Kreuzberg (Windische Bühel)

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Kreuzberg
Kreuzberg from the south

Kreuzberg from the south

height 633  m above sea level A.
location Styria , Austria
Mountains Windische Bühel
Dominance 6.3 km →  Remschnigg
Notch height 214 m ↓  at gloss
Coordinates 46 ° 42 '37 "  N , 15 ° 27' 34"  E Coordinates: 46 ° 42 '37 "  N , 15 ° 27' 34"  E
Kreuzberg (Windische Bühel) (Styria)
Kreuzberg (Windische Bühel)
rock Conglomerates
Age of the rock Badenium
particularities Lookout point

The Kreuzberg is 633  m above sea level. A. high hill in the Windischen Büheln in the Austrian state of Styria . Cross-border it forms the highest elevation of the Slovene- Austrian range of hills and is known for its observation tower. The Kreuzberg is part of the Southern Styria Nature Park .

Location and surroundings

The Kreuzberg is located in the northwesternmost part of the Windischen Bühel between the Sulmtal in the north and the Pößnitztal in the south. To the west and east, the Kleingraben and the Fahrenbach each move northwards. The surrounding Riedel are characterized by viticulture and connect the elevation with the South Styrian Wine Road (Karnerberg - Lubekogel ) and the Kranachberg ( 496  m ). The border between the market communities of Großklein and Leutschach on the Weinstrasse runs over the wooded summit. Kreuzberg can be reached from both community capitals in 1½ to 2 hours on marked hiking trails. The communities Heimschuh , Gamlitz and St. Johann in the Saggautal are also in the immediate vicinity . A snack station just below the control room can be reached via local roads.

Geology and geomorphology

The Riedelland around the Kreuzberg belongs to the Tertiary of the Central Styrian Sill and is made up of conglomerate rocks with a strong mixture of sand and gravel . The marine sediments mainly consist of sharp-edged or angular blocks with a diameter of 2 to 3 m ( coarse pebbles ). In the course of drilling in the 19th century, a conus stone core was discovered in the otherwise fossil-poor conglomerate. Particularly noticeable are gneisses of the garnet and tourmaline groups as well as platy gneiss similar to the Stainzer plate gneiss. The lithologically identical Upper and Lower Kreuzberg Strata can be dated to the Lower Badenium and are therefore around 15 million years old.

Kreuzbergwarte

Foundation of the old control room (2018)

More than 300 years before the first lookout point, there was a small church dedicated to St. Mary on the Kreuzberg , which was destroyed by a landslide . At the same location, a first observation tower was built in 1924 by the Kreuzberg Tourist Association and the then municipality of Oberfahrenbach . The 10 to 12 m high, three-storey timber observatory also served as a surveying base and only existed for a few years. An almost identical control room, consisting of three fixed ladders with around 40 steps, was built in 1930 on the initiative of veterinary councilor Vinzenz Zöhrer. The popularity was limited and the building fell into disrepair in the 1950s.

Kreuzbergwarte from the south

Four decades later, the municipality of Eichberg-Trautenburg had the tourist concept of the small region Arnfels - Leutschach gradually implemented and decided to build a new control room. The construction costs of 1.7 million schillings were financed by the community's own resources, funding from the state and a building block campaign where art prints by Gerald Brettschuh and other artists could be purchased. The new lookout point by architect Christian Abel with a wooden frame, metal pull cords and staircase made of steel was opened on June 19, 1994 after a month of construction. The 30 m high construction is supported by four corner pillars (29 × 29 cm), each of which is based on 1 m high concrete foundations. 6 concrete and 128 steel steps lead to the viewing platform at a height of 25 m (8 × 8 m) . The control room, which was awarded the “ Geramb Thank You for Good Building”, was built in 2000 in an almost identical form at Plački vrh , a good 12 km away .

Because the member of the Austrian National Council Andreas Wabl protested against the construction, it was delayed slightly. Wabl saw his privacy at risk because he feared that the planned construction height of 30 m would make it possible to see his property 300 m away. The politician, at the time chairman of a U-Committee , suggested a construction height of only 13 m and the simultaneous cutting of the surrounding tree tops. A visual test with balloons finally refuted Wabl's fears and construction went ahead as planned.

The panorama from the highest observation point in western Styria extends from the Demmerkogel in the north over the Koralpe in the west and the Pohorje in the south to the Pannonian Plain in the east. In the north and northeast the view is restricted by tall trees.

Literature and maps

Web links

Commons : Kreuzberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geofast 1:50 000, map sheet 207 - Arnfels. Federal Geological Institute , February 2009. Online PDF , accessed on September 20, 2018.
  2. ^ Vinzenz Hilber : The hiking blocks of the old Koralpen glacier on the Styrian side. In: Yearbook dkk geol. Reichsanstalt. Volume 29 (1879), Issue 1, pp. 351-379. Online PDF , accessed September 20, 2018.
  3. ^ Opening of the Kreuzbergwarte. In: Grazer Volksblatt , 63rd volume, edition of August 15, 1930, p. 8.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Andreas Brudnjak: Lookout guide for Styria. The most beautiful lookout points from Bad Aussee to Radkersburg. Kral Verlag, Berndorf 2014, ISBN 978-3-9902424-5-2 , pp. 173-177.
  5. ↑ The Kreuzbergwarte was reopened! In: Kleine Zeitung , edition of June 15, 1994, p. 18.
  6. ↑ Hans Ast: A building block campaign for the Kreuzbergwarte. In: Kleine Zeitung , edition of April 23, 1994, regional section Südsteiermark, p. 21.