{"id":1149,"date":"2026-06-07T21:14:37","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T19:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/nockberge\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"nockberge","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/nockberge\/","title":{"rendered":"Nockberge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">The Nockberge are an unusually gentle mountain group shaped by rounded grass summits and form the Nockberge Biosphere Park. The Nockalm Road winds as a panoramic toll road in many hairpins over the alpine pastures. Marmots, alpine farming and wide trails shape the quiet area.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Gentle, rounded grass summits (Nocken)<\/li>\n<li>Nockalm Road as a panoramic toll road<\/li>\n<li>Biosphere park with alpine farming<\/li>\n<li>Marmots and wide trails<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Special feature<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">gentle grass mountains (Nocken)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Road<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Nockalmstra\u00dfe<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Protection<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Nockberge Biosphere Park<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Region<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Carinthia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> By car over the Nockalm Road (toll road), seasonal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Roughly May to October (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Nockalm Road toll payable (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> Winding mountain road; trails easy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Bring binoculars, marmots are common<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>The Nockberge in Carinthia are among the most peculiar mountain ranges in the Alps, for instead of rugged rocky summits they bear gently rounded, grass-covered domes, called Nocken in dialect, hence the name. They owe these unusually soft forms to their ancient crystalline rock, which is considerably older than the rugged limestone massifs of the northern Limestone Alps and was ground round under the weight of the ice ages. Across the fertile alpine pastures shepherds have driven their cattle for centuries, and the dome-shaped landscape still shapes the picture of an almost gentle high mountain world.<\/p>\n<p>In 1987 the area was first placed under protection as a national park, before it was later converted into a biosphere park that combines the protection of nature with traditional alpine pasture farming. Through the heart of the region runs the Nockalmstra\u00dfe, a winding panoramic road that swings over the rounded heights in countless hairpin bends and opens up a species-rich mountain world to hikers and nature lovers alike. Here rare alpine plants bloom, marmots and golden eagles trace their paths, and the wide view over the green domes lets one sense why the Nockberge are considered the gentlest high mountains of the Eastern Alps.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wildtierbeobachtung-alpen\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Watch wildlife \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/fernglaeser-tierbeobachtung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Binoculars &amp; spotting scopes \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/naturfotografie\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Nature photography \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Nockberge sind eine ungew\u00f6hnlich sanfte, von runden Grasgipfeln gepr\u00e4gte Gebirgsgruppe und bilden den Biosph\u00e4renpark Nockberge. Die Nockalmstra\u00dfe schl\u00e4ngelt sich als Panoramamautstra\u00dfe in vielen Kehren \u00fcber die Almen. Murmeltiere, Almwirtschaft und weite Wanderwege pr\u00e4gen das ruhige Gebiet. Highlights Sanfte, runde Grasgipfel (Nocken) Nockalmstra\u00dfe als Panoramamautstra\u00dfe Biosph\u00e4renpark mit Almwirtschaft Murmeltiere und weite Wanderwege Gut zu wissen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1186,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39,35,30],"citadela-item-location":[62],"class_list":["post-1149","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-category-tierbeobachtung","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-kaernten"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1554,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1149\/revisions\/1554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}