{"id":2125,"date":"2021-10-18T12:45:19","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T10:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archaeoregion.at\/?p=2125"},"modified":"2021-11-23T11:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-23T10:14:20","slug":"historical-hike-from-seggauberg-to-frauenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archaeoregion.at\/en\/historical-hike-from-seggauberg-to-frauenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Historical hike: From Seggauberg to Frauenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"
The \u201cDoppelberg\u201d with its two hilltops – the more northern Seggauberg with its medieval castle and the somewhat higher Frauenberg with its important archaeological sites of the Celtic and Roman eras – offers the possibility of a historical hike.<\/h5>\n
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Attachments: hiking trail-Leibnitz.pdf<\/p><\/div>\n

Attachments: hiking trail-Leibnitz.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

Tour data<\/div>
Distance:<\/strong> 6,99km | Ascent:<\/strong> 249hm | Duration:<\/strong> 03:30h<\/p>\n

\"Wanderkarte<\/a> The ideal starting point is the Genussplatz Schloss Seggau. From here we hike to Frauenberg and visit the pilgrimage church, the temple museum and the ladies of the temple museum Frauenberg, who know how to excite us about history. We admire the Roman herb garden, buy some herbal salt and let this ancient place of power have its effect on us. Then we continue to Rettenbach – and if we get hungry in the meantime, we either stop at the Moser inn or at the \u201cHolzh\u00fctt\u2019n.\u201d Via Altenmarkt we hike comfortably to the pilgrims\u2019 path, which leads us back to Seggau Castle. Here we explore the castle, visit the oldest wine cellar in Styria and taste wonderful wines from the bishop\u2019s winery and end the day in the Seggau Castle tavern.<\/div><\/div>\n

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The Seggauberg hill with the bishop\u2019s castle represents one of the very important sights. It goes back to property of the Salzburg archbishops, who had a castle built here in the 12th century under Archbishop Konrad. A tower built from Roman stones, which had been transported here from nearby Flavia Solva, had already been here for a long time. A visit to the upper courtyard of the castle with the Roman stone gallery, which gives an overview of Roman burial culture and art, is worthwhile. From the castle we descend a little to the ridge between Seggauberg and Frauenberg hills.<\/p>\n

The natural location of Frauenberg in the middle of a loop of the Sulm river offered ideal conditions already to the people of the late Stone Age in the 4th millennium B.C. Additional protection was provided by the steep slopes that surrounded the uppermost part of the hilltop. In the Urnfield Culture era (around 1000 B.C.) a first fortification was built here. In the following Hallstatt period (850-450 B.C.), the main settlement of the region was located on the Burgstallkogel hill of Grossklein, 9 km away – but there was also a settlement on the Frauenberg. It gained its greatest importance in the Celtic period (450 B.C. to the time of Christ\u2019s birth), when the place became a princely seat.
\nIf you walk from the ridge between Seggauberg and Frauenberg along a Way of the Cross up the hill, you will notice the steeply rising ramparts on the right and left. These are the partially preserved remains of the Celtic defense system that surrounded the mountain on all sides. These ramparts were probably one of the reasons why the mountain was so important, especially in the 2nd and 1st centuries. After a short ascent, after 250 m you reach the square in front of the baroque Marienkirche church, which gave the Frauenberg its name. Here you can continue walking to the Temple Museum. If one were to go back down past the church, one could walk along the \u201cKatzelsteig\u201d trail, which is also the remnant of a Celtic path, to the cultic site 250 m away on the so-called Perlacker or Stadlacker fields. Here, during the archaeological excavations, an extensive Celtic sanctuary was discovered where countless cattle were sacrificed. It also served as a meeting place where men and women gathered.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s temple museum is located on the site of the Roman temple precinct. To get there, you pass by the church and then turn left along the road into the area of this cultic site. It is located in the middle of the former Celtic settlement and probably was also the place where the prince had his seat. In the period before the Romans, the buildings were made of wood and clay. Stone construction was not yet widespread, which is why hardly any remains of these buildings have survived. With the Roman takeover which took place in the time of the Emperor Augustus, the Celtic prince lost his autonomy. Under Roman pressure, the old sacrificial site had to be abandoned. Instead, a sanctuary was built which in the following centuries became the most important place of worship in Flavia Solva. The present temple museum is located on the foundations of the great temple. Next to it, at the highest point of this area, there was the first cult building, which still corresponded to native Celtic tradition.<\/p>\n

In the museum you can see altars, sculptures and countless findings from the sanctuaries. The most significant among them are the many statuettes of a mother goddess, who is depicted nursing a baby. She was probably the great goddess worshipped here, important even in pre-Roman times, and invoked throughout the Roman Empire. But also the god Mercury, Mars Latobius or the horse goddess Epona were worshipped. Possibly there was also a cultic worship of the Roman emperor, a tradition that did not seem strange to the world of that time. A visit to Frauenberg can be concluded with a tour of the Baroque church, renowned for its frescoes. The pilgrimage church still testifies to the ancient tradition of the holy mountain which – as the many archaeological finds show – has been important for the surrounding area for thousands of years.<\/div>

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