The Burgstallkogel (458 meters or 1563 feet; also known as Grillkogel) is a hill situated near the confluence of the Sulm and the Saggau river valleys in Southern Styria in Austria, about 30 km south of Graz between Gleinstätten and Kleinklein. The hill hosted a significant settlement of trans-regional importance from 800 BC to about 600 BC.
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Großklein is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria. It lies on the South Styrian Weinstraße, a wine route.
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Gleinstätten is a market community in southern Austria which had 4,232 inhabitants in 2019.
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The Sausal is a small mountain range in the southwestern parts of Austria's state Styria. It thrusts up from the northern banks of the Sulm valley, west of the district town of Leibnitz. Its highest point, the summit of the Demmerkogel, rises 671 m above the level of the Adriatic Sea. Large parts of the Sausal have a mediterranean-type microclimate. Together with the rich soil this is the basis of its extensive vineyards, which are the cornerstone of the local economy. Tourism flourishes as well.
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Sankt Johann im Saggautal is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria.
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Kitzeck im Sausal is the central town in the Sausal mountain range in Southern Styria, Austria. It is the highest-altitude wine-growing community in Austria.
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Surrounding the hill is one of the largest Iron Age necropolises in continental Europe, originally composed of at least 2,000 tumuli.