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Buchkogel (Plabutsch)
The Buchkogel, at 656 meters above sea level, is a hill in the Austrian state of Styria. It is located in the southern part of the Grazer Bergland in the west of the state capital Graz. The Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests, mixed forests within the Plabutsch ridge serve as a popular recreation area. Parts of the karstified hill were settled back in the Chalcolithic, Chalcolithic period and served for limonite mining during the Middle Ages and World War II. On the top there is the historical Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, Kronprinz Rufolf observation tower built in 1879. The name ''Buchkogel'' is either derived from a lost castle (German ''Burg'') or the extensive beech (German ''Buche'') population. Geography Location The mostly forest-covered hill is situated near the western border of the 16th city district Straßgang. It is part of the Plabutsch ridge which borders the wide Mur (river), Mur valley (Grazer Feld) in the west. On an eastern spur of Buchkogel St. Martin's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grazer Bergland
The Graz Highlands or Graz Mountains (german: Grazer Bergland) are a low mountain range north of the Styrian state capital of Graz in Austria. It is part of the Central Eastern Alps, Central Alps and forms the start of the Prealps East of the Mur. From a geological perspective, regions on the west bank of the Mur, which are clearly separate from the building of the Styrian Prealps, belong to the Graz Highlands. Location The Graz Highlands are a low mountain massif in the north of the Styrian Hills and lie mainly east of the River Mur. The core area of settlement is the Passail Basin, the adjacent Semriach Basin to the southwest and the Teichalm region to the north. Boundaries The Graz Highland, Highlands are bounded: * in the west by the River Mur, Mur valley from Mixnitz to the northern city limits of Graz. By geological definition certain parts west of the Mur are also counted as part of the Graz Highlands, especially those which belong to the Graz Palaezoic, such as the Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
