Kraxnerkogel

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Kraxnerkogel
Center right: Roofs of Deutschlandsberg Castle, behind it the wooded, approx. 100 m higher Kraxnerkogel

Center right: Roofs of Deutschlandsberg Castle, behind it the wooded, approx. 100 m higher Kraxnerkogel

height 620  m above sea level A.
location Deutschlandsberg District , Styria , Austria
Mountains Koralpe
Coordinates 46 ° 48 '25 "  N , 15 ° 11' 45"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 48 '25 "  N , 15 ° 11' 45"  E
Kraxnerkogel (Styria)
Kraxnerkogel
rock Crystalline
Development Hiking trails
Normal way from Deutschlandsberg: footpaths over the Klause, Weinebenstrasse by car
particularities sparse remains of a fortification that has been in use for thousands of years can be seen in the area

The Kraxnerkogel is a low foothill of the Koralm near Deutschlandsberg in Styria, Austria . On it are the remains of a fortification, in which archaeological finds from the Neolithic, the Copper Age ( Lasinja culture ), the La Tène period and the Middle Ages were made.

location

The Kraxnerkogel is located just west of Deutschlandsberg in the Warnblick area of ​​the Deutschlandsberg community. The next town to the west is Trahütten . To the south of the Kraxnerkogel lies the Weinebenstraße (Landesstraße 619), which connects Deutschlandsberg via Trahütten, Glashütten and the Weinebene with Wolfsberg in Carinthia's Lavanttal . In the north lies the deeply cut narrow valley of the Laßnitz . Deutschlandsberg Castle is located on the steep slope on the other side of this river .

geology

The Kraxnerkogel consists of the Koralpe crystalline , mainly of gneiss and mica schist .

The Kogel lies just to the west of the line on which the mountain ranges of the Koralm (here: the Handalmzug ) sink under the gravel surface of the Graz basin . Its steep slope in the east continues below the gravel cover and can still be followed under this to the border of the Sausal (Florian basin). The point at which the mountain disappears under the gravel can easily be recognized in nature by the fact that the long and up to 10% steep downhill section of Weinebenstraße, which also requires a hairpin, turns into a flat stretch of road.

vegetation

The Kraxnerkogel area is climatically favored. On its eastern slope it is overgrown with deciduous and coniferous trees and the location of the sweet chestnut , on its lower, eastern slopes are vineyards. In addition to the forest path from the Klause over the Kraxnerkogel, the occurrence of the rust fungus Coleosporium senecionis is documented.

Settlement site

Surface of the terrain at the Kraxnerkogel fortification

About 120 m southeast of the summit of the Kraxnerkogel and about 20 m lower is the rest of a complex that is considered to be a medieval tower hill. It was discovered during agricultural work in the spring of 1988 and is located on lots 63/1 and 100/5 of the Warnblick cadastral community . The land is privately owned. Property no. 63/1 is designated as an excavation site for the area of ​​the site and its surroundings within the framework of local spatial planning. The area is not listed, although it is described in the literature as a ground monument .

The settlement area is an elevation, the highest area of ​​which is a flat surface. This measures about twelve meters in diameter. The hill is surrounded by two slope steps ( berms ) from the southeast to the southwest , which are interpreted as the location of Vorwerk . A ditch is believed to be in the north of the hill. The area around the hill is characterized by agricultural use, it could not be determined whether there were other buildings or fortifications in its vicinity. Extensive archaeological excavations have not taken place since the site was discovered. The masonry is no longer visible, only uneven ground that indicates a deliberately designed terrain.

Traces of settlement are already around 3000 BC. BC, for the Lasinja culture of the Copper Age , ascertainable. Ceramic fragments have been dated to the late La Tène period and the Middle Ages. Another find published is a blunt-nosed ax made of serpentine (round at the rear) with facets on the sides . Finds are kept in the Deutschlandsberg Castle Museum.

