South-Eastern Styria (Südoststeiermark) is a political district in the south-eastern part of Styria (Austria) and a classic core growing area of the Styrian oil pumpkin.
In the context of Styrian pumpkin seed oil: the district officially belongs to the growing and pressing area. Official accounts describe the climate as humid-warm and Illyrian-pre-Alpine, not as continental. Gentle hills and this microclimate shape the crop. Many oil mills stand in southern and south-eastern Styria.
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