Bull cross
| Saddle at the bull's cross | |||
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| Compass direction | northwest | Southeast | |
| Pass height | 1479 m above sea level A. | ||
| district | Murtal | Voitsberg | |
| Watershed | Flume → Ritzmoarbach → Stefflbach → slide Bach → Mur | Flume → scrap Winkelbach → Toth → Sallabach → degree Erbach → Kainach → Mur | |
| Mountains | Gleinalpe / Stubalpe | ||
| particularities | Old trade route, historically the Rachaualm | ||
| Map (Styria) | |||
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| Coordinates | 47 ° 10 ′ 2 " N , 14 ° 58 ′ 2" E | ||
The bull cross is a landmark on the Gleinalpe or Stubalpe in Styria .
Location and landscape
The bull cross is located on the main ridge of the Styrian Randgebirge , between the Upper Murtal in the Judenburg-Knittelfelder basin and the Köflach-Voitsberger basin and Kainachtal west of Graz.
It marks a 1479 m above sea level. A. high saddle, which leads from the Rachaugraben near Knittelfeld and Rachau into the Schrottgraben uphill from Köflach . This is where the municipal areas of Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld and Maria Lankowitz border each other. The cross itself is a little above north of the saddle at 1485 m above sea level. A.
The Terenbachalpe rises to the northeast (up to approx. 1715 m above sea level ), to the south the Turneralpe (up to approx. 1750 m above sea level ). In the landscape structure of Styria , the bull's cross is used as a demarcation between Gleinalpe northeast and Stubalpe southwest, but even there this demarcation is called "problematic": There are quite widespread other demarcations on the rather unstructured main ridge, from the Gaberl Pass southeast behind the Ofnerkogel ( 1666 m above sea level ) to the Gleinalmsattel northwest on Speikkogel ( 1988 m above sea level ). Therefore, the assignment of the cross and the surrounding Alps is different depending on the source.
History and Development
The path over the Stierkreuz is an old trade route that leads from the upper Murtal into the Lower Styria, and bypasses the Murknies via Bruck and the Murbruchstal valley . In the High Middle Ages, the mule track was used a lot. As early as 1489, the citizens of Leoben complained to Emperor Friedrich III. about the loss of earnings on their toll income at Gleinalmsattel. This then ordered tolls to be collected on the other Gleinalm crossings as well (mule track closures) . At today's bull cross there was a resting and lifting station, a transfer area, until the 18th century. The latter place name is documented as Höbstatt 1596 without a precise location definition (and can be found analogously at the Hebalm ). Mainly salt was handled south and wine north, but also other goods. The Rachaualm (Rachauer Alm) used to be here as well, Alpung and name have disappeared.
The bull cross itself is reminiscent of an accident in 1828, an Anton Schachner vulgo Möschbauer from Mitterbach had a fatal accident here due to an ox going through - hence the name. It is a simple, red-colored wooden cross with a roof and an inscription, and is fenced.
The area is an easy hiking area, with a high path on the ridge and approaches from both valleys, from the Oskar-Schauer-Sattelhaus west to the Turneralm , the long-distance hiking trails 02 Zentralalpenweg and 05 north-south long-distance hiking trail lead .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Landscape Structure: R.4, R.4a Gleinalpe - Hochalpe. Gerhard Karl Lieb on Umweltinformation Steiermark | Nature and landscape , Environment.steiermark.at (undated, accessed October 19, 2016; quote from the author).
- ↑ a b c Otto Michael Schinko: From Achner to Zugal: mountain, water, house, reed and settlement names in the upper Murtal. disserta Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95425-968-7 , entries Rachaualm , p. 112 and Höbstatt , p. 59.
- ↑ a b Mule track barriers 2016 in Übelbach. steiermark1.at (accessed October 19, 2016).
- ↑ Bull's Cross - wayside cross • Murtal. Tourism association Lipizzanerheimat on outdooractive.com (accessed October 19, 2016).
Coordinates: 47 ° 10 '4.61 " N , 14 ° 58' 4.41" E