The Joglland is a heavily forested low mountain region in northeastern
Styria
Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria is the second largest state of Austria, after Lower Austria. Styria is bordered to ...
in the districts of
Hartberg-Fürstenfeld and
Weiz
Weiz () is a town in the eastern part of the Austrian state of Styria.
Population
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Weiz is twinned with:
* Ajka, Hungary
* Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland
* Offenburg
Offenburg ("open borou ...
. Today it forms the tourist region of ''Joglland–Waldheimat (Kraftspendedörfer Joglland)''.
Its name is probably derived from ''
Jakob'' (perhaps from the village of
Sankt Jakob im Walde
Sankt Jakob im Walde is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the East ...
) which, in this region is often corrupted to ''Joggl'' or ''Jackl''. The region is described in the literature by the Styrian poet,
Peter Rosegger
Peter Rosegger (original ''Roßegger'') (31 July 1843 – 26 June 1918) was an Austrian writer and poet from Krieglach in the province of Styria. He was a son of a mountain farmer and grew up in the woodlands and mountains of Alpl. Rosegger (or R ...
, who grew up as a farmer's son in
Alpl
Alkaline phosphatase, tissue-nonspecific isozyme is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''ALPL'' gene.
Function
There are at least four distinct but related alkaline phosphatases: intestinal, placental, placental-like, and liver/bone/ki ...
.
Location and landscape
The Joglland lies within
East Styria between the
Wechsel
The Wechsel is a low mountain range in eastern Austria whose highest summit is the Hochwechsel (). It also has two other summits over 1700 m. The massif forms the border between the states of Lower Austria and Styria for about 15 km, sou ...
, the upper
Feistritz valley, the
Safenbach and the area of
Hartberg-
Friedberg. It forms a sub-group of the
Prealps East of the Mur
The Prealps East of the Mur (german: Randgebirge östlich der Mur) are the easternmost mountain range of the Central Eastern Alps. They comprise the eastern foothills of the Alpine crest beyond the Mur river and the adjacent southeastern Alpine F ...
.
To the north lies the
Semmering region, to the northeast is the region known as the
Bucklige Welt
The Bucklige Welt is a region in southeast Lower Austria. It is also known as the "land of a thousand hills" (''Land der 1000 Hügel'').
Geography
The ''Bucklige Welt'' is a hill country area on the eastern edge of the Alps. Its height varies ...
. To the northwest are the
Fischbach Alps
The Fischbach Alps (german: Fischbacher Alpen) are part of the Prealps East of the Mur.
Location and countryside
The Fischbach Alps are a gentle, elongated mountain range in the Alps, with the character of a low mountain range and covered in fo ...
, and beyond them the lower
Mürz
The Mürz () is a river of Styria, Austria, with a length of . Its drainage basin is .
The Mürz begins at the confluence of the and near Kaltenbach, Neuberg and the border to Lower Austria. It passes through Mürzzuschlag. Along its course are ...
valley. To the west and southwest are the
Graz Highlands
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 Alps and forms the start of the Prealps East of the Mur. From a geological pe ...
. To the south are the
East Styrian Hills The East Styrian Hill Country or East Styrian Hills (german: Oststeirisches Hügelland or ''Oststeirisches Riedelland''), is a rolling, hill country region, known as '' Hügelland'', in the southeast of the Austrian state of Styria.
Geography
Th ...
, and to the southeast is
South Burgenland
Burgenland (; hu, Őrvidék; hr, Gradišće; Austro-Bavarian: ''Burgnland;'' Slovene: ''Gradiščanska'') is the easternmost and least populous state of Austria. It consists of two statutory cities and seven rural districts, with a total of ...
– The latter already forming part of the Southeast Alpine Foreland, facing the
Pannonian Plain
The Pannonian Basin, or Carpathian Basin, is a large basin situated in south-east Central Europe. The geomorphological term Pannonian Plain is more widely used for roughly the same region though with a somewhat different sense, with only the ...
.
The highest points of this region, with its ''
Mittelgebirge
A ''Mittelgebirge'' (German: ''Mittel'', "middle/medium"; ''Gebirge'', "mountain range") is a type of relatively low mountain range or highland area typical of the geography of central Europe, especially central and southern Germany; it refers to ...
'' character are the summits of the
Wechsel
The Wechsel is a low mountain range in eastern Austria whose highest summit is the Hochwechsel (). It also has two other summits over 1700 m. The massif forms the border between the states of Lower Austria and Styria for about 15 km, sou ...
massif – such as the Hochwechsel (1,742 m), Herrenstein (1,448 m) and Hochkogel (1,314 m) – the Wildwiesen (1,254 m), the
Masenberg (1,261 m) and the
Rabenwaldkogel (1,281 m).
The region is drained by the Feistritz and
Lafnitz
Lafnitz () is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps ...
rivers.
References
External links
* http://www.joglland-waldheimat.at
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Regions of Austria
Prealps East of the Mur
Mountain ranges of Styria
Mountain ranges of the Alps
Forests and woodlands of Austria