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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, southeast of the Semmering and northeast of the Graz Basin, between the Feistritz Saddle and the eponymous pass of Wechsel. Geography The Wechsel is part of the Prealps East of the Mur. It is – apart from the Vienna Woods which are half the height – the easternmost range in the Alps. Its highest point, at , is the ''Hochwechsel'', formerly called the ''Hoher Umschuss'', at the top of which is the Wetterkoglerhaus, an Alpine Club hut belonging to the Austrian Alpine Club. From there the crest of the mountains runs northwest to the ''Umschußriegel'' (,) continuing to the ''Schöberlriegel'' (), and east to the ''Niederwechsel'' (). The Wechsel is the boundary between the Styrian ''Joglland'' and the ''Bucklige Welt'', which stretche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Austria
Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which has been the capital city, capital of Lower Austria since 1986, replacing Vienna, which became a separate state in 1921. With a land area of and a population of 1.7 million people, Lower Austria is the largest and second-most-populous state in Austria (after Vienna). Geography With a land area of situated east of Upper Austria, Lower Austria is the country's largest state. Lower Austria derives its name from its downriver location on the river Enns (river), Enns, which flows from the west to the east. Lower Austria has an international border, long, with the Czech Republic (South Bohemian Region, South Bohemia and South Moravian Region, South Moravia) and Slovakia (Bratislava Region, Bratislava and Trnava Regions). The state has the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alps
The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. The Alpine arch extends from Nice on the western Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean to Trieste on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic and Vienna at the beginning of the Pannonian Basin. The mountains were formed over tens of millions of years as the African and Eurasian tectonic plates collided. Extreme shortening caused by the event resulted in marine sedimentary rocks rising by thrust fault, thrusting and Fold (geology), folding into high mountain peaks such as Mont Blanc and the Matterhorn. Mont Blanc spans the French–Italian border, and at is the highest mountain in the Alps. The Alpine region area contains 82 peaks higher than List of Alpine four-thousanders, . The altitude and size of the range affect the climate in Europe; in the mountain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feistritz Am Wechsel
Feistritz am Wechsel is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in the Austrian state of Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which .... Population References Cities and towns in Neunkirchen District, Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dechantskirchen
Dechantskirchen is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria. At 1. January 2015 it was expanded by a part (Katastralgemeinde Schlag) of the to this date existing immediate neighbor municipality Schlag bei Thalberg within the scope of the Gemeindestrukturreform. Geographie Geographical position Dechantskirchen is placed in the northeast of the district Hartberg-Fürstenfeld and also of Styria. The municipality resides approximately 15 km north of the district capital Hartberg. The highest place of the municipality territory is the Hochkogel (1.314 m), the moust southern one thousand mountain of the Wechsel. Municipality structure The municipality is composed of three Katastralgemeinden Dechantskirchen, Hohenau, Kroisbach und Schlag respectively of eight small towns (population 1. January 2019): * Bergen (106) mit der Rotte ''Drei Häuser'' * Burgfeld (125) mit Höttling * Dechantskirchen (665) * Hohenau am Wechsel (100) mit der Streusiedlun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspang-Markt
Aspang-Markt is a market town in Lower Austria in Austria. Geography Aspang-Markt is situated in the region Bucklige Welt submontane of the Wechsel mountain (1,743 m). It is completely surrounded by Aspangberg-St. Peter. History The village was first documentary mentioned in 1220. The importance grew with the development of the road over the Wechsel Pass. Population Politics Of the 19 seats on the municipal council, the ÖVP has 15 and the SPÖ The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( , SPÖ) is a social democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (, SDAPÖ) and later known as the Socialist Party of Austria () from 1945 unt ... 4. References Cities and towns in Neunkirchen District, Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pannonian Plain
