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Category: Hilltop settlement
The Lethkogel near Stainz
Lethkogel hill, located not far from Stainz, is one of the most important hilltop settlements in western Styria. Archaeological research excavations in the years 2004-2006 proved early copper-age and late Latène-age as well as early…
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Category: Castle
Taborkogel Hill in St. Martin im Sulmtal
In the cadastral commune of Aigen, the so-called Taborkogel hill (379 m above sea level) rises about 40 m above the north-facing valley floor of the Black Sulm river. The fortification on this hill is…
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Category: Castle
Deutschlandsberg (“Landsberg”) Castle
The spur-like castle rock, a naturally protected site with extensive sight lines, has been repeatedly inhabited by man since the Neolithic period, as numerous archaeological finds show. Until the beginning of the 19th century, Deutschlandsberg…
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Category: Churches/Chapels
The village chapel of Pitschgau
In the center of the village of Pitschgau there is the chapel “Zur Seligen Jungfrau Mariens”, built in 1873. The interior holds a special treasure in the form of a neo-Gothic tin altar, unique in…
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Category: Roman stone
Roman stones in the region
At many churches, at some private houses, but also in museums, there are stone testimonies of Styria’s Roman past. These so-called Roman stones contain not only text, but often also images, such as scenes from…
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Category: World Wars I and II
Memorial Aflenz / Wagna
In Aflenz near Wagna, directly east of the Sulm river, there are caves in which the Leithakalk limestone was mined as early as the Roman imperial period. These underground quarries were adapted during the Second…
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Category: Roman stone
The Seggau Roman Stone Wall
The Roman stone wall at Seggau Castle, erected in 1831, is a monument of supra-regional importance. The Roman-period stone monuments are not only important testimonies of the provincial Roman culture, but also provide insights into…
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Category: Tumuli
Tumulus “Höchkiegerl” – Frauental an der Lassnitz
The impressive burial mound (tumulus) not far from the Höchkiegerl estate is one of the largest preserved Roman burial mounds in the Lassnitz river Valley. Already in the 1930s, the Gams priest Pitter undertook excavations…
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Category: Legal archaeology
The district court cross in Lebring-St. Margarethen
Sometimes referred to as “plague crosses” by the local population, there are still a few wayside shrines in the landscape of the Hengist region. Their actual meaning has been forgotten over the centuries, and yet…
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Category: Legal archaeology
The castle keep cross in Wildon
Sometimes referred to as “plague crosses” by the local population, there are still a few wayside shrines in the landscape of the Hengist region. Their actual meaning has been forgotten over the centuries, and yet…
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