Gossendorf

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Bergrallye Gossendorf – List of Winners

Date	Winner		Car	Time	Final
15/05/2005	Hans-Peter Laber		Ford Escort Cosworth	1:34,22	Results
01/10/2006	Dieter Höller		Ford Escort Cosworth	1:32,44	Results
30/09/2007	Felix Pailer		Lancia Delta Integrale	1:34,57	Results
28/09/2008	Rupert Schwaiger		Porsche 911	1:32,60	Results
18/10/2009	Rupert Schwaiger		Porsche 911	1:34,37	Results
02/05/2010	Rupert Schwaiger		Porsche 911	1:32,81	Results
02/10/2011	Rupert Schwaiger		Porsche 911
06/05/2012	Rupert Schwaiger		Porsche 911	1:31,52
06/10/2013	Hannes Kaufmann		Ford Escort Cosworth	1:33,42	Results
19/10/2014	Rupert Schwaiger		Porsche 911	2:18,80	Results
18/10/2015	Markus Binder		Ford Escort Cosworth	1:32,90	Results
16/10/2016	Rupert Schwaiger		Porsche 911 Bi-Turbo	1:31,426	Results
01/10/2017	Stefan Wiedenhofer		Mitsubishi Mirage	1:33,085	Results

Gossendorf (not to be confused with the larger Gössendorf) is located in the southeast of the Steiermark region, which in turn is in the south east of Austria. Geologically the region is part of the Oststeirisches Hügelland. This is not considered part of the Alpine mountains but rather a Pre-Alpine Hill Landscape. The area is characterised by long, round hillsides called “Riedel” in Austria. These long hillslides were developed by not so fast moving waters that flow southwards. The two major rivers are the Mur, which forms the border between Austria and Slovenia, and the Raab, which flows just north of Gossendorf.
Gossendorf is just a few kilometres away from the three nations point between Austria, Hungary and Slovenia. This point is covered by a large international nature park called the Naturpark Raab-Őrség-Goričko. The Slovenian and Hungarian parts are each almost three times the size of the Austrian part, as the Austrians have mostly redeveloped the landscape for agriculture. Near Mogersdorf in the park, 25 kilometres to the east of Gossendorf, a major battle between Habsburgs and Ottomans took place. In 1664 the Ottomans led an advance into Austria but were thwarted here by a much smaller Habsburg army. You could say the war ended in a draw as it took another 20 years before the Habsburg empire could force its way into Ottoman Hungary. Outside of Austria The Battle of Mogersdorf is better known as the Battle of Saint Gotthard, named after the larger Hungarian town of Szentgotthárd, which is just over the border. Szentgotthárd or Saint Gotthard is named after the large abbey of the town. The abbey church was rebuild in the 18th century in a beautiful Barock style.
The southeast of the Steiermark is full of small villages with a few hundred inhabitants. The largest of these being Feldbach, some 10 kilometres to the west, which still has only 5000 inhabitants. The largest major city is Graz, 40 kilometres to the west. Within a few kilometres north and south are also the Bergrallyes of Auersbach and Lödersdorf.