Eastern Styrian hill country

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Eastern Styrian hill country
Eastern Styrian hill country, south of Herberstein

Eastern Styrian hill country, south of Herberstein

Highest peak Stradner Kogel ( 609  m above sea level )
location Styria
part of Alpine foothills in the east and southeast
Classification according to LdSt.  V.4
Eastern Styrian hill country (Pannonian lowlands)
Eastern Styrian hill country
Coordinates 47 ° 4 '  N , 15 ° 48'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 4 '  N , 15 ° 48'  E
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The Oststeirisches Hügelland , also Oststeirisches Riedelland , is an undulating hilly landscape in the southeast of Styria , Austria.

geography

The Styrian hill country (foreland) , bottom right, with its parts on both sides of the Mur plain

The East Styrian hill country is part of the Alpine foothills in the east and south-east and extends over large parts of East Styria and Southeast Styria . It is bounded in the west and south by the Mur and in the north by the eastern Grazer Bergland , the Fischbacher Alps with the protruding Kulmmassiv , and the Joglland with the Masenberg . In the east it is limited by the Lafnitz . According to the Alpine Club division of the Eastern Alps , the area can be counted as a template for the marginal mountains east of the Mur , even if it is hardly of any alpinistic relevance.

The Eastern Styrian hill country has an area of ​​around 50 x 80 km, but continues as a type of landscape geologically - morphologically :

In the 18th century the eastern Styrian hill country belonged to the Grazer Kreis and was part of Lower Styria

The landscape is characterized by flat, undulating, barely profiled hills, called Riedel here , with a fairly uniform stroke direction . Most of the valleys in the entire region run south to south-east , which gives the orography a typical structure. The area next to the Mur in the area of ​​the Mur plain is drained and subdivided by the rivers Raab and Feistritz , and the Lafnitz valley forms the border. Generally quite monotonous little concise mountain areas are characterized in the south three characteristic, albeit in the boundary from: Stradner Kogel  ( 609  m ), Gleichenberger Kögel  ( 598  m ) and Klöcher massif  ( 462  m ) along the Styrian volcano land , named after their geological origin.

In addition to the provincial capital of Graz, the following districts have a share in the area of ​​the hill country : Graz-Umgebung , Leibnitz , Weiz , Hartberg-Fürstenfeld and Southeast Styria . In addition, the eastern Styrian hill country is part of the planning regions Styrian central area (Graz and the surrounding area) , eastern Styria (districts Weiz and Hartberg-Fürstenfeld), and south-eastern Styria - the latter together form the NUTS region eastern Styria  (AT225).

About the concept of the landscape in Eastern Styria

In the north, the district areas extend somewhat into the edge mountains of the Alps, so that the term Oststeiermark ultimately includes several spatial classifications that differ depending on the thematic approach, but overlap in wide areas. The northern boundary is also defined differently in terms of landscape, since the Alpine foothills can be counted as both Alps and foothills: A clear mountain foot is not formed here.

Spatially, the Eastern Styria or the Eastern Styrian hill country overlaps with the Southern Styria , which only gradually defined itself as a separate region after Lower Styria separated from Austria.

The name Oststeiermark or East Styrian is derived from the historical East Central Styria of the 19th century. That was that part of Central Styria that lay east of the Mur and in whose area the Eastern Styrian hill country also comes to lie. The north-east of Styria, eastern Upper Styria , today also called Hochsteiermark , is not included in this term .

Oststeiermark and Südoststeiermark are sometimes used synonymously for the Eastern Styrian hill country. The wine-growing region of Southeast Styria includes all of the wine-growing regions of East and Southeast Styria.

economy

For a long time, Eastern Styria was a disadvantaged area due to its location near the former Iron Curtain and its weak structure. The region is still agricultural today and knows a number of local traditions.

The very mild climate by Austrian standards compensates for some of the disadvantages of the very small-scale agriculture and allows the cultivation of wine . Another specialty is the seed oil , which is obtained from pumpkins that are grown here. The most important Austrian apple-growing region is located in Eastern Styria . The apples are used for table fruit or for processing into fruit juice , must (a bitter cider ) and vinegar .

Tourism is a particularly important economic factor in this region. The topics here are hiking, cycling, health ( wellness ), cuisine , culture, winter sports and nature.

The opening to the east has given the area new impetus, and an important spa tourism has developed through the thermal baths in the south of this area:

population

In the south, around Bad Radkersburg , a small group has survived that is capable of the windy . The majority of the population, however, speaks a German dialect belonging to South Bavarian with a somewhat singing sound.

literature

  • Peter Krenn : Eastern Styria. Your works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. Extended new edition, Styria regional series, Verlag Styria, Graz 1997, ISBN 3-222-12601-1 .

Web links

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