Kulm (Eastern Styria)
| Kulm | ||
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 Kulm from Puch near Weiz (WNW) |
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| height | 975 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Styria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Edge mountains east of the Mur | |
| Dominance | 5.5 km → Rabenwaldkogel | |
| Notch height | 485 m ↓ Harl | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 13 '29 " N , 15 ° 45' 32" E | |
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| rock | Amphibolite , paragneiss | |
The Kulm is a striking mountain with an altitude of 975 m above sea level. A. in Eastern Styria .
About the name
The term Kulm (1396 Chulm ) can be derived from both the ancient Slavic * chlm and the Latin culmen (see origin of the term ) and refers to the conical, distinctive shape of the mountain, depending on the viewpoint.
location
Geographical location
The mountain is located on the south-eastern edge of the Alps ( border mountains east of the Mur ) and is in front of it, which gives it a prominent position and a good view of the eastern Styrian hill country .
The northern and eastern borders are formed by Feistritz with the Stubenbergklamm in the north, the Stubenberg Basin in the northeast and the Feistritzklamm and the sweeping Feistritz valley in the east. In the south, the mountain merges into the East Styrian Riedel landscape , where the Kulm ends with the ridge of the Pischelsdorf village that slopes down to the south . The western boundary forms the Ilz or the Ilztal.
Administrative location
The Kulm lies in the districts of Weiz and Hartberg-Fürstenfeld , with the district boundary running directly over the summit. The following communities are part of the Kulm:
District Weiz:
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld district:
- Hirnsdorf with the vineyard foothills ( 516 m above sea level )
- Stubenberg am See (summit)
- Siegersdorf near Herberstein
- Sankt Johann near Herberstein
history
The settlement of the Kulm could be proven in 1977 through the discovery of ceramic fragments of biconical bowls and bowls made of gray, yellowish and reddish clay as far back as the Copper Age (excavator Diether Kramer from the Joanneum Graz ). Stone implements (arrowheads, scrapers, blades, small flat axes) could also be recovered from this era.
On the west side of the summit plateau, houses of the urnfield culture (late Bronze Age ) carved into the rock were discovered, near which the first site of the prehistoric open-air museum was located.
According to excavator Otto Helmut Urban (Vienna, 1987), the mountain peak was crowned with a Celtic oppidum in the late La Tène period . The fortification should be in the 1st century BC. Was strategically secured with a shell wall and a large pincer gate.
In the new open-air museum Kulm-Keltendorf , the way of life and living conditions of the Celts are impressively presented under the direction of the historian Titus Lantos .
tourism
The Stubenbergsee and Herberstein Castle with the attached zoo and nature park are the main attractions of the region. The Kulm itself is a popular excursion destination because of its unobstructed panoramic views. It also houses the Kulm-Keltendorf open-air museum and served as a starting point for paragliding .
The region around the Kulm is a Styrian apple country with the Styrian Apple Road and also for its wine taverns along the Römerweinstraße known.
In 2010, the prehistoric settlement with weir system and the baroque calvary on the summit were placed under monument protection. The landowner then blocked access to the summit. Due to a decision by the highest court, the summit has been freely accessible again via the hiking trails since August 2015.
Military use
The Kulm is one of half a dozen locations in Austria that can be used for mobile radar monitoring by the armed forces as part of the Goldhaube system . If the armed forces are present at the summit, the mobile military facilities are protected by barbed wire and armed forces, and tourists cannot access the summit directly. As a result of the modernization of the radar station on the Großer Speikkogel ( Koralpe ), the mobile radar station on the Kulm was put back into operation for about two years from summer 2009 and was decommissioned and dismantled since mid-March 2011. After the golden bonnet on the Koralpe was destroyed by a lightning strike shortly after it was put back into operation in May 2012, the mobile radar system was stationed on the Kulm until autumn 2013. While the radar system is in operation, a small part of the summit plateau is locked and guarded around the antenna system and the operating containers, but this does not prevent access to the summit.
Web links
- Homepage of the open-air museum Kulm-Keltendorf with a historical overview of the Kulm
Individual evidence
- ↑ Robert Breitler: Now nobody is allowed to go up to the Kulm. In: Small newspaper. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .
- ↑ Robert Breitler: District Weiz - community laments the "Rambo from Kulm". In: Small newspaper. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .
- ^ Summit dispute - Kulm: decision in the summit dispute. In: Small newspaper. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .
- ↑ http://www.airpower.at/news98/news9803.htm , Kleine Zeitung report, August 30, 1999
- ↑ Rene Findeig: Gold cap is missing "Ball". In: Kleine Zeitung , Styria, online edition. August 3, 2009, archived from the original on November 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Goldhaube radar station damaged by lightning. In: Kleine Zeitung , Styria, online edition. May 17, 2012, accessed April 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Radar system on Speikkogel will soon be ready for use again. In: bundesheer.at. Retrieved October 13, 2015 .