Upper Styria ( German : Obersteiermark ), in the Austrian usage of the term, refers exclusively to the northwestern, generally mountainous and well-wooded half of the federal state of Styria . The southeastern half of the state around the capital of Graz is known as Central Styria ( Mittelsteiermark ), which is further divided into Eastern and Western Styria (east and west of Graz).
6-658: The Hochschwab in the Upper Styria is a mountain, 2,277 m (AA) , and the highest summit in the eponymous mountain range. The summit of the Hochschwab is a flat, rock and grass-covered dome, that may easily be climbed from the Schiestlhaus ( 2,153 m above sea level (AA) ) to the northeast in about half an hour via the plateau to the west (Biwakschachtel Fleischerhütte). The Schiestlhaus may be approached from Seewiesen ( 974 m above sea level (AA) ) at
12-570: A height of 2,000 metres above sea level. Following the deployment of 150 Alpine gendarmes and mountain rescue personnel as well as five helicopters, five of the party were already found to be dead and the remaining two survived with serious injuries. Upper Styria Upper Styria is separated from Central Styria by the Stubalpe and Gleinalpe ranges of the Lavanttal Alps , and the Prealps East of
18-545: The Mur . It is a generally rural region characterized by agriculture and tourism, except for the area between the towns of Judenburg and Mürzzuschlag , in the valley formed by the rivers Mur and Mürz , with extensive industrial sites. The area around Altaussee in the far northwest is part of the Austrian Salzkammergut cultural landscape. The Obersteiermark region consists of five districts : In Slovenian usage,
24-845: The foot of the Steirischer Seeberg via the Seetal valley, the Untere Dullwitz to the Voisthaler Hut , the Obere Dullwitz and the Graf-Meran- Steig , as well as from the north, from Weichselboden in the Salza valley . The showpiece of the Hochschwab is its mighty south face which has a width of almost two kilometres and rises to a height of up to 300 metres above the Trawies Saddle and
30-463: The term Upper Styria ( Zgornja Štajerska ) refers to the whole Austrian state of Styria—as opposed to the traditional region called Lower Styria ( Spodnja Štajerska ), Slovenian Styria ( Slovenska Štajerska ) or just Styria ( Štajerska ), the southern third of the former Duchy of Styria which after World War I was allotted to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia according to the 1919 Treaty of Saint Germain and
36-498: The valleys of Trawiestal (to the southwest) and Obere Dullwitz (to the southeast) which meet at that point. There are climbing routes of all grades up the south face. In early November 1988 there was a mountaineering tragedy on the Hochschwab, which triggered the biggest search operation ever undertaken by the Styrian mountain rescue service to that date. A seven-man group was trapped for 2 days and nights in storms and icy temperatures at
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