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 Ajka () is a city in Hungary with about 35,000 inhabitants. It is situated ...

. Today it forms the tourist region of ''Joglland–Waldheimat (Kraftspendedörfer Joglland)''. Its name is probably derived from ''

Jakob Jakob may refer to: People * Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name * Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name Other * Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP * Max Jakob Memorial Aw ...

'' (perhaps from the village of

Sankt Jakob im Walde Sankt Jakob im Walde is a municipality in the district of Hartberg-Fürstenfeld in Styria Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of ...

) 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 ...

, 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/k ...

Location and landscape

The Joglland lies within

East Styria East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fac ...

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 f ...

, 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 Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Ba ...

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 per ...

. 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 – 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 th ...

. 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

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 Styria (german: Steiermark ; Serbo-Croatian and sl, ; hu, Stájerország) is a state (''Bundesland'') in the southeast of Austria. With an area of , Styria ...

rivers.

References

External links

* http://www.joglland-waldheimat.at {{Authority control Regions of Austria Prealps East of the Mur Mountain ranges of Styria Mountain ranges of the Alps Forests and woodlands of Austria