Mannagetta oven
The Mannagetta oven is a rock needle in the Koralpe , municipality of Stainz (until 2014: Marhof ). It is a natural monument and named after Peter Beck-Mannagetta , the long-time chief geologist at the Federal Geological Institute in Vienna .
The name " furnace " comes from the usage of the area and emphasizes the distinctive, unusual shape of the rock: the Mannagetta furnace forms an approximately 8 to 10 m high pile of rock slabs ( "slab gneiss" ). Overall (including the base of the rock needle) it is 50 m long and 30 m wide. There are other ovens in its vicinity. As with other striking rock formations in the Koralpe, its formation can be traced back to varying degrees of weathering of the rock layers. Its exposure is attributed to the frosts of the ice age and the associated soil flow.
The Mannagetta kiln is located at 685 m above sea level in the Mausegger Graben, about 2.2 km as the crow flies northwest of Sauerbrunn on an old, not preserved and unmarked cart path to a now derelict mill in the Mausegger Graben. It was first made known to a wider public by Peter Beck-Mannagetta and, at his instigation, declared a natural monument in 1966.
The Mannagetta Oven is on a steep mountain slope. It is surrounded by boulders and fallen trees. His visit requires, although an old path is used, surefootedness in unpaved terrain. The access path branches off about 230 steps west of the edge of the forest after the farm vlg. Höller (before crossing the stream) from the marked Sauerbrunn-Schneebauer-Sporiroaofen hiking trail to the left into the valley. Next to the last part of this path there are steep slopes with several meter high rocks.
On the opposite side of the Mausegger Graben, on an equally steep mountain slope, there is another remarkable rock formation, the Sporiroa furnace.
The natural monument is registered in the land register as a "rock column Mannagettaofen", an area of 149 m² is protected around it. The basis for protection as a natural monument in 2010 is a decision from the Deutschlandsberg district administration. The owner is the Order of Malta , Grand Priory of Austria.
Web links
- Mannagetta furnace , natural monument N3.
- photos
Individual evidence
- ^ Curt Fossel, Hermann Kühnert: Natural history features in Styrian communities. Edited by Österreichischer Naturschutzbund, Landesgruppe Steiermark. Leopold Stocker Verlag, Graz-Stuttgart 1994. ISBN 3-7020-0692-3 . Pages 227 and 237.
- ↑ a b Fossel, Kühnert, Special Features , page 237.
- ↑ Hans Peter Cornelius: On the interpretation of the "stone ovens" of the Kor and Saualpen area (Styria-Carinthia). In: Reports of the Geologische Reichsanstalt Wien, 1943. Pages 49–52.
- ^ Andreas Ertl: Obituary for Peter Beck-Managetta . In: Communications from the Austrian Geological Society ISSN 0251-7493 No. 90 (1997). Vienna 1999. page 208. ( PDF ).
- ↑ Decision of the District Commission of Deutschlandsberg of July 28, 2008, reference number 6.355 / 2008. Object no. 439. Digital Atlas Styria ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Map service: flora & fauna, natural protected areas, natural monuments - if you hold down the left mouse button, enlarge the area by dragging. The information can be called up with "Identify object" (button "i"), and in the window that opens, look for "Natural monuments". Retrieved March 5, 2011.
- ↑ Land register district court Stainz, cadastral community 61244 Trog, deposit number 37 house name "Klugbartl", land numbers 470/1 and 470/2.
Coordinates: 46 ° 55 ′ 45 ″ N , 15 ° 10 ′ 28 ″ E