
| Age of the rock | Paleozoic | |
| particularities | Traces of a medieval refugee castle | |
The Kogelberg is 533 m above sea level. A. high hill in the Grazer Bergland in the Austrian state of Styria . The elevation is located in the northeast of the provincial capital Graz and served as a refuge fortress in the Middle Ages .
Location and surroundings
The Kogelberg rises in the Graz district of Mariatrost on the left above the Rettenbachklamm and about 120 m above the Mariatroster valley. In the ÖK it is recorded without a name as Höhenkote 533. The western and northern slopes sloping down towards the gorge are wooded, while the remaining areas (slopes towards the Mariatroster Bach ) are dominated by grassland and settlements. The asphalted Himmelreichweg leads over the southeast side of the mountain, to the northwest of the highest point there is a private game reserve . The Kogelberg is part of the landscape protection area Northern and Eastern Hügelland of Graz (LSG-30)
Geology and geomorphology
The Kogelberg belongs to the Graz Paleozoic and thus forms, next to the Reinerkogel, one of the southernmost elevations of the Grazer Bergland on the left bank of the Mur . Like the neighboring slab, it consists of various green rocks, including black slate , phyllite and quartzite and - on the side of the ravine-like deepened Rettenbach - diabase and patchy green slate . The base consists of Schöcklkalk , which mainly builds up the Hauenstein in the north and is broken through to the west by the Mariatroster Bach . On the lowest slopes, the Paleozoic slates from the Tertiary of the Eastern Styrian hill country are overlaid.
history
The small, south-facing plateau on the Kogelberg is still called the Kingdom of Heaven, which is reflected, for example, in street and vulgar names. This field name used to be given to high-lying, free areas that were often also owned by monasteries . The toponym “Kogelberg” often refers to fortified hilltop settlements in Styria . In fact, the survey belonged to the early 14th century the sex of Kranichberger they Wernher (i) spurch ( purch Old High German for castle called) and in 1305 and 1313, the ground rents the pin Göß prescribed. In 1340 further gülten were prescribed to the Dominican Sisters of Graz who ran a vineyard there .
The castle complex was a refuge for the rural population. The access was on the east side over the Rettenbachklamm. Two clear slope steps give an idea of the extent of the facility, which is also indicated by an artificial steepening on the southeast side of the mountain. Further traces of defense were destroyed by the agriculture of the neighboring farms. In peacetime, the farmers settled in the fertile mountain valley between the plate and Hauenstein, whose name from Wernherispurch dialect to Wenisbuch developed.
Literature and maps
- Rudolf Flucher: Lost weir systems around Graz - The "Wernherispurch" on the Kogelberg. In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Graz , Volume 7/8, Graz 1975, pp. 249–250.
- City map Graz 1: 15,000. Freytag & Berndt , Vienna 2017, ISBN 978-3850841146 .
- Austrian map 1: 50,000, sheet 4229 ( UTM ). Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landscape protection area No. 30. (PDF) State of Styria , accessed on August 12, 2019 .
- ↑ Digital Atlas of Styria: Geology & Geotechnics. State of Styria , accessed on August 12, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Rudolf Flucher: Missing weirs to Graz - The "Wernherispurch" on Kogelberg. In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Graz , Volume 7/8, Graz 1975, pp. 249–250.