Seggauberg

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Seggauberg until the end of 2014 a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Austria in close proximity to the town of Leibnitz. It has 958 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) and an area of 11.01 km ². The altitude is given at 300 to 360 meters. As part of the municipality of structural reform in Styria Seggauberg is merged in 2015 with the communities Kaindorf Sulm and Leibnitz, the new community will continue to bear the name of Leibnitz. This is based on the Styrian community structure reform law - StGsrG.

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Geography

The municipality is situated approximately 35 km south of Graz at the transition from Sulmtal to Mur.

Community structure

The municipality comprises the cadastral (area 2001): Oberlupitscheni 273.24 ha, 60.64 ha Rettenbachferner, Schönegg 189.14 ha and 579.12 ha Seggauberg Villages (population 2011) are: Oberlupitscheni (173) Bach Rescue (124) Schönegg (148) and Seggauberg ( 534).

Neighboring communities

Coat of arms

Blazon: In a silver shield a blue Roman temple over a green with a golden lily occupied mountain.

Archeology

The woman near Leibnitz, there are several important archaeological sites. In addition to numerous rescue excavations research excavations were carried out at several points that yielded spectacular results in some cases. A Roman cult area on the top of the hill was exposed already in the 1950s in part. The excavated Roman Iron Age temple was known as Temple of Isis Noreia, an assignment that is not secured. Later, the temple was the Roman examines neighboring area closer and it turned out that the cult already back in the late Latèneperiode and a first Roman temple gallo -roman type at this place was built. From this period also two dedications for the Celtic god and a Latobius were found for Mogetius.

On a somewhat lower-lying terrace, the Perl-/Stadläckern, there is another reference, on which there was a sanctuary, but a Celtic sanctuary, consisting of a large almost square grave condition, sacrificed in the bones of sacrificed cattle, clothing accessories and weapons were. This sanctuary, which may perhaps be associated with the effect of the Druids, was abandoned in the Roman period and only the cult area on the top remained. In late antiquity will find an extensive burial ground was located in this area and in this era, the mountain was reintroduced for withdrawal settlement of the population Flavia Solvas. According to the latest excavations on the Temple plateau also an early Christian church is believed there. Then let the foundations of a in the 1950s partly exposed Baptistery and finds the marble interior close.

Culture and sights

  • The baroque branch and pilgrimage church on the woman near Leibnitz
  • In 1954 the temple museum woman mountain was opened, will be exhibited in the archaeological exhibits from the area.
  • Another attraction of the village is the Seggau castle. This is also used as a conference center and was part of the Styrian Provincial Exhibition The Romans. In the courtyard of the castle there is a lapidary with walled Roman grave stones, the so-called "Roman stones ".

Personalities

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