Voggenberg (Salzburg Basin)
| Voggenberg | ||
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| height | 600 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Bergheim , State of Salzburg | |
| Mountains | Salzkammergut mountains | |
| Coordinates | 47 ° 52 '0 " N , 13 ° 1' 58" E | |
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The Voggenberg (approx. 600 m) is after the Hochgitzen (676 m) the highest point in the municipality of Bergheim in the state of Salzburg . It is one of the foothills of the Salzkammergut Mountains at the transition to the Alpine foothills .
The largely forested mountain lies west of the district of Bergheim of the same name above the Salzach Valley on the border with Bavaria . To the northeast are two small lakes, the Ragginger and Luginger See .
On the Voggenberg, which was already settled by the Celts, there was also a cult site . It is believed that people followed the cult of light there and also made observations of the sky . For the grammar school teacher Hans Eisner and local star friends, this was a reason, in addition to the favorable location, to build the Voggenberg observatory on the eastern slope from 1986 to 1988 . The observatory, which is now part of the Salzburg House of Nature , was replaced in 2018/19 by the Vega Observatory on Haunsberg .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Salzburg Wiki: Voggenberg Observatory. Retrieved September 8, 2018 .
- ^ ORF Salzburg: New observatory on the Haunsberg ready. August 6, 2018, accessed September 8, 2018 .