Wimberg (mountain)
| Wimberg | ||
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| height | 850 m above sea level A. | |
| location | Upper Austria , Austria | |
| Mountains | Granite and gneiss plateau | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 28 '28 " N , 14 ° 8' 46" E | |
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| Normal way | Hike | |
The Wimberg is a ridge in the Mühlviertel in Upper Austria , in whose area the communities St. Johann am Wimberg and St. Peter am Wimberg as well as the elevations Hansberg and Petersberg are located.
location
The entire ridge between the catchment areas of the Kleine Rodl , the Pesenbach , the Große Mühl and the Steinernen Mühl was originally named Wimberg . The southernmost part of this ridge is called today after the church of St. Johann Hansberg on its western slope , a hill adjoining it to the north is also named Petersberg after a patronage .
The state road L1514 ( Wimbergstraße or Wimberg Bezirksstraße ) leads over the Wimberg .
history
The spelling common in the Middle Ages was mainly Windberg and Windiberg . The ownership of St. Florian Monastery in this part of the western Mühlviertel dates back to the donations made by Eppo von Windberg and his wife Regelind in 1108.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Alois Zauner : The possession of the St. Florian monastery on Wimberg in the 12th and 13th centuries. In: Regional history and archival science. Festschrift for the 100th anniversary of Upper Austria. Provincial Archives (= communications from the Upper Austrian Provincial Archives. Volume 18). Linz 1996, p. 115, entire article p. 115–141, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.