Lustbühel

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Lustbühel
Lustbühel from the northwest

Lustbühel from the northwest

height 489  m above sea level A.
location Styria , Austria
Mountains East Styrian Riedelland
Dominance 0.9 km →  Petersbergen
Notch height 24 m ↓  L 325
Coordinates 47 ° 4 '7 "  N , 15 ° 29' 37"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '7 "  N , 15 ° 29' 37"  E
Lustbühel (Styria)
Lustbühel
rock Sands , clays , gravel
Age of the rock Miocene
particularities Castle , observatory , nature reserve
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The Lustbühel is 489  m above sea level. A. high hill in the Austrian state of Styria . The elevation is located in the east of the provincial capital Graz and is known for the location of the castle of the same name , the Graz-Lustbühel observatory and as a popular local recreation area . A small nature reserve has also existed since 1989 .

Location and surroundings

The elevation of the Lustbühel lies on a roughly west-east running Riedel in the Graz districts of Waltendorf and St. Peter . The north and west side and the southern foothills (New World Height) are densely populated, while the south-east side is covered by forests and grassland , some of which are designated as a nature reserve. In this area lies the source of the Petersbach , which drains a large part of St. Peter. To the north the hill is connected to the Ruckerlberg (Rudolfshöhe). The castle with petting zoo and cider tavern as well as the observatory (with satellite station) can be reached in a few minutes from the Lustbühel Castle bus stop on Waltendorfer Hauptstrasse. The entire Lustbühel is part of the landscape protection area of ​​the northern and eastern hill country of Graz (LSG-30).

geology

The Lustbühel is made up of Miocene sands , clays and gravel . The lying area is formed by the so-called Waldhof layers and Untersarmat with isolated layers of fine gravel . In contrast to the hanging walls, the higher clay content makes them impermeable to water . Due to alternating positions, landslides occur on the slopes . The cohesive, often compacted soils are influenced by the slope water and allow the formation of slope moor fragments in small hollows .

Flora and fauna

Hay meadows on the Lustbühel

The naturally structured south-east slope of the Lustbühel is a cultural and natural landscape richly structured by field trees and fruit trees . The upper part of the slope is made up of species-rich hay meadows with meadow foxtail , large meadow button and meadow scum which serve as pasture for cattle in the summer months. Where the slope waters emerge, wet and greasy meadows have formed, which are determined by species such as cuckoo carnation , brook thistle and forest cornice . These wetted locations appear in a mosaic with fragmentary pipe grass meadows and hillside moors. Adjacent are smaller areas of rough meadow . In the basin at Petersbach there is a black alder break forest with marsh horsetail , marsh marigold and bitter foam herb as well as in the source area flutter rush .

On March 8, 1989, the Styrian state government decreed a nature reserve called “Parts of the Lustbühel”. The area with an area of ​​2.73 hectares includes, in addition to the valuable wet meadow habitats, part of the alder forest. A botanical peculiarity is the occurrence of the protected dog-tooth lily . While the meadows are home to butterfly species such as the blue ant , the water points at the foot of the slope serve as a habitat for common toads , tree frogs , common frogs and fire salamanders . An inventory of the cicada fauna with regard to the influence of extensive agriculture revealed 42 different species, of which the diadem chirp ( Cosmotettix caudatus ) could be identified for the first time in Austria.

Literature and maps

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Landscape protection area No. 30. (PDF) State of Styria , accessed on June 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Digital Atlas of Styria: Geology & Geotechnics. State of Styria , accessed on June 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b NSG-c62 parts of the Lustbühel. State of Styria , accessed on June 5, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Digital spatial planning register (ROKAT). State of Styria , accessed on June 5, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b c Natural history advice center of the city of Graz (ed.): Lustbühel nature reserve. Information board at the Lustbühel. photo
  6. ↑ a b Gernot Kunz & Astrid Brugger: The cicadas of the Lustbühel nature reserve in Graz with a new record for Austria. In: Joannea Zool. , Volume 14, Universalmuseum Joanneum , Graz 2015, pp. 151–164. Online PDF , accessed June 5, 2019.