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Tennen Mountains
The Tennen Mountains (german: Tennengebirge) is a small, but rugged, mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, which lies in front of the Eastern Alps for its entire length. It is a very heavily karstified high plateau, about 60 km² in area, with many caves. The range is located in Austria in the district of Salzburg near Bischofshofen. Some 37 square kilometres of the Tennen plateau are above the 2,000 metre line and that part of the range within the state of Salzburg was turned into a nature reserve in 1982. Extent and neighbouring ranges The outline of the Tennen range is formed: * in the west by the '' Hagen Mountains'', a part of the ''Berchtesgaden Alps'', separated by the Salzach river. Here, at the northern end of the Lueg Pass, is the narrowest point of the Salzachöfen Gorge through the Limestone Alps. * in the north and northeast by the River Lammer as far as the Rußbach stream, which descends from the Gschütt Pass. Beyond the Lammer is the '' Oste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpine Club Classification Of The Eastern Alps
The Alpine Club classification of the Eastern Alps (german: Alpenvereinseinteilung der Ostalpen, AVE) is a common division of the Eastern Alps into 75 mountain ranges, based on the Moriggl Classification (ME) first published in 1924 by the German and Austrian Alpine Club. The present-day division established for the German-speaking world (less Switzerland) was compiled by the German, Austrian and South Tyrol Alpine Clubs and published in 1984 and is also used for the basic numbering of Alpine Club maps for mountaineering. Classification system The Eastern Alps are divided into four main areas: the Northern Limestone Alps, the Central Eastern Alps, the Southern Limestone Alps, and the Western Limestone Alps. These four main ranges are further divided into 75 sub-groups. The Northern Limestone and Central Eastern Alps are the largest with 27 groups each, while the Southern Limestone Alps have 15. The six groups of the Western Limestone Alps are also classed with the Central ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dachstein Mountains
The Dachstein Mountains (german: Dachsteingebirge) are a mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps. The term is used by the Austrian Alpine Club in its classification of the Eastern Alps as one of the 24 sub-ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps (AVE No. 14). The ''Dachstein'' range includes: * The Dachstein Massif proper with its highest peak, the Hoher Dachstein () * Grimming () in the east to the upper Styrian Enns valley * Sarstein () in the north at the other bank of the River Traun Extent The Dachstein Mountains are bordered as follows: * to the northeast by the '' Totes Gebirge'', which is separated by the line from Sankt Agatha on the Hallstättersee – Pötschenhöhe – Bad Aussee – Kainischtraun – Bad Mitterndorf – Klachau – Grimmingbach to the River Enns * to the south by the '' Rottenmanner und Wölzer Tauern'' and the '' Niedere Tauern'', which are separated by the River Enns, roughly from Untergrimming to its con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tennengebirge Karstflaeche
The Tennen Mountains (german: Tennengebirge) is a small, but rugged, mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, which lies in front of the Eastern Alps for its entire length. It is a very heavily karstified high plateau, about 60 km² in area, with many caves. The range is located in Austria in the district of Salzburg near Bischofshofen. Some 37 square kilometres of the Tennen plateau are above the 2,000 metre line and that part of the range within the state of Salzburg was turned into a nature reserve in 1982. Extent and neighbouring ranges The outline of the Tennen range is formed: * in the west by the ''Hagen Mountains'', a part of the ''Berchtesgaden Alps'', separated by the Salzach river. Here, at the northern end of the Lueg Pass, is the narrowest point of the Salzachöfen Gorge through the Limestone Alps. * in the north and northeast by the River Lammer as far as the Rußbach stream, which descends from the Gschütt Pass. Beyond the Lammer is the '' O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golling An Der Salzach
Golling an der Salzach is a market town in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria. Geography It is located on the southern rim of the ''Tennengau'' region south of the city of Salzburg. Here at the confluence of the Salzach and its Lammer tributary, the river leaves the Salzachöfen Gorge between the Berchtesgaden Alps and the Tennen Mountains ranges of the Northern Limestone Alps and flows northwards into the broad Salzburg basin. The Hoher Göll massif of the Berchtesgaden Alps in the west comprise the Schwarzbachfall Cave and the high Golling Waterfall, a natural monument. Parallel to the Salzach River, the historic Salzachtal Straße enters the narrow gorge at Lueg Pass. Golling station is a stop on the Salzburg-Tyrol Railway, served by ÖBB trains and the Salzburg suburban S-Bahn network. The market town also has access to the Tauern Autobahn (A10) from Salzburg to Villach. The municipal area comprises the cadastral communities of Golling, Torren, and Obergäu. Golling p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scheffau Am Tennengebirge
Scheffau am Tennengebirge is a municipality in the Hallein district of Salzburg, Austria. Geography The municipality of Scheffau am Tennengebirge lies in the southern Tennengau of the Salzburger Land. The River Lammer flows through its territory. Its subordinate parishes are: Unterscheffau, Oberscheffau, Voregg, Wallingwinkl, Weitenau. Its Katastralgemeinden are Scheffau, Voregg und Weitenau. The villages lies at the foot of the Tennengebirge The Tennen Mountains (german: Tennengebirge) is a small, but rugged, mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, which lies in front of the Eastern Alps for its entire length. It is a very heavily karstified high plateau, about 60 km² i ... mountain range that rises to a height of and, to the south, forms the boundary with Pongau. To the north the municipality includes part of the Ostern Group which is up to high. The centre of the municipality is in the Lammer valley in Unterscheffau and Oberscheffau. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abtenau
