Rechberg (pass)

Rechberg
	View over the top of the pass to the east
Pass height	929 m above sea level A.
state	Styria , Austria
expansion	Rechberg Strasse (B 64)
Mountains	Grazer Bergland
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Coordinates	47 ° 16 ′ 7 " N , 15 ° 24 ′ 55" E Coordinates: 47 ° 16 ′ 7 " N , 15 ° 24 ′ 55" E

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The Rechberg (also Rechberghöhe ) is 929 m above sea level. A. high pass in the Grazer Bergland in Styria .

geography

The Rechberg is located in the municipality of Semriach about 20 km north of Graz . It connects the Mur valley and the valley town of Frohnleiten with the Passailer basin and the valley town of Tulwitz and Passail .

The Rechberg is surrounded by several mountains with a height of more than 1000 meters:

Harterberg ( 1036 m )	Gschieskogel ( 1142 m ) Sulberg ( 1094 m )

Hochtrötsch ( 1239 m ) Fragnerberg ( 1109 m )	Rechbergkogel

traffic

The Rechberg Straße (B 64) , a (former) federal road, named after him, leads over the Rechberg . It connects Frohnleiten and the Brucker Schnellstraße (S 35) running in the Murtal valley with the district capital Weiz and the Weizer Straße (B 72) running there from Graz via Weiz to Krieglach .

history

After the construction of the Gleinalm tunnel along the Pyhrn Autobahn (A9) , the Rechberg's importance as a transition in the Grazer Bergland has diminished.

Motorsport

The "HILL GRAND PRIX OF AUSTRIA", the Rechberg race, is held annually on the Rechberg .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ Rechberg and the surrounding area on ÖK 50 , www.austrianmap.at , Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria, Austrian map, scale 1: 50,000.

[1] Rechberg and the surrounding area on ÖK 50 , www.austrianmap.at , Federal Office for Metrology and Surveying Austria, Austrian map, scale 1: 50,000.