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Hochschwab Mountains
The Hochschwab, Hochschwab Mountains, Hochschwab Alps or Hochschwab Group (german: Hochschwabgruppe) is a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps of Austria. The range is in the Styria. The highest peak is also called Hochschwab and is 2,277 metres above the Adriatic. Location The mountain range is located in the eastern part of the Northern Alps in the Austrian state of Styria. According to the Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (AVE) the range is bounded as follows: : Großreifling – Salza – Gußwerk – Wegscheid – Seeberg Saddle – Seegraben – Stübmingbach – Thörlbach to its confluence with the Mürz – Mürz to its confluence with the Mur – Mur to Leoben – Vordernberger Bach – Präbichl – Erzbach – Hieflau – Enns to GroßreiflingDivision of the Alps' at bergalbum.de (private website) It includes: * the ''Hochschwab massif'' (the ''Hochschwab group'' in its specific sense): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schöckl
Schöckl (also spelt ''Schöckel'') is a mountain in the Austrian state of Styria. It is about 14 km north of the city center of Graz, the capital of Styria. There is a cableway to the summit from the nearby health resort of St Radegund.''Baedeker's Austria'', Automobile Association In 1931, the rocket designer Friedrich Schmiedl began a rocket mail Rocket mail is the delivery of mail by rocket or missile. The rocket lands by deploying an internal parachute upon arrival. It has been attempted by various organizations in many different countries, with varying levels of success. It has nev ... service here, launching rockets to St Radegund.Rocket Mail King George V Silver Jubilee stamps, accessed 23 May 2014. Schöckl Transmitter [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leoben
Leoben () is a Styrian city in central Austria, located on the Mur river. With a population of about 25,000 it is a local industrial centre and hosts the University of Leoben, which specialises in mining. The Peace of Leoben, an armistice between Austria and France preliminary to the Treaty of Campo Formio, was signed in Leoben in 1797. The Justice Centre Leoben is a prison designed by architect Josef Hohensinn, which was completed in 2005. Name Leoben was attested in historical sources as ''Liupina'' in AD 904. The name is of Slavic origin, meaning 'beloved', and is derived from the root ''ljub-'' 'love'. Past and present Leoben is known as the “Gateway to the Styrian Iron Road”. The 13th-century Main Square features the Hackl House with its baroque façade in red and white. The City Parish Church, St. Francis Xavier, built in 1660, comprises a 17th-century interior and is considered one of the most significant Jesuit churches in Austria. Also of note is the Art No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mürzsteg Alps
The Mürzsteg Alps or Mürztal Alps (german: Mürztaler or Mürzsteger Alpen) are a mountain range in the Eastern Alps (Northern Limestone Alps), which lie in the Austrian state of Styria, with a small part of the range in Lower Austria. The highest peak is the Hohe Veitsch () in the centre of the group, while largest massif is the Schneealpe () in the northwest, near the Rax. The following ranges border on the Mürzsteg Alps: to the north the Türnitz Alps, to the northeast the Gutenstein Alps, to the east the Rax-Schneeberg Group, to the southeast the Prealps east of the Mur (specifically the Fischbach Alps) and to the west the Hochschwab Mountains. Geology The range is part of the Styrian-Lower Austrian Limestone Alps and is separated from its neighbouring groups by the Mürz valley (part of the tectonically active Mur-Mürz Furrow), the upper reaches of the Mürz (main settlement: Mürzsteg) and the road over the Styrian Seeberg Pass. It is described by geologi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etmißl
Etmißl was an Austrian municipality in the District of Bruck-Mürzzuschlag, Styria. As of 1 January 2015 it has been incorporated into Thörl. Geography Etmißl is located in a side valley of the Hochschwab The Hochschwab in the Upper Styria is a mountain, , and the highest summit in the eponymous mountain range. Location The summit of the Hochschwab is a flat, rock and grass-covered dome, that may easily be climbed from the Schiestlhaus () to the .... Its boroughs were Etmißl, Lonschitz, and Oisching. References Cities and towns in Bruck-Mürzzuschlag District {{Styria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greywacke Zone
