Perchauer Sattel

Friesacher road at Perchauer saddle

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The Perchauer saddle ( 995 m above sea level. A. ) as well as the west adjacent Neumarkt Saddle a smooth transition between the upper Mur Valley and the Olsatal, which leads to the Klagenfurt basin. Named after the place Perchau saddle is developed by the Friesacher road (B 317) for road transport. The state border is further south near Dürnstein in Styria, where the Olsaklamm forms a natural border. The importance of these two transitions at an earlier iron and salt road to document several medieval castles: Durnstein in the south, the cave castles Schallaun and Puxer Lueg (or Puxer hole) in the north.

Environment

South of the saddle is the important medieval iron hub Friesach, Northwestern The village today Oberwölz, the iron trade helped the town to one of the first legal ceremonies in Styria.

History

Even if the Perchauer saddle once stood in the shadow of something more Western Neumarkt saddle, he was also committed very early on. Is from the year 888 a trip, well known almost a forced march of the German king Arnulf who needed detectable only twelve days for the path of Karnburg over the Perchauer saddle and Pyhrnpass to St. Florian - a huge for that time travel speed, the sufficient road conditions presupposes.

Today, road transport in the Perchauer saddle is important, because while on the Neumarkt saddle carries only a local road that leads over the saddle Perchauer a highway. Almost Rudolf train would even have been built over the Perchauer saddle, but you then decided yet for the Neumarkt saddle. The main reason was that this course was traced out in the Mur Valley to Mrs. Castle in the valley and not heard of Jews castle on the hillside. If you wanted to reach the castle of woman Perchauer saddle, a sweeping system would have been required, which would have zunichtegemacht but the benefits from the Neumarkt against the saddle something better position the Perchauer saddle.

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