Straßegg

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Straßegg
Pass to the east

Pass to the east

Compass direction west east
Pass height 1163  m above sea level A.
state Styria , Austria
Watershed Zuckenhutbach → Breitenauer Bach → Mur Gasenbach → Feistritz
Valley locations Breitenau am Hochlantsch Gases
expansion Street
Mountains Fischbach Alps
profile
Ø pitch 8.1% (556 m / 6.9 km) 3.5% (326 m / 9.2 km)
Map (Styria)
Straßegg (Styria)
Straßegg
Coordinates 47 ° 23 '24 "  N , 15 ° 31' 53"  E Coordinates: 47 ° 23 '24 "  N , 15 ° 31' 53"  E
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The Straßegg (formerly also Zuckenhut ) is 1163  m above sea level. A. (according to the sign at the top of the pass 1170  m above sea level ) high mountain pass in Styria in the Fischbacher Alps . It connects the Murtal near Pernegg via Breitenau am Hochlantsch with the Feistritztal near Birkfeld via Gasen . At the top of the pass is the Gasthaus Strasseggwirt, an inn that was originally operated as an alpine inn since 1851.

Two Austrian long-distance hiking trails, the Mariazeller Weg and the Central Alpine Trail and the international pilgrimage route Via Slavorum from Krakow via Mariazell to Assisi lead in a north-south direction over the pass. Both at the inn and on the opposite side, numerous crosses and plaques remind of many foot pilgrimages.

Mining

At the Straßegg mining for gold was already practiced from 1050 . In the following centuries silver, galena and arsenic followed. For this purpose, a drivable path was created over the Straßegg into the gases.

To the north and northeast of the top of the pass are the remains ( pingen and heaps ) of this abandoned arsenic and gold mining in an area around 1.2 km long and a few hundred meters wide . The ore flow of the deposit consists of arsenopyrite , galena , pyrite and fahler ore , embedded in cleavage-parallel quartz / carbonate veins in phyllitic metavolcanites. The quantities of gold , silver , lead and, above all, arsenic extracted here made mining on the Zuckenhut one of the most important mines in the Eastern Alps from the late 15th century to the middle of the 16th century . The Arsenikproduktion can be due to lack of resources previously only archaeologically until the second half of the 19th century prove.

In 2007 the Federal Monuments Office carried out archaeological investigations on a plant for the production of arsenicals. The system was cut under the former pits when the forest roads were being built. Parts of a sublimation furnace for the pyrotechnical extraction of artificial arsenic sulphides and the remains of a wooden basin for the wet chemical precipitation or cleaning of artificial arsenic sulphides were excavated.

The artist K.-J. Trinkl has created a work of art on the top of the pass and its surroundings to commemorate arsenic mining.

Motorsport

In August 2003, the 1st International Hill Climb Breitenau-Straßegg took place on the west side. The Gasen-Strassegg mountain rally took place on the east side for the first time in 2017 .

photos

  • Artwork by K.-J. Trinkl at the top of the pass to commemorate arsenic mining

  • Strasseggwirt

  • Pilgrimage route at the inn

  • Crosses and Marterl

literature

  • Hans-Peter Bojar, Aberra Mogessie, Oskar Thalhammer: The mineralogy and genesis of the electrum arsenopyrite mineralization at Straßegg, Breitenau am Hochlantsch / Gasen (Styria, Austria) . In: Natural Science Association for Styria . tape 128 . Graz July 30, 1998, p. 57-76 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  • Günter Grundmann, Daniel Modl, Hans-Peter Bojar, Hans Albert Gilg: The Arsenhütte Zuckenhut / Strassegg (Styria Austria) - first archaeological evidence of the production of artificial arsenic sulfide pigments . In: Metalla. Archaeometry and Monument Preservation 2009 . 2009, p. 240–242 ( academia.edu [accessed June 23, 2017]).

Web links

Commons : Straßegg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ÖK50 ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / amap.at
  2. ↑ The Strasseggwirt. Retrieved June 22, 2017 .
  3. ^ Gert Christian: Die Breitenau, market town at the foot of the Hochlantsch. Brief historical overview. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Straßegg. In: Mineralienatlas - Fossilatlas. Retrieved June 23, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Günter Grundmann, Daniel Modl, Hans-Peter Bojar, Hans Albert Gilg: The Arsenhütte Zuckenhut / Strassegg (Styria Austria) - Archaeological first evidence of the production of artificial arsenic sulfide pigments . In: Metalla archaeometry and monument preservation . 2009, p. 240–242 ( academia.edu [accessed June 23, 2017]).
  6. ↑ 1st International Hill Climb Breitenau-Straßegg. (PDF) August 2, 2003, accessed June 23, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Preview: 4th round of the Herzog Motorsport-Reisemobile Robert Harrer-Bergrallyecup 2016. (PDF) May 1, 2017, accessed on June 22, 2017 .