The Pannonian Basin, with the term Carpathian Basin being sometimes preferred in Hungarian literature, is a large sedimentary basin situated in southeastern Central Europe. After the Treaty of Trianon following World War I, the geomorphological term Pannonian Plain was also used for roughly the same region, referring to the lowlands in the area occupied by the Pannonian Sea during the Pliocene Epoch, however some consider the term "Pannonian Plain" not only unhistorical but also topologically erroneous. Terminology The term Pannonian Plain refers to the lowland parts of the Pannonian Basin as well as those of some adjoining regions like Lower Austria, Moravia, and Silesia (Czech Republic and Poland). The lands adjoining the plain proper are sometimes also called ''peri-Pannonian''. In English language, the terms "Pannonian Basin" and "Carpathian Basin" may sometimes be used synonymously, although the latter holds an irredentist Hungarian connotation. The name "Pannonian" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Güns Mountains , a surname
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Güns or Guens may refer to: * Kőszeg, Hungary () * Kőszeg Mountains, Hungary () * Gyöngyös (river) (), Austria and Hungary, tributary of the Rába People with the surname * Akiva Güns (1761–1837), birth name of Akiva Eger, a Hungarian-Polish rabbi See also * Guns (other) * Gün Gün is a Turkish masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name First name * Gün Sazak (1932–1980), Turkish politician * Gün Temür Khan (1384–1402), Mongol Khagan of the Northern Yuan Dynasty Middle nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinka
The Pinka () is a river in Central Europe with a length of approximately . Its basin area is . Its source is located in Styria, eastern Austria, next to the provincial border of Burgenland. It passes into Hungary between the villages of and Felsőcsatár, and crosses the Austrian-Hungarian border five times. Further, it flows into the Rába river, itself a tributary of the Danube, near Körmend. Its main tributaries are the , the Zickenbach and the Tauchenbach. Important towns on its course are Pinkafeld and Oberwart, as well as Pinggau, Riedlingsdorf, Rotenturm an der Pinka and Eberau in Austria and Horvátlövő, Pinkamindszent and Körmend in Hungary. Ecology The river provides an important habitat to a number of different animal species, including the Salmo trutta fario, river trout, European bullhead, grey heron and mallard, as well as a variety of dragonflies. Eurasian otter, Otters have also been recorded along the river. References Rivers of Burgenland Rivers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vienna Basin
The Vienna Basin (, , , Hungarian: ''Bécsi-medence'') is a geologically young tectonic burial basin and sedimentary basin in the seam area between the Alps, the Carpathians and the Pannonian Plain. Although it topographically separates the Alps from the Western Carpathians, it connects them geologically via corresponding rocks underground. Geography The fairly level area has the shape of a spindle, over an area of by . In the north it stretches up to the Marchfeld plateau beyond the Danube River. In the southeast, the Leitha Mountains separate it from the Little Hungarian Plain. In the west, it borders on the Gutenstein Alps and Vienna Woods mountain ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps. The Danube enters the basin at the Vienna Gate water gap near Mt. Leopoldsberg, it leaves at Devín Gate in the Little Carpathians east of Hainburg. From the late 12th century onwards, the fortresses of Wiener Neustadt and Hainburg were erected at the southeastern and eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucklige Welt (Lower Austria)
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 between 375 and . Its name, which means something like 'hilly world', is due to the very large number of hills and mountains which are known by the locals as ''Buckln''. In the southwest the Bucklige Welt is bounded by the ''Wechsel'' massif and in the west by the '' Semmering region''. To the north it descends into the ''Vienna Basin'', into which it is drained by the Pitten. To the east the ''Rosalia Mountains'' form the boundary, to the south of which the Bucklige Welt faces Oberpullendorf in the ''Central Burgenland Bay''. To the south is the ''Geschriebenstein''. There was no glaciation during the ice age in the area of the Bucklige Welt because of its low elevation. The summit of the Hochwechsel must therefore only have a slight co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joglland
The Joglland is a heavily forested low mountain region in northeastern Styria in the districts of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld and Weiz. 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) which, in this region is often corrupted to ''Joggl'' or ''Jackl''. The region is described in the literature by the Styrian poet, Peter Rosegger, who grew up as a farmer's son in Alpl. Location and landscape The Joglland lies within East Styria between the Wechsel, the upper Feistritz valley, the Safenbach and the area of Hartberg- Friedberg. It forms a sub-group of the Prealps East of the Mur. To the north lies the Semmering region, to the northeast is the region known as the Bucklige Welt. To the northwest are the Fischbach Alps, and beyond them the lower Mürz valley. To the west and southwest are the Graz Highlands. To the south are the East Styrian Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