Abtenau ( Central Bavarian: ''Obtenau'') is a market town in the Hallein District of Salzburg in Austria. The municipality is located in Lammertal, Tennengau, about 45 km south of Salzburg, and encompasses the entire middle valley of the Lammer. Geography Abtenau lies in the Lammer river valley (''Lammertal'') about 45 km south of Salzburg. Climate Population The municipal area comprises the following 23 villages (in brackets population as of 1 January 2019): Sister towns * Big Bear Lake Big Bear Lake is a reservoir in the San Bernardino Mountains, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. It is a snow and rain fed lake, having no other means of tributaries or mechanical replenishment. At a surface elevation of , it ... ( California, United States) * Münster ( Hesse, Germany) References Cities and towns in Hallein District Tennen Mountains Dachstein Mountains {{Salzburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annaberg-Lungötz
Annaberg-Lungötz is a municipality in the district of Hallein, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography The municipality lies in the Lammer River valley at the foot of the Gosaukamm. History It belonged for centuries to the Pongau. Only in 1896, when Hallein became a district capital, did the municipality become part of the Tennengau. Tourism One of its subdivisions, Annaberg im Lammertal is a village especially notable for tourism. Located in the Alps, it is part of the Dachstein West ski region. Summer activities available for tourists include mountain biking, paragliding, white water rafting, walking holidays Walking (also known as ambulation) is one of the main gaits of terrestrial locomotion among legged animals. Walking is typically slower than running and other gaits. Walking is defined by an 'inverted pendulum' gait in which the body vaults ov ... etc. References External links Official website Tennen Mountains Dachstein Mountains Cities and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankt Martin Am Tennengebirge
Sankt Martin am Tennengebirge is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Geography The village is located in the Ennspongau of the Salzburger Land, in a side valley of the Fritztal, between the southern foot of the Tennen Mountains The Tennen Mountains (german: Tennengebirge) is a small, but rugged, mountain range in the Northern Limestone Alps, which lies in front of the Eastern Alps for its entire length. It is a very heavily karstified high plateau, about 60 km² ... and the Gerzkopf, a foothill of the Dachstein massif. It also belongs to the Lammertal region, in which it has shares, and to which it represents the valley pass. Culture and places of interest * Parish church of St. Martin am Tennengebirge, Gothic hall church of the 1430s with Baroque interior. References Gallery Image:Sankt Martin, wegpanorama foto2 2011-07-28 11.30.JPG, Sankt Martin am Tennengebirge, view to the village Cities and towns ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werfenweng
Werfenweng is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the state of Salzburg in Austria. Population Politics The Mayor is Dr.Peter Brandauer from the ÖVP party. See also * Alpine pearls * Salzburgerland Salzburg (, ; bar, Soizbuag, label=Bavarian language, Austro-Bavarian) (also known as ''Salzburgerland'') is a States of Austria, state (''Land'') of the modern Republic of Austria. It is officially named ''Land Salzburg'' to distinguish it from i ... * Salzburg References External linksAlpine Pearls(Soft Mobility in the Alps)Werfenweng municipality Tennen Mountains [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pfarrwerfen
Pfarrwerfen is a municipality in the St. Johann im Pongau district in the Austrian state of Salzburg Salzburg (, ; literally "Salt-Castle"; bar, Soizbuag, label=Austro-Bavarian) is the fourth-largest city in Austria. In 2020, it had a population of 156,872. The town is on the site of the Roman settlement of ''Iuvavum''. Salzburg was founded .... Geography Pfarrwerfen lies in the Pongau. References Gallery File:Pöham, straatzicht met kerk foto1 2011-07-28 09.37.JPG, Pöham, church in the street File:Pfarrwerfen Freilicht Mühlen 30667.jpg, The water mills in the Open Air Museum Cities and towns in St. Johann im Pongau District Tennen Mountains Berchtesgaden Alps {{Salzburg-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werfen
Werfen () is a market town in the district of St. Johann im Pongau, in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is mainly known for medieval Hohenwerfen Castle and the Eisriesenwelt ice cave, the largest in the world. Geography Werfen is located in the northwest of the historic Pongau region, about south of the city of Salzburg. The settlement is situated in the Salzach valley south of the Lueg Pass, between the Berchtesgaden Alps (Hagen Mountains and the Hochkönig massif) in the west and the Tennen Mountains in the east. The Salzburg-Tyrol Railway line (''Giselabahn'') and the Tauern Autobahn run parallel to the river. The region is known as the type locality of the geologic Werfen Formation, a Triassic stone layer of the Limestone Alps. The municipality comprises the cadastral communities (''Katastralgemeinden'') of Reitsam, Scharten, Sulzau, Werfen Markt, and Wimm. History Important trade routes passed through the Salzach valley since ancient times, when the area was part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