The dating of the finds shows that the site at Kraxnerkogel, similar to the old settlement at Deutschlandsberg Castle on the slope opposite (the "dance floor"), was at least temporarily inhabited for several thousand years.

The hill on which the remains of the complex were found is 750 m south of Deutschlandsberg Castle . The deeply cut narrow valley of the Laßnitz, the Klause, lies between the two fortifications . The location can be seen as evidence that these fortifications had to guard the route through the Laßnitz valley on the one hand, and the north and south routes to Carinthia in the direction of the Koralm crossings to the Hebalm and the Weinebene on the other.

Web links

Commons : Kraxnerkogel  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christoph Gutjahr: Prehistory and Early History and Medieval Archeology. P. 26. In: Helmut-Theobald Müller (ed.), Gernot Peter Obersteiner (overall scientific management): History and topography of the Deutschlandsberg district. ( District topography ). Graz-Deutschlandsberg 2005. ISBN 3-901938-15-X . Styrian Provincial Archives and District Authority Deutschlandsberg 2005. In the series: Great historical regional studies of Styria. Founded by Fritz Posch †. ZDB ID 568794-9 . First volume, general part.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Werner Murgg, Bernhard Hebert: Medieval and early modern fortifications in the district of Deutschlandsberg: recording of the soil monuments. With drawings by Stefan Karl. Contributions to medieval archeology in Austria BMÖ. Volume 10, born in 1994. Ed .: Austrian Society for Medieval Archeology, Vienna. ISSN  1011-0062 ZDB -ID 805848-9 . 56. Location sketch 76. coordinates: 46 ° 48 '23 "  N , 15 ° 11' 48"  O .
  3. ↑ Gutjahr, Prehistory and Early History , p. 35.
  4. ^ Geological map of the Republic of Austria 1: 50,000. Recorded by Peter Beck-Mannagetta , M. Eisenhut, V. Ertl and O. Homann. Year of publication: 1991. Published by the Geological Federal Institute Vienna (GBA). Sheet 189 Deutschlandsberg.
  5. ↑ Helmut W. Flügel: Geological map of the pretertiary underground. In: Geological thematic maps of the Republic of Austria 1: 200,000. South Styrian Basin - South Burgenland threshold. Published by the Federal Geological Institute. Vienna 1988. Arthur Kröll, Albert Daurer (editor): Explanations of the maps of the pretertiary subsoil of the Styrian basin and the southern Burgenland threshold. ISBN 3-900312656 . Together with relief map, aeromagnetic map and gravity map in a plastic envelope.
  6. ↑ Josef Poelt, Paula Remler: The rust and smut mushrooms of the F. Widder collection from Styria and neighboring federal states. In: Communications from the Natural Science Association for Styria. Graz 1976. Volume 106. ISSN  0369-1136 , ZDB -ID 206167-3 . S. 181. (accessed April 6, 2015).
  7. ↑ Digital Atlas of Styria (GIS-Steiermark), cadastre (accessed April 7, 2015). The properties and their boundaries given in the literature at Murgg / Hebert are out of date.
  8. ↑ Public land register : cadastral community 61068 Warnblick, district court Deutschlandsberg: deposit numbers 19 (Schwemmhoisl farm) and 112 (accessed April 7, 2015).
  9. ^ Digitaler Atlas der Steiermark (GIS-Steiermark), made visible in the digital zoning plan, municipality number 60302, case number 600 (accessed April 7, 2015).
  10. ^ Find reports from Austria. (FÖ) Published by the Department for Ground Monuments of the Federal Monuments Office . Verlag Berger, Horn. ISSN  0429-8926 ZDB -ID 213982-0 . Volume 27/1988, Vienna 1989. Page 270 (reference also on p. 290).
  11. ↑ Bernhard Hebert, Ernst Lasnik (ed.): Traces of the past. Archaeological finds from western Styria. Catalog for the exhibition in the Stölzle-Glas-Center Bärnbach, May to September 1992. Bärnbach, Kulturgemeinschaft Oberland. P. 60.