The greywacke zone is a band of Paleozoic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that forms an east-west band through the Austrian Alps. The greywacke zone crops out between the Mesozoic rocks of the Northern Calcareous Alps and the Austroalpine and Penninic basement rocks of the Central Eastern Alps. Stratigraphically, the greywacke zone can be up to thick. The zone is part of the Austroalpine nappes. Mesozoic limestones crop out north of the greywacke zone, forming the Northern Calcareous Alps. South of the zone, basement rocks of the Austroalpine and Penninic nappes form the Central Eastern Alps. Composition The lithologies of the greywacke zone are: *Paleozoic turbidites (among them greywackes) and limestones of Ordovician to Devonian age; and *felsic and mafic volcanic rocks of Ordovician age. Formation The rocks were formed at a passive margin of the Paleo-Tethys Ocean, when the Austroalpine terrain was part of the micro-continent Avalonia. Together with the other Austroalpine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meßnerin
, photo = Grüner See, spiegelt seine Umgebung.jpg , photo_caption = The classic view of Messnerin from Grüner See , elevation_m = 1835 , elevation_ref = , prominence_m = 616 , prominence_ref = , map = Alps , map_caption = Location in the Alps , map_size = , label_position = , listing = , location = Bruck an der Mur District, Styria, Austria , range = Hochschwab Mountains , coordinates = , region = , coordinates_ref = , topo = , type = , age = , first_ascent = , easiest_route = Messnerin (german: Meßnerin) is a mountain in the Hochschwab Mountains in Styria, Austria, with a height of 1835 m above sea level. References Literature * Peter Rieder: ''Alpenvereinsführer Hochschwab''. Bergverlag Rudolf Rother Bergverlag Rother is a German publisher with its headquarters in Oberhaching, Upper Bavaria. Since 1950 the company, that formerly went under the name of ''Bergverlag Rudolf Rother'', has published the Alpine Club Guides in cooperation with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bergstock
An alpenstock (german: Alpen- "alpine" + "stick, staff") is a long wooden pole with an iron spike tip, used by shepherds for travel on snowfields and glaciers in the Alps since the Middle Ages. It is the antecedent of the modern ice axe. French-speaking climbers called this item a "baton". Josias Simler, a Swiss professor of theology at what later became the University of Zurich, published the first treatise on the Alps, entitled ''De Alpibus commentarius''. Thomas Graham Brown, T. Graham Brown described Simler's observations on gear for travel over ice and snow in the mountains: "In 1574, Simler published a commentary on the Alps which is remarkable for its description of the technique of glacier travel and for its proof that Simler himself had practical experience. He describes the alpenstock, crampons, the use of the rope, the necessity of Photokeratitis, protecting the eyes on snow by veils or spectacles; and he mentions that the leader on snow covered glaciers sounds for hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms when these minerals precipitate out of water containing dissolved calcium. This can take place through both biological and nonbiological processes, though biological processes, such as the accumulation of corals and shells in the sea, have likely been more important for the last 540 million years. Limestone often contains fossils which provide scientists with information on ancient environments and on the evolution of life. About 20% to 25% of sedimentary rock is carbonate rock, and most of this is limestone. The remaining carbonate rock is mostly dolomite, a closely related rock, which contains a high percentage of the mineral dolomite, . ''Magnesian limestone'' is an obsolete and poorly-defined term used variously for dolomite, for limes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enns (river)
The Enns (, ) is a southern tributary of the river Danube, joining northward at Enns, Austria. The Enns spans , in a flat-J-shape. It flows from its source near the village Flachau, generally eastward through Radstadt, Schladming, and Liezen, then turns north near Hieflau, to flow past Weyer and Ternberg through Steyr, and further north to the Danube at Enns (''see map in References''). "Karte-Enns" (river map in German), RadTouren.at (Austria), May 2009, webpage: (236kb). Name It was known in Latin as ''Anisus'' or ''Anasus'', of uncertain origin; Anreiter et al. tried to link it to an Indo-European *''on''- and the hydronymic suffix *''-is-''. Later sources call it ''Ensa'' or ''Enisa''. Others have linked it to Upper Danubian Vasconic *''an'', "water." Another possible link is Greek ᾰ̓νῠστός (''anystos'', "useful"). The West Slavic languages have different names for the river: in Czech it is called the ''Enže''; in Slovak, the ''Enža''; and in Polish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hieflau
Hieflau is a former municipality in the district of Leoben in Styria, Austria. Since the 2015 Styria municipal structural reform, it is part of the municipality Landl, in the Liezen District Bezirk Liezen is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. It is by far the largest district in Austria, about 1.2 times the size of the next district, and is divided into two "subdistricts": Bereich Liezen, and Expositur Gröbming. On Decemb .... References Ennstal Alps Cities and towns in Leoben District {{Styria